Structured Questionnaire for CAs

[IMPACT]

Build a tool to be used by CAs in their assessment process. By structuring the questionnaire based on the CA guide, it becomes very easy for any Community Advisor (CA) to clearly understand whether the proposer has provided the necessary information for his proposal to be Excellent or Good or needs to be filtered out.

Since another integral role of the CA is to provide useful feedback and advice for the proposer to improve his proposal for future funding rounds, the tool also helps him identify what is lacking and what information would be useful to provide as feedback

The structured questionnaire covers all areas of the CA guide in detail and breaks down what makes an Excellent proposal. What points are to be covered, and what areas must be detailed. I have used this in Fund 6 and Fund 7. It reduced the time spent on each proposal significantly and helped me to earn most ratings as Excellent or Good.

Inability to properly educate the CAs on the value of using this tool. Many CAs may not be willing to use the discipline and structure provided by this tool. Unwillingness to learn and try new things.

[FEASIBILITY]

Month 1

Development of the Tool and Integration with existing CA assessments tool

Month 2

Testing and deployment

Month 3

Marketing of the tool to CAs

Creation of the Tool 6000 USD

Integration of the tool 4000 USD

Marketing to various stakeholders, mainly CAs and those who want to become a CA 2000

Total 12000 USD

Please provide details of your team members required to complete the project.

Dimitri Fernando https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitrifernando777/?originalSubdomain=lk

Active member of Catalyst Community - General ADA holder in Catalyst Circle V3, Community Advisor in Fund 6 and 7, Veteran Community Advisor in Fund 7, VCA in Flash Assessment in Fund 7, Cardano4Climate, Cardano Creatives, Founder of South Asian Town Hall, Active in Eastern Town Hall, Pacific Town Hall, European Town hall, Catalyst Swarm, Gimbalabs Playground

Serial Entrepreneur, INFJ, Marketer by profession, Creative by passion, Strategist, Writer, Poet, Storyteller Has background in multiple sectors and has run several companies with groundbreaking technologies in Sri Lanka.

+ 1992-1995 Voiced and Produced multiple programmes at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in numerous Services including Simultaneous translation on a Trilingual Stereo broadcast every day called City FM.

+ 1995 to present - Over 27 years running a translation agency handling translations in over 100 languages with native speaking Master Translators all over the world.

Muttiah Duraiswamy https://lk.linkedin.com/in/muthiah-duraisamy-22498ab8

Muthiah Duraiswamy has over 30 years of experience handling translations in the Ministry of Languages. He is an Official Languages translator having obtained his certification. He has also been a contributor to the Mahawamsa the 4000 year old historical Chronicle of Sri Lanka which is updated every year.

Rishantha Welikadage https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/daforce

RIshantha has been involved in multiple business sectors including State Government in Minnesota USA as a Hardware Technician and Entrepreneur. He has also worked in software development in the logistics industry. Being involved from the inception of a freight logistics company he grew it from 2 employees to over 30 and developed a proprietary system which was better than ready built systems available for a UK logistics and courier company.

He has obtained his MBA in Business Management from Australia and has also been involved in many Social Service organizations such as the Lions Club.

Chamarie Ranasinghe https://web.facebook.com/designerchamari

Chamari Ranasinghe has been involved in multiple entrepreneurial businesses for the last 25 years. She is highly experienced in managing complex projects and has a skill of connecting with all strata of society and can motivate any group of people. She has a down to earth quality about her that serves her well in her social service work which also brings her closer to her passion of helping people. She is also a qualified Ayurvedic Physician.

The number of people required to complete this task has been calculated.

We will be using our inhouse resources as well as obtain our Master Translator Partner network to handle overflow of work to ensure that our deliverables remain on track. They would be brought on board as and when needed and budget would include their costs

[AUDITABILITY]

Creation of the Tool - Tracked by Daily reports as to progress

Integration of the tool - Tracked by reports from developer along with the creator of existing tool to discuss and implement the integratino plan

Marketing to various stakeholders, - Done by my professional team with over 10 years of experience in Digital marketing

Having all CAs use this tool to improve their ease of assessment, reduce time taken to assess a proposal, and increase in their level of Good and Excellent proposal by use of this tool.

Ability to educate VCAs that this tool is useful and must be valued and given high scores , as it makes both the CA, VCA and Proposers life much easier to understand, assess and improve the proposal.

Have proposers demand that CAs and VCAs take the tool seriously and value it as it should be valued.

This is a new proposal