Module 6 – Improving project design and grant applications

Welcome to Module 6, dedicated to project design and grant applications.

This training module defines the project cycle and explore the challenges of a good funding application, with a focus on donor expectations and the practical construction of a logical framework.

Learning objectives :

• To understand the stages of the project cycle (basic principles of project development)
• To understand how funders evaluate grants applications
• To strengthen your narrative and highlight your impact in grants applications
• To adapt your application to the nature of the funding offer
• To build a coherent logical framework, indicators and budget

About Chloé Jacquin, trainer

Chloé Jacquin is passionate about financial well-being encompassing financial education, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, and EdTech with a focus on women. She has worked in this field for over 12 years in Africa and the Middle East. In 2019, she starts Fiinafas with the support of other experts having massive experience in Africa and the MENA as well. In 2023, Fiinafas is taking a fresh start with the specific mission to unlock the potential of vulnerable youth and women to reach their financial well-being.

Fiinafas proposes a financial well-being coaching solution (hybrid solution: tech and interaction-based), as well as develops impactful and innovative financial well-being content and approaches and enables access to reliable, independent and at large-scale financial well-being data. 

In 2021, she joins Empow’Her as the Africa Regional Manager to support the growth and structuring of the network in Western Africa to develop impactful projects to support women entrepreneurship across the region. Before, she worked at PPI whose mission is to fight global poverty by developing economic, social and environmental inclusion in a sustainable and equitable way. She has supported more than 200 organisations in more than 15 countries for over 5000 beneficiaries from diverse backgrounds and has worked with a wide range of stakeholders including public and private entities such as the EU, IFC, AFD, UNICEF, Symrise of the Occitane Foundation.