Services for health, agriculture, rural and enterprise development (SHARED)

The project will be administered through a cooperative agreement with The Experiment in International Living (EIL). Development activities subgrants will be awarded to Malawian, U.S., or international PVO"s/NGO"s. Subgrants will be for terms of 3 to 5 years and will range from $100,000 to $400,000 for Malawian NGO"s, and from $500,000 to $1 million for U.S. and international PVO"s. Generally, activities will include a collaborative element in which a local NGO will be created or strengthened. In these cases, an institutional development subgrant will be awarded to the local NGO. The institutional development subgrants, which will be smaller and shorter term than development activities subgrants, will be used for TA and training in such areas as financial management, program design and planning, evaluation, personnel management, etc. EIL may also provide other TA, training, and linkage activities independent of the institutional development subgrants. It will be a function of the project to encourage and enable Malawian NGOs to reach the level of institutional maturity necessary for them to be eligible for development activities subgrants. The following targets have been set for resource and subgrant allocation: (1) of the total resources available, the amount available for Malawian NGO"s should be approximately twice that for U.S. or international PVOs; (2) a reasonable balance among the country"s 3 regions should be struck; and (3) there should be approximately proportional allocation (25% each) of resources among the categories of health, agriculture, off-farm employment, and other.