2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical AdvisersBreakout Session - 30 May 2016

• Cadre Members• Panelists• RI Staff

Introductions

Philip J. SilversRC Valle Verde-Green Valley AZ, D-5500RI Director 2008-10Chair, Cadre of Technical Advisors 2014-17

• Larger, more significant and more sustainable grants• Growing strengths in Areas of Focus

– Expertise– Support materials

• Grants Model Evaluation Findings: Sponsors struggling with—

– Community Assessments– Sustainability– Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Design and

Implementation• Ever-increasing need for Cadre support

The New Grants Model: Opportunities and Challenges

Core Effects:Sustainable

Change/Lasting Results

ProcessResults

(‘Doing Good’)

Training

Cultural Experiences

Adventure

Travel

Friendships

HumanitarianSupplies

Equipment

Externalities(The ‘Sizzle’)

Challenges

Rotary“Credits”

Security—• People • Premises• Equipment

Dimensionsof

Sustainability

Ecological

Human Capital OrganizationalSystems

Behavioral Change MechanicalSystems

New Technologies(Tools) Cultural Ethos

Legacy

DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY

Economic New Policy/Legislation

Cultural Ethos/Legacy

Quality Assurance in Rotary Foundation Programs

Stewardship ProgrammaticQuality

Cadre Tools—• AoF Expertise• Project Design Skills• Program Evaluation• Technical Assistance/Coaching• Technical and Onsite Reviews• Financial Audit

Community AssessmentSustainabilityM&E

Grant Application/Screening Process

Name: Christian PeperaRotary Foundation Cadre Specialist

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A group of volunteer Rotarians who possess professional expertise in Rotary’s six areas of focus.

Who Are the Cadre?

Provide technical expertise and support to Rotarians planning and implementing TRF grant projects around the world

The Purpose of the Cadre

• Ensure stewardship of grant funds

• Assist the Trustees • Advise Rotarians

• Grant application and project advising

• Site Visits, Audits and Project Evaluation

Cadre Activities

Cadre members offer grant application guidance and assistance with:• Community Assessments• Monitoring and Evaluation• Rotary Grant model • Sustainable project planning

Grant Application and Project Advising

Cadre members spend about 3 days on site • Meet with:– Rotarian grant sponsors– Community members– Partnering organizations

• Observe project implementation• Share knowledge, best practices and

provide feedback

At the Project Site

Expertise and Background: Community health, epidemiological research, disease surveillance

Cadre Members in Action – Dr. Dennis Addo

Area of Focus: Disease Prevention and Treatment

• Africa, Central America, and Southeast Asia

• Health professionals• Water and Sanitation experts• Community development

professionals– Monitoring and Evaluation– Community Assessment

Recruitment Needs

Need advice or guidance on a project?Interested in joining the cadre or want to learn more?

• Visit www.rotary.org/en/cadre-technical-advisers

• E-mail cadre@rotary.org

Want to Learn More?

Name: Isaac AninakwahRotary Club and District: Rotary Club of Accra Ridge D9102Rotary Titles/Offices: Assistant Governor

To Provide technical expertise and advice to Rotarians planning and implementing Rotary grant projects around the world• Assist the Trustees • Ensure stewardship• Advise Rotarians• Give back to society

WHY I JOINED THE CADRE

• Opportunity to serve• Meeting a need• Knowledge and experience acquired

as a cadre member

IMPORTANCE OF MY CADRE MEMBERSHIP

I bring on board a wealth of knowledge and experience spanning 10 years in the following areas.• Financial Auditing• Financial Management• Project Management• Monitoring and Evaluation• Vendor and Inventory Verification

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ROTARY MOMENTS

• Part of the Rotary Global Grant Committee

• Reviews all Club Service Projects

• Resource Person on TRF Cadre of Technical Advisers.

CADRE ASSISTANCE- CLUB

• Pre-Assignment Assistance

• Technical Reviews and Advance Site Visits.

• Operational Audits.

CADRE ASSISTANCE- TRF

Name : Josephine Wong Rotary Club and District: RC of Taipei Fujung D3480Rotary Titles/Offices : Past President

Importance of Cadre membership:

2 S s1. Stewardship

2. Sustainability

Why I joined the Cadre?

• Ensuring that Foundation money, donated and raised by Rotarians around the world, is spent wisely, in a manner that benefits the proposed recipients.

• Good use of my professional skills• Good use of my time to serve

Stewardship

Sustainability

Six Steps to Sustainability

1. In terms of personal skills Internal medicine and neurologist hospital administration and management Clinical assistant professor in medical faculty Preventive and functional Medicine

2. In terms of experiences Serving in several NGOs excellent development programs in health, disease prevention,

education, and community development innovative programs based on comprehensive need analysis,

theory of change, solution design and implementation, evaluation and monitoring, and replication of successful models.

I believe these best practices can be of value to the Rotary Foundation

What can I bring to the Cadre ?

Sharing personal cadre moment !

How are you most effective/helpful to TRF or Rotary club?

Project site the city are still under construction. Meeting with the local Rotarians, NGO- Tohoku Relief 311, Senator from theMeeting with the local Rotarians, NGO- Tohoku Relief 311, Senator from the government Legislatives Board who take care of maternal and child unit. Main discuss emphasize on sustainability of the project.

Sharing personal cadre moment!

Interviewed the beneficiaries and listened to their point of view towards a “Maternal and Child care center ”. Listening to their opinion, suggestions, what and how they are helped by this project and introducing them to Rotary.

Sharing personal cadre moment!

Neural tube defect and child mortality reduction

Sharing personal cadre moment !

• Cadre members are effective/helpful to TRF

• Cadre members can be very effective/helpful to districts/clubs

• Cadre members can really make an impact on a club or a project during a site visit

• Can a cadre member serve your clubs or districts as a grant resource?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION!

Name: Sandra McKerseyRotary Club and District: Whangarei South, District 9910 NZRotary Titles/Offices: PDG

BANGLADESH

GLOBAL GRANT – ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Garment Sewing Training Centre Orphanage25 - 29 October

192 Graduates• Destitute Women

and Orphans• Machinists Earn

US$150

THE PROJECT

Equipment

Expertise

Employment

A CLOTHING FACTORY

Pride in Project

Record Keeping

Immaculate Accounts

SITE VISIT FEEDBACK MEETING

Attending: Village Council, Rotary Committee, Orphanage Committee, Trainers and Recruitment Personnel

ANOTHER PROJECT

THE ORPHANS

THE DORMITORY

A NEW PROJECT

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