2010 Progress Report – Draft - NFP Facility

2010 Progress ReportCountry supportAs in the past, most of the attention, funds and energy went to the Country Support “pillar”. Following theconclusion of the Steering Committee meeting in February 2010, 5 new country partnerships and 1 Regionalpartnership were signed over the course of 2010 (see Table 1).The Facility organised “Nfp’s for All” training events in 20 countries, bringing Government and Non-Government stakeholders up to date on nfp’s, OIMES, the modus operandi of the Facility, stakeholderparticipation and conflict management. Due to the security situation in Pakistan, the planned launchingworkshop could not be organized there, but coaching over Skype and e-mail has worked out well.Similar workshops, focusing on achievements and OIMES, were organized in countries which were slow in thepast but wanted to re-activate their nfp process.Eight countries went through the evaluation process and submitted applications for a second agreement (seeseparate document on the review and ranking of the applications). Coaching was provided to the countrieswhich requested assistance in that evaluation process.In 2010, the Facility established 146 small grants with stakeholders (87% with non-state actors) in 43countries and 2 regional organizations, totalling 3.5 million US$.Facility PartnershipsSince no new countries were admitted, the number of Facility Partner Countries remains 70, plus the 4Regional Organisations. The table below provides the history of admission of Facility Partners.11