Project management

The Limmat Foundation distinguishes itself from many other umbrella foundations by its offer of project management. Through its long experience, it has built a reliable network of local partners as well as national and international donors.

In selecting projects, the Limmat Foundation focuses its development work on the following areas:

– Education / training of children and adolescents

– Training of educators

– Securing income and jobs, e.g. through microfinance loans

Since the Limmat Foundation was founded in 1972, more than 1000 projects have been implemented in more than 80 countries with the support of over 300 local partners and a total volume of more than CHF 300,000,000. The main beneficiaries are children, students and women.

With selecting the projects comes the evaluation process which is divided into three parts:

OPERATIONAL EVALUATION: IMPACT

Impact (effectiveness)
Social benefit (efficiency)
Financial sustainability
Scalability
Replicability

OPERATIONAL EVALUATION: LOCAL

Local funding
Stakeholder engagement
Innovation

STRATEGIC EVALUATION

Willingness of the donors
Goals of the Limmat Foundation
Local partner
Geographical location
Work for the Limmat team
Impact

During the duration of the project, the Limmat Foundation monitors the progress:

ONLINE QUESTIONAIRE

Content:

General information
Development of the project
Financial information
Future of the project
Feedback

Periodicity:

Twice per year (July and December)

VIDEO CONFERENCES

Content:

Follow-up of project progress
Needs
Expectations

Periodicity:

1-2 times per year

LOCAL VISITS

Content:

Follow-up on project progress
Needs
Expectations
Specific training

Periodicity:

Once per year (where appropriate)

The Limmat Foundation sets a high value on the improvement of the local partner’s skills and knowledge so that they can continue the sustainable projects after the funding comes to an end. To enhance their capabilities, the Limmat Foundation focuses on:

SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE

Content:

Formation session with an expert

Periodicity:

Twice per year

COACHING

Content:

Individual coaching of local partners with specialists

Periodicity:

Weekly

NETWORKING

Platform created by the Limmat Foundation with all its local partners
Exchange of best practices
Posting of valuable content

During the total period of the project, the Limmat Foundation informs by regular reporting via different ways:

PROGRESS REPORTS

Brief summary information of the projects

Periodicity:

Twice per year

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

Content:

Website
Social Media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram

Periodicity:

Weekly

ANNUAL REPORT

Report of the most important projects of the year

Via impact measurements the projects are evaluated during and after their term to analyses the influence of the projects on the beneficiaries as well as to make improvements if necessary. This step of the project management is very important for the Limmat Foundation.