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Grant Funding and Project Management in the Public Sector

This course builds the skills needed to secure, manage and report on conditional grants and donor funding within municipalities and government departments, including the Municipal Infrastructure Grant and other national transfers. Participants learn project planning, procurement sequencing, expenditure monitoring against grant business plans, and the reporting disciplines required to avoid grant rollovers, stoppages or withdrawal.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain the conditional grant framework and the consequences of poor performance.
  • Develop a grant business plan that links milestones to disbursement schedules.
  • Sequence procurement activities so that projects spend grant funds within the financial year.
  • Monitor project expenditure against approved grant business plans and cash flow projections.
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly grant performance reports for transferring departments.
  • Respond to underperformance findings that could trigger grant stoppage or withdrawal.

Course outline

  1. 01Conditional Grant Framework
  2. 02Grant Business Plan Development
  3. 03Project Planning and Scheduling
  4. 04Procurement Sequencing for Grants
  5. 05Expenditure Monitoring
  6. 06Grant Performance Reporting
  7. 07Managing Underperformance and Rollovers
  8. 08Closing Out Grant-Funded Projects

Who should attend

This course suits project managers, grant administrators, technical services officials and finance staff responsible for conditional grant projects in municipalities and departments.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
20 to 22 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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