Haggar Foundation
Second Call for Proposals
2017
Haggar Foundation Office Front
Venue: Grand Holiday Villa
Haggar Foundation
Second Call for Proposals
Wednesday August 23rd, 2017
Background
In 2016 and as a result of deliberations with Haggar foundation strategy formulation
consultants (Value Works), it has been recommended that a kind of conference or workshop to
communicate criteria and measures that the foundation follows to select and fund
developmental projects should take place. Accordingly, the first call for proposal workshop has
been held in August 24th of 2016 in Grand Holiday Villa.
The Foundation extended the invitation at that time to more than 200 organizations where
120 organizations responded to the call and represented in the meeting. Out of that number
only 84 applications have met the preliminary criteria of selection and 23 of them got funded.
This call for proposals 2018 which took place at the same venue as the previous but on the 23rd
of August 2017 witnessed representations of 127 organizations, academic institutions and
societies.
Objectives
- To collect as much information as possible on community needs. This will be achieved in
a consultation with local and international NGOs, CBOs and other representatives of the
various stakeholders.
- To explain in details mechanism of application, selection criteria and priority areas that
HF will follow to fund 2018 projects; and
- Ensure that feedbacks and inputs of workshop participants has been properly taken into
account and considered.
Opening Session
The panel was composed of:
- Dr. AbdulBagi Jailani – member of the board of trustees whom chaired the meeting;
- Mr. Taha Ali Elbashir, Vice President of the Board of Trustees / Member of Executive
Committee of Haggar Foundation; and
- Ms. Sara Abbo, Executive Committee Chairperson of Haggar Foundation.
The session started by welcoming remarks to the attendance. Dr. Jailani appreciated this type
of fruitful dialogue with the CSOs and invited them to benefit from the opportunity offered
through the call and the ability of Haggar Foundation.
Dr. AbdulBagi Al-Jailani
(Member of the Board of Trustees)
Mr. Taha Ali Elbashir, Vice President of the Board of Trustees to deliver his speech which
started by welcoming the gathering & expressed satisfaction with this encouraging attendance
to the workshop. He commends the help and support that CSOs is providing to the community
they are living with and amongst and for the development of the country.
His speech touched the base on key principles of Haggar Foundation on sacrificing significant
portion of its resources on development, while keeping low profile and low visibility when it
comes to communicate their initiatives/projects. This is justified as per the will of the founder
whom saved some of his own income for the support of the community to be delivered without
communicating it via the media.
He explained to the audiences that the foundation efforts will focus on poverty reduction
through support in health related issues, water and education. This efforts will be guided by
transparency & accountability. Saying this, the foundation will also give attention to art and
culture as integral part of funded projects.
Mr. Taha Ali Elbashir
(Vice chairman of the board of trustees)
(Vice chairman - Haggar Group of Companies)
Deputy Commissioner of the HAC Mr. Mohamed Mustafa Elsinnari who attended the event
and addressed the workshop, saying that he has past experience with HF and he is proud of it
as a pioneer institution in the field of humanitarian national activities. He showed their
readiness to solve any problems facing the organizations if need be.
Mr. Mohammed El-Sinnari
(Deputy Commissioner of the Humanitarian Aid Commission Federal)
The Commissioner of the HAC , Khartoum state Dr. Nowar Mohamed Ahmed stated that she was
impressed with the gathering amazed with such a big attendance of Khartoum state
organizations that is more than ready to give its support to the community. She commended
the support delivered by Haggar Foundation especially during the times of emergencies and
crises in Khartoum state.
Dr. Nowar Mohamed Ahmed
(Khartoum State Commissioner of the Humanitarian Aid Commission)
Representative from Elmenarra Water Station Mr. Abd El-Hameed Kamal, delivered a
presentation addressing issues related to water harvesting, subterranean & surface water as
well as the pumped & well-waters. The importance of investment in this field is that it’s being a
support for poverty reduction, he praised Haggar as a major contributor in this field.
He advised more cooperation with the ministries & the State regarding water in this aspect,
because a dispute may happen between the communities, the Government has maps for the
subterranean water & the hand pumps might not last long because of the pressure on them by
the community. However, he stressed that the community’s need for water is very high.
Mr. Abd El-Hameed Kamal
(Production Manager- El Manara Water Station)
First session
The first started by a presentation delivered by General Directorate of Planning
at the Humanitarian Aid Commission HAC Ms. Muna Nour El-Daem. She
presented a paper on Health with a road-map drawn by the Commission. The
paper focused on the need for health and education in the states with child birth
health being the top priority to help the local and international NGO’s in locating
the whereabouts to establish water wells and stations.
Ms. Muna Nour El-Daem
(Director General of the General Directorate of Planning, Research and Technical Cooperation)
The second intervention was by Nutrition Administrator at the Humanitarian Aid Commission
Ms. Fatma Mahmoud whom has spoken about reducing mortality rates of mothers and the
newly born. She addressed sanitation issues in general because the lack of healthy water
caused a high rate of Cholera Disease. She also added to the paper that was presented by Ms.
Muna Nour El-Daem that there were more pressing areas particularly in Eastern Sudan & Blue
Nile areas.
Ms. Fatma Mahmoud
(Nutrition Administrator, Humanitarian Aid Commission)
Mr. Mubarak Yahia then addressed the meeting on key education issues that needs more
attention and focus. Key areas were:
The importance of the basic education with emphasis on school drop-outs,
Seating for students & provision of one meal for the needy of basic school students
Education of the illiterate & vocational education.
Mr. Mubarak Yahia
(Basic education curriculum expert, UNISCO)
The introduction to Haggar Foundation by Ms. Nada Saad (Personal Assistant to Chairman of
the board of directors).
In her presentation in favor of giving proper introduction to the Haggar foundation, Nada has
highlighted the following key points to the meeting:
The company was founded in Juba 1904 and then exists in North Sudan in the sixties.
The Foundation was established in 1988 as a non for profit Company.
The foundation does not receive any external funding.
The foundation has performed a comprehensive consultation with all the local organizations
and surveyed different geographical areas to identify needs and gaps. Accordingly, three
key priority areas were selected for the foundation to focus on; Water, Health and
Education.
She also addressed the audiences on internal institutional arrangements related to the
projects where Haggar Foundation has three sub-committees:
Executive committee
Health committee
Financial committee
Ms. Nada Saad
(Personal Assistant to Chairman of the board of directors)
Application Procedures This part has been taken care of by Ms. Zeina Logman (Haggar Foundation Field Officer) as she highlighted the framework of the Foundation mindset when it looks at applications to select projects for funding. The ultimate objective is to have a positive impact in the community.
Strategic directions are as follows; Basic Education:
To develop the schools in rural areas.
Capacity Building and Training of the teachers and practitioners
Invest in schools basic needs and students nutrition.
Literacy programs:
Vocational training.
Supporting the disabled and those of special needs. Health sector:
To provide basic health care.
To help reduce materialistic mentality.
Protective measures.
Water sector:
Provide clean and healthy drinking water for the rural areas.
Who could apply?
All the Sudanese national NGOs officially registered in the Sudan including CBOs, cultural organizations & any other organizations working on poverty reduction & developing the standard of living in the country.
Other health centers including hospitals and research centers.
How does the process of application proceeds?
First step is submission of the concept note, and the projects to be pre-approved for the
idea by the executive committee.
Development of detailed proposal using HF application template
Field visit to the location of the project to get a better understanding of the beneficiaries
and needs and how this project could be of benefit to them.
Signing of contracts with the implementing parties in case of final approval
Follow up and monitoring field visits to the project through every milestone by Haggar
Foundation’s Field Officer.
Ms. Zeina Logman
(Haggar Foundation Field Officer)
Haggar Company Contribution:
The CSI department of the group of companies represented by head of department Mr.
Omer Farah and CSI officer. They highlighted links with Foundation and collaborations as well
as, for the benefit of audiences, differentiate between the two entities in terms of institutional
arrangements and modality of work.
Mr. Omer Farah
(Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact Manager at Haggar Co. ltd.)
Plenary Discussion session:
The participants have effectively participated with valuable comments and recommendations
as well as putting their questions on the table. We have tried in this report to highlight those
comments and cluster them in a way that reflects directions that discussion take around the call
for proposal process:
- Significant number of comments focused on the duration of projects enquiring on what
basis Haggar Foundation is putting one year as a limit. They believe that some
developmental interventions to be of higher impact may take between three to five
years in average. The panel has taken note of this important comment and they promise
to discuss it during coming board meetings to respond to the need for longer duration
projects in certain circumstances.
- Some of the representatives of applicant organizations believes that putting a ceiling for
the funds that Haggar Foundation provides would be helpful in terms of planning and
expectations when they develop their projects. The answer was quite clear; the
foundation is never determining any kind of ceilings. It rather encourage applicants to
identify the need/gap comprehensively then look at which activity/ budget line could be
covered in terms of funding and impact.
- There is questions about eligibility of applicant organizations. The response is that
registration with HAC is a must for any organization to apply through the call. This is for
the sake of avoidance of any conflicts/troubles and for accountability. Nevertheless,
young organizations are encouraged to apply although the call is putting having some
experience in the selected field as one of the selection criteria. This is because it is
considered as a kind of support to the newly established and youth organizations to
compete and build their own capacity.
- There is a request also related to the priority areas; three is not enough if we look at the
gap in development sector in Sudan. They want the foundation to be more open to
more diverse areas of intervention to support vulnerable communities. The answer is
that priority areas has already been confirmed at strategic level and it is hard to go back
and relook them again, in addition to the fact that other issues are being tackled as
cross-cutting issues all across identified projects in the three priority areas. Gender
mainstreaming, livelihoods and environment in addition to disability were good
examples in this regard.
- Some comments related to assign projects to specialized organizations only raised. They
claimed that it is quite difficult in the current context in Sudan to run an organization
with one specialization. Limitations of resources and human capital as well as lack of
adequate funding were amongst justifications for that approach. This is also has been
taken as important and valid note needs to be considered when assessing projects
proposals.
- There was a very strong recommendation that is in high demand by most of
participants. Impact assessment is a key element in effective implementation of
developmental projects. There is a need for the Haggar foundation to work on applying
indicators to assess the impact of their interventions and effectiveness of
implementation.
Ms. Sara Abbo
(Chairman of the Executive Committee)
(Member of the Board of Trustees)
- Finally, the participants calls for considering geographical distribution when it comes to
projects selection and targeted sectors. They think it should fair and on the basis of
demand and vulnerability.
Attached Annexes:
1- List of NGO’s, CBO’s and other entities participated in the workshop.
2- The workshop program.
3- Mr. Taha Ali Elbashir opening speech.
4- Ms. Nada Saad’s presentation.
5- Ms. Zeina Logman’s presentation.