Process

A project of Enfants du Monde: from conception to implementation

The vision of the association is sustainable development, in collaboration with local partners, through projects that are in accordance with local development policies. Enfants du Monde endeavours to contribute to offer a better future to children and their families and to act in favour of a world with more justice and solidarity. By enabling children to acquire a quality education and to receive quality healthcare, EdM hopes to contribute in the long term to the economic and social development of the countries involved.

1. Design of the project

2. Study and selection

3. Obstacles: Complex programmes and time criteria

4. Monitoring and evaluation of projects

1. Design of the project

Projects are developed on the basis of suggestions of our partners in the field, in collaboration with the local coordination office and the programme officer in the Geneva office.

The projects must be related to one of the areas of action of Enfants du Monde, meaning education or health, but must also take into account aspects of « quality education » or « health promotion » of children and women. The project should respond to an identified problem and have identified resources and strategies.

Partners in the field are selected on the basis of different criteria:

- they have an excellent knowledge of the local issues, the content of the project and have a strong network for collaboration,

- they have developed their own actions and reflections related to the identified problem,

- competent professionals and members will be involved,

- they have identified resources and strategies to respond to the proposal.

On the basis of a first proposal, the local coordination office of EdM checks the viability and feasibility of the project, analyzes the potential impact, direct or indirect, and confirms the credibility and professionalism of the partner.

2. Study and selection                                                                                 

A study at the site makes it possible to collect sufficient information to submit a pre-project to EdM's Programmes Commission. This thorough analysis should also include a complete vision of the situation of education and/or health in the country (coverage, quality, policies of the State, role of the local NGO, principal actors, etc).

If the preliminary project receives a favourable opinion, the process continues, with several discussions and exchanges as well as the submission of complete financial documents.

The programme officer in Geneva generally goes to the site to evaluate the project and discuss with the local partner and the coordination office. On his/her return to the office, s/he establishes a project over a 3 to 4 year period.

Each project must then be submitted for approval to the Programmes Commission, as well as to the Board of Enfants du Monde, before receiving the final approval.

3. Obstacles: Complex programmes and time criteria                         

This rigorous selection process of partners and for the approval of new projects makes it possible for Enfants du Monde to guarantee a project of quality that corresponds to a vision of sustainable development and that can have a positive impact on the life and future of children and their family in the areas concerned.

The projects which EdM supports are complex, as much in the preparation as in the implementation and time is a decisive factor. Indeed, a project of sustainable development, to obtain tangible results requires a longer time frame than in the case of emergency measures during natural disasters or endemic peaks of diseases. The involvement of EdM with its projects corresponds to a medium and long term timeframe.