All proposals for DFID funding must be accompanied by a Business Case.
There are five interdependent cases within the Business Case:
In its final form the Business Case is the main record of the proposal, summarising value for money considerations and intended results. The logframe is an Annex to the Business Case.
On completion of stage 3, an Intervention Summary should be completed. This is a synthesis of the intervention and is intended as a short, non-technical, easily understood introduction to the intervention. The Intervention Summary is embedded in the Business Case template.
The level of detail in a Business Case is a matter of judgement and at the discretion of the person with delegated authority to approve the spending. It should be proportionate to the level of funding and take into consideration other issues such as political economy sensitivities or whether the intervention is novel or contentious.
1. A Business Case is mandatory for all new investment approvals. Each Business Case must include an Intervention Summary.
2. The appropriate Business Case template (Generic, Multilateral Core, Programme Partnership Arrangement) and Approver/Assurance checklist available in Word templates must be used. The latest Logframe format available in Excel templates must also be used.
3. An Intervention Summary must be written when the Business Case design is complete. The template for the Intervention Summary is included within the Business Case template. Where appropriate the Intervention Summary must be translated into the local language. A separate Intervention Summary template exists on Word templates for this purpose.
4. The Business Case and Intervention Summary must be written in clear English, using 12pt Arial single spaced. They should be correctly spelled and punctuated, with proper use of capital letters, with minimal use of acronyms and abbreviations and explanations in the text when used.
5. A small number of exclusions apply to publishing Business Cases (see link to transparency MS pages below) and must be signed off by Directors.
6. Sensitive or Restricted information must not be included in the body of the Business Case. These should be included in the project submission.
7. Once approval has been received, the email indicating approval must be stored in the same folder, linked to the Business Case, and Declared as a Record.
8. The Business Case, including Intervention Summary, must be Declared as a Record once any final amendments arising from the approval process have been made and approval received. Each document must be given the correct content type when declaring it as a record on QUEST as this is the trigger for publishing the Business Case and Intervention Summary, in keeping with DFIDs transparency commitments
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