10 Steps Application Procedures

	Step 1—Submit Preliminary Application Complete Form 211 “Poverty Assessment of Community” and Form 212 ‘Application for Project Financing”.
	Step 2—Assess Preliminary Application Assess application for compliance with CDF Criteria.
	Step 3—Dispatch Letter to NGO/CBO Acknowledge receipt of application, and results of preliminary and next steps
	Step 4 (if criteria are met) — Develop Detailed Proposal Organisation develops detailed proposal with input from CDF Programme Officer, Community Development Officer and other specialists as required. Step 4 (if criteria are not met) — Evaluate Detailed Proposal CDF evaluates detailed proposal against Fund criteria and determines whether project is eligible for funding, which components or activities should be funded and level of support t o be provided by the CDF.
	Step 5— Prepare Report for consideration of the CDF Steering Committee The CDF Programme Officer prepares a report recommending the level of support/funding as determined in Step 4
	Step 6—CDF Steering Committee considers Report The CDF Programme Steering Committee considers and makes final evaluation and determines whether the project should be supported and the level of support/funding.
	Step 7 (if not approved)—Dispatch Letter to NGO/CBO Acknowledge receipt of application, and results of preliminary and next steps
	Step 8 (if approved)—Establish Agreement Organisation enter into an agreement with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and is formally awarded a grant
	Step 9 — Implement Project Organisation implements project with support from the CDF Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, Community Development Officers and / or staff from other development agencies. Organisations submit Quarterly Reports and Final report to CDF.
	Step 10— Ex-post Evaluation of Projects CDF Monitoring and Evaluation Officers or External specialists conduct ex-post evaluations to determine the success of the project.