South-South Experience Exchange Facility Trust Fund
South-South Facility - TF071093
Draft Grant Funding Request (GFR) Template
South-South Experience Exchange Facility Trust Fund
(South-South Facility)
Draft Grant Funding Request (GFR) Template
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The South-South Facility draft GFR template is an expanded version of your approved Idea Brief.
This completed template will form the basis for all the information that you will need to enter in
the SAP GFR.
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Before you begin drafting the GFR, please review the following documents:
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Preparing the Idea Brief and Grant Funding Request (GFR) for South-South Facility Funding:
Detailed Guidelines, and the example of a completed GFR template.
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Guidelines and Operating Procedures for Application, Approval, and Execution of Grants for
the South-South Facility.
For more information, please contact the South-South Secretariat:
Design Support:
Trust Fund Policy:
Program Manager:
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Shobha Kumar: 202-458-7021, skumar1@worldbank.org
Degi Young: 202-473-6506, dyoung3@worldbank.org
Jessica Poppele: 202-458-2707, jpoppele@worldbank.org
When you have completed the draft GFR template, please submit the following documents to the
South-South Facility Secretariat (southsouthfacility@worldbank.org):
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The completed draft GFR template.
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The completed budget report.
A signed letter from the relevant ministry of each of the requesting client countries,
requesting the exchange, addressed to the country director (or designated country manager)
and copied to the Minister of Finance. Attach the English translation of the letter (if
applicable).
South-South Experience Exchange Facility Trust Fund
South-South Facility - TF071093
Draft Grant Funding Request (GFR) Template
Basic Data
A1. Title of activity:
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A2.
Grant amount (maximum $150,000): Click here to enter text.
A3.
Managing Unit name (LCSPP):
A4. Requesting Country VPU:
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A5.
Task team leader:1
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A6.
Team members:
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A7.
Estimated Begin date:
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A8. Estimated End date:
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Project ID:2
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A10. Project name:
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A11. Theme:
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A12. Sector:
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A13. Amount of BB or another trust fund
that can be used to support Bank
staff and travel costs related to this
proposal:3
A14. Sector manager endorsing activity:
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A15. Requesting country(ies):4
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A16. Requesting-country director
endorsing activity:5
A17. Requesting countries that are not
receiving South-South Facilities Funds:6
A18. Knowledge-providing country(ies):
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A19. Knowledge-providing country
director(s) endorsing the exchange:
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TTL must be TLAP-accredited and TTL-eligible; the TTL of the SEETF grant must be the same as the TTL of the
associated project.
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Create a new code of project type “TE” if the exchange is not already related to an ongoing or planned
activity/project.
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SEETF does not finance Bank staff costs or provide any trust-fund administrative resources to TTLs.
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IDA and Blend countries (countries eligible for both IDA and IBRD funding) are eligible for SEETF funding.
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This endorsement may be delegated to the country manager.
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Proposals should make clear that these countries will participate at their own expense.
South-South Experience Exchange Facility Trust Fund
South-South Facility - TF071093
Draft Grant Funding Request (GFR) Template
1. Strategic Context (for each knowledge-requesting country)
a. What is the country-driven development goal for which this just-in-time exchange will develop
capacity and serve to catalyze action? The development goal statement should clearly
articulate economic and/or social benefits.
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b. What evidence is there that the knowledge-requesting country(ies) and the participating
organizations are committed to the development goals? Describe this commitment in terms of
budget allocation, political declaration, longer-term funding, synergy with ongoing World
Bank-funded projects and the Country Assistance Strategy, or other considerations, and list any
related ongoing Bank-financed projects or Bank-supported activities.
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c. Why can the proposed experience exchange initiative not be financed by Bank funds?
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d. How is the grant related to other projects financed by the Bank and other financiers/donors?
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2. Rationale and Capacity Development Objectives
a. Describe the institutional capacity challenge(s) that the requesting country(ies) would like the
just-in-time exchange to address. Select one or more of the following problem areas and
provide a brief description of the capacity challenge: (a) key stakeholders attach low priority
to the development goal; (b) there are deficiencies in policies, rules, standards, or other formal
incentives guiding the pursuit of the development goal; and (c) one or more organizations
charged with achieving the development goal are characterized by weak performance.
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b. What is the capacity development objective that each requesting country would like this
exchange to support? Please consult the Detailed Guidelines.
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South-South Experience Exchange Facility Trust Fund
South-South Facility - TF071093
Draft Grant Funding Request (GFR) Template
3. Participant Profile
a. Describe the participants that you are targeting in each knowledge-requesting country. Provide
a brief profile/description of the participants and explain how they are positioned to play an
active role in bringing about the desired reforms to support achievement of the development
goal in their countries.
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4. Intermediate Capacity Outcomes (ICOs)
a. What intermediate capacity outcomes are expected to result from the exchange activities?
ICOs should be directly linked to advancing the overall capacity-development objective; select
any and all of the following that apply:
 Action and behavioral change
o Enhanced knowledge and skills
o Raised awareness
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Altered processes and relationships
o Improved teamwork
o Strengthened coalition
o Enhanced network
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New products and services
o Formulated policies and strategies
o Implemented strategies and plans
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b. For each ICO targeted by the knowledge exchange initiative, specify how this change will be
measured. The process of selecting and assigning measures should always include the
consideration of existing data sources and /or the feasibility of collecting the relevant data.
Please consult the Guidelines for details on types of changes to measure.
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c. For each measure stated above, specify the baseline value(s) and date(s).
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d. For each measure stated above, specify the target value(s) and date(s).
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5. Knowledge Providers
a. Provide a clear rationale for your selection of the specific knowledge provider/s. Explain who
are the knowledge providers and why the knowledge provider’s experience is directly relevant
for the knowledge-requesting country(ies) and will help support the achievement of the
capacity development objective(s).
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South-South Experience Exchange Facility Trust Fund
South-South Facility - TF071093
Draft Grant Funding Request (GFR) Template
6. Knowledge Exchange Design
a. Describe the mix and types of instruments/activities that will be used for this knowledge
exchange, the sequence and content focus of the planned activities, and the objectives and
outputs; and explain how the expected outputs will feed into the intermediate capacity
outcomes.
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b. As part of the overall knowledge-exchange design process, explain how you are involving the
knowledge recipients and the knowledge providers in the planning, implementation, and followup of the knowledge exchange.
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7. Grant Activity Risk Rating
a. Choose one:
High risk
Modest risk
Substantial risk
Negligible or low risk
b. Please consider what are the main risks related to the Grant financed activity? Are there any
risks that the planned instrument(s) and activities will not lead to the targeted intermediate
capacity outcome? Are there any potential conflicts of interest for the Bank? Briefly specify
the main risks and explain how will these risks/conflicts be monitored and managed?
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8. Likelihood of Sustainability/Impact
a. Explain what factors will help to ensure that this just-in-time exchange will be effective in
contributing to the desired longer-term impact.
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9. Budget
a. Attach a brief budget of expenses for the proposed exchange, using the attached budget
template.