How to Develop Project Ideas through Consultation

All strategic funders want to know if you have consulted beneficiaries in the project design, and, how you know there is a need for the project, and that the methodology you propose is appropriate. This is why consultation is crucial when developing new project ideas. This training tutorial helps you to get the most out of local consultation for the purpose of new project ideas. Informal field visits and consulting beneficiaries in their own environment brings certain challenges as well as many benefits. Structured workshops can bring wider stakeholders together and enable you to go into more detail about the logistics and implementation of a new project. However, both methods provide an opportunity to hear the voice of the beneficiary, and ensure that new project ideas take into account local realities and challenges, so that new project ideas are designed from the ground up. This approach will strengthen project proposals and help with the logistical planning, implementation, and crucially, sustainability of any new project.