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Financial Management for Donor-Funded Projects

Enhancing the Accountability, Credibility and Transparency of Your Donor Funded Projects

Financial Management for Donor-Funded Projects
Course Schedule

CLASSROOM

30 Jun-04 Jul 2025
London
$5,950
27-31 Oct 2025
Dubai
$5,950

ONLINE

18-22 Aug 2025
Online
$3,950
15-19 Dec 2025
Online
$3,950
Certificate
  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

Training Overview

Training Overview

The primary challenge of Donor-Funded Projects is balancing social objectives with effective financial management in line with donor requirements. Financial planning and management within Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) focus on achieving overall goals, such as accountability to donors, securing future funding, preventing fraud, making informed decisions, enhancing credibility, and improving fundraising efforts.

This practical training course aims to foster accountability, credibility, and transparency in donor-funded/NGO projects, emphasizing the development of competencies in Financial Accounting and Project Finance.

This Coventry Academy training course will cover:

  • Fundamentals of Donor-Funded Projects
  • Financial Statements Analysis
  • Work Plans, Budgets, and Cash Flow Statements
  • Regulatory Governance and Risk Management in Donor-Funded Projects
  • Costing Factors for Donor-Funded Projects
  • Monitoring and Evaluating Donor-Funded Projects

What are the goals?

By the end of this Coventry Academy training course, participants will be able to: 

  • Implement institutional and oversight arrangements for proper performance management and accountability
  • Properly manage people, processes, and systems in line with the donor-funded programs
  • Efficiently perform internal controls, including but not limited to finance, governance, and compliance requirements
  • Mitigate operational fiduciary and financial risks
  • Effectively and efficiently use the funding provided for the intended purposes
  • Communicate periodic, accurate financial reports

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Board level members who wish to develop their understanding of Donor -funded projects
  • Auditing Professionals working with NGO
  • Corporate governance directors
  • Internal auditors
  • Corporate compliance officials
  • Professionals seeking to develop their understanding of the NGO financial management  
  • Public sector finance and accounting personnel

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes interactive case studies from the real world/delegates’ company, discussion and evaluation of the latest international tools & techniques and doing role plays. 

The Course Content

Day One: Introduction to Donor-Funded Financial Management
  • Definition of donor funds projects
  • Introduction to Financial management of donor funds projects
  • Objectives of donor funds
  • Understanding Financial Statements for donor funds projects
  • Interpretation and Analysis of Financial Statements
Day Two: Costing and Budgeting of Donor Funded Projects
  • Costing in Donor Funded projects
  • Marginal, Absorption and Activity Based Costing
  • Management of Accounting & Decision making
  • Types of budgets and work plan
  • Investment appraisal and capital budgeting
  • Key steps of Budget reporting and Internal Controls
Day Three: Donor Funds Management
  • Defining the legal provision of a Donor
  • General Withdrawals Arrangement
  • Break-Even Analysis
  • Managing Donor Funds reporting
  • Procurement of Goods, Works and Services
  • Accounts and Audit
Day Four: Project Management
  • Defining the donor funded project cycle management
  • Planning & scheduling
  • Project Monitoring & Evaluation and Reporting
  • Evaluation of international aid programs
  • Critical path and network analysis
Day Five: Risk Management, Governance and Regulatory Disclosures
  • Regulatory compliance requirements
  • Financial reporting and independent audits
  • Understanding accountability, Probity & Transparency for Donor Funded Projects
  • Governance and anti-corruption
  • Fraud prevention and detection
  • Internal control policies & procedures
  • Risk monitoring and control and control frameworks