Civicus toolkit on how to develop a financing strategy; Janet Shapiro; Toolkit

How to analyze different consultants to determine the best value for the project.

How to selection consultant based on lowest price having met the ""required"" criteria.

List of paperwork needed to hire a consultant

How to hire a consultant for more then $25,000 worth of work.

Work Order outlining Consultant's Tasks, Period of Performance and Deliverables.

Guide provides information on developing a national or sectoral evaluation system (aka Evaluation Capacity Development) to assist governments and development agencies.

Describes guidelines that are used by independent auditors in performing recipient-contracted audits required by USAID agreements with non-U.S. recipient organizations. These organizations are referred to as ""recipients"" or ""foreign recipients"" throughout the Guidelines. ""Agreements"" or ""awards"" are defined as USAID-funded grants, contracts, cooperative agreements and loans. The guidelines also provide recipients with help in selecting independent auditors to perform the audits.

Handbook describes how to analyze focus group findings in developing countries to gather practical information for planning and/or improving programs. It is divided into two sections; the first covers the analysis process; the second features a case study from an AED project in Zambia and a series of hands-on exercises.

Toolkit addresses the basics of setting up and using a monitoring and evaluation system for a project. It clarifies what monitoring and evaluation are, how to design a monitoring system and an evaluation process, and how to successfully carry out these activities.