Resource library
Guides, templates and toolkits
Practical resources for proposal development, MEAL and programme quality, including our own guides and templates and the key standards every development organisation should know.
Template
Logframe template
A ready-to-use logical framework with impact, outcome and output rows, indicators, baselines, targets, means of verification and assumptions.
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Template
MEAL plan template
One table for every indicator: baseline, target, data source, frequency, responsibility and how the data will be used.
Prime Horizon · Download
Template
Proposal submission checklist
A final check before you press submit: eligibility, format, budget consistency, annexes and compliance documents.
Prime Horizon · Download
Standard
The Sphere Handbook
Humanitarian Charter and minimum standards in WASH, food security and nutrition, shelter and health.
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Standard
Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability
Nine commitments that organisations use to improve the quality and accountability of their work.
CHS Alliance, Groupe URD, Sphere ↗
Standard
OECD DAC evaluation criteria
Relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability: the criteria most donors use for evaluations.
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Toolkit
Washington Group question sets on disability
Internationally recommended short question sets for collecting disability-disaggregated data in surveys.
Washington Group on Disability Statistics ↗
Toolkit
BetterEvaluation
Free methods, approaches and guidance for planning, managing and conducting evaluations.
BetterEvaluation ↗
Toolkit
KoboToolbox
Free, offline-capable mobile data collection widely used by humanitarian and development organisations.
KoboToolbox ↗
Portal
United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM)
The UN's procurement portal. Register as a supplier to access tenders from more than 40 UN organisations.
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Portal
UN Partner Portal
Where civil society organisations register to partner with UN agencies such as UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP.
United Nations ↗
Portal
Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy certification
Certification of non-profit organisations in Pakistan on governance, financial management and programme delivery.
Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy ↗
Guide
How to write a concept note donors actually read
A two-page structure that answers the questions reviewers ask first, with the mistakes that most often sink Pakistani NGO submissions.
Prime Horizon
Guide
How to write SMART indicators for a donor logframe
Turn vague results into indicators a donor can score, with before-and-after examples for education, health and livelihoods projects.
Prime Horizon
Guide
How to write a MEAL plan for a small grant
A realistic monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning plan for grants under USD 100,000, with a ready-to-copy table structure.
Prime Horizon
Guide
Documents Pakistani NGOs need ready before applying for grants
The registration, financial and policy documents donors most often ask for, and why you should prepare them before a call opens.
Prime Horizon
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