Project Proposal Vocational Skills Development and Training

Selection Critiera Vocational Training

The Fontana Foundation bases its work on principles, which it also uses as criteria for project evaluation. In line with its principles, the Fontana Foundation supports vocational training projects that meet the following criteria:

  • Local anchoring: Ownership of a local organisation who also ensures a professional local project management and reporting.
  • Relevance: Importance of the training for the local population and for the sustainablle development of the country.
  • Economic Inclusion: Human beings with limited opportunities gain access to training that will ensure their future income in a sustainablle way.
  • Professional Management of Vocational Training: Clearly defined objectives at the level of competencies, curricula, selection critiera, certificates, etc.
  • Integration into the Local System: Trainings and classes are oriented by national qualification systems, training programmes and certificates – if existing. Training providers establish a close collocation with the local economy in their role as practical trainers and employers.
  • Economic Efficiency, Financial Sustainability and Exit Strategy: Plan for a sustainable continuation that will ensure a long-term existency/ financing of the training provider.
The following projects and measures cannot be supported by the Fontana Foundation
  • We do not support short-term projects or private individuals.
  • We do not support projects in the field of emergency/ humanitarian aid or medical aid.
  • We do not grant loans.
  • We do not make simple donations but get involved in the content.
  • We do not fund intermediary organisations (e.g. foundations) and avoid cash flows for organisations’ administration and fundraising.
  • We do not pursue political, religious or economic interests.
Project Scope

Fontana Foundation prefers mid-term (multi-year) projects that develop a clear exit strategy.
Applicant organisations can use the Fontana Foundation application form or submit their application in their own format. Applications should address the selection criteria for vocational training projects. Proposals can be submitted to info@fontana-foundation.ch.

  • Challenges for the target group
  • Potentials fort he target group
  • Actors who play a key role in the given context (system actors)

Please formulate the context section in view of the proposed project and mention thereby one or several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Criteria: Relevance, economic inclusion

  • Target group
  • Applicant organisation
  • Additional project partners

Please present all actors briefly and describe their role in the existing vocational training system as well as in the proposed project.

Please describe how the project actors will manage and implement the project.

Criteria: Local anchoring, economic inclusion, professional management of vocational training, integration into the local system

  • 1 Impact (general objective at the level of the population and environment)
  • 2 – 4 Outcomes (change of behaviour of actors and at institutional level that will be initiated by the project and that will continue without external support after project end)
  • 2 – 4 outputs per outcome that will be directly provided by the project and that can be measured in a simple way

Criteria: Relevance, economic inclusion, integration into the local system

  • Brief summary of the activities per outcome
  • Activities to ensure project monitoring and management

Please describe in a concrete way who will implement activities and how results will be measured.

Criteria: Local anchoring, professional management of vocational training, integration into the local system

  • Continuation of activities in the absence of project support/ external funds
  • Funding of activities by system actors (local government and economy)

Criteria: Local anchoring, integration into the local system, economic efficiency, financial sustainability and exit strategy

  • Summary oft he budget per outcome and for project management, in a currency of your choice
  • Indication of requested funds, of own funds of the applicant organisation, and of planned and committed funds by third parties
  • Funding schedule (usually payments per semester)
  • Annex: Budget in Excel

Criteria: Professional management of vocational training, econiomic efficiency, financial sustainability and exit strategy

  • Form und and periodicity of the operational and financial reporting
  • Options for Fontana Foundation to monitor and assess the project performance and results

Criteria: Economic efficiency

Please add 2 and 2.