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3.8 Value-adding interventions


Value-adding interventions are those that include organisational development, method development, evaluations, preliminary studies or network building. SMC's member organisations may apply for funding for these interventions at any time during the current budget year. These generally have not been included in the normal application time frame for funding from Sida due to circumstances that have prevented a longer planning period. Value-adding interventions are intended to add value and increase the quality of the work of the formal partner organisations and to strengthen their capacity in a long-term perspective.

Application and decision-making process


An application using the specific application forms for preliminary studies and evaluations (See chapter 8) is submitted to SMC in the usual way. The desk officer group at the Secretariat needs a maximum of six weeks from the time of application to process and decide if the grant can be approved. SMCs committee for development cooperation then receives information on the approved interventions and confirms that the appropriate guidelines were followed. The maximum amount for this kind of grant is SEK 200,000. The interventions may have a large or small scope.

Application assessment
Interventions must be clearly described and well prepared. Good planning and clearly formulated goals are important for understanding how they are finally achieved. It is also important to be able to monitor and report on the effectiveness of the intervention. When assessing an application, SMC looks particularly at whether capacity development will lead to new or improved knowledge within the implementing organisation or target group. When assessing local support for an intervention, the following criteria is noted:

The target groups are involved in the planning, implementation and monitoring The intervention uses methods that increase participation More actors will participate Weaker actors will become stronger Local responsibility will increase

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Knowledge is not only used within the organisation but also shared and utilised locally.

It is also always important that the perspective of the poor and vulnerable is included even if they are not necessarily the direct target groups for the valueadding intervention.

Monitoring and reporting


For value-adding interventions, the same reporting times as for other development and communication interventions apply (see section 3.1.2). SMC monitors value-adding interventions by reviewing final reports and by actively giving advice and comments during the process. The degree of goal achievement and a description of any long-term effects form the basis for our assessment of the final report. In addition the report should demonstrate a good understanding of the context in which the intervention has been implemented and how this context may have changed over time. The final report should also describe how the intervention has developed and strengthened the organisation and its work in the long term.

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