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Total Project Cost:

Start Date of Microfinance Program (mm/dd/yyyy):


Total assets (in US$) at the end of most recent quarter:
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Loan portfolio outstanding at the end of most recent quarter:
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Number of borrowers at the end of most recent quarter:


Describe your current IS difficulties.


What specific problems would you like your IS consultant to help you solve?


What kind of skills do you expect your consultant to have?
project management product design
implementation skills familiarity with software packages
system diagnostic skills training
strategic planning accounts and finance


IS Service Requested


What benefits could an independent consultant bring for you?


How have you found IS consultants in the past?


Which of the reasons listed below restrict your institution's effective use of consultants?
Cannot afford consultants
Cannot find consultants with necessary skills
Cannot implement findings within consultants reports
Cannot define the parameters for the consulting assignment carefully enough to get good report
Our managers need more appreciation of the IS process so we can maintain more control over consulting projects
Are you currently using software from an external vendor?
   If yes, which vendor?  
What additional IS related services does your software vendor provide?


Will your institution receive any other outside sources of funding for this IS engagement?
If yes, please list each source and amount.


Adapted Terms of Reference
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Final Consultant Proposal
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Audited Financial Statements
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Previous Assignment Report
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Previous Assignment Report
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A senior management official of the Microfinance institution must endorse the following statements regarding participation in the IS Fund.

I, , , of hereby confirm that:

  • I understand that my institution may choose a consultant from among any of the IS Fund's approved consultant list.
  • My institution has fully disclosed all other sources of funding for this IS engagement.
  • I understand that the consultant's summary engagement report from this IS engagement will be made public on the IS Fund website.
  • We agree, in good faith, to improve our ability to manage information, by selecting an information system or by modifying our existing system. To do this, we will take into strong consideration the recommendations of this consulting engagement.
 

   

 
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