There are organisations and platforms where best practices and ideas can be shared and information can be gained on proposal writing. Please find a few below. Do you know platforms or knowledge hubs you would like to share with us? Please let us know us via info@viawater.nl

• https://www.viawater.nl/project-proposal
  • So you've got a brilliant idea that you would like to share with the world in order for it to turn into gold? First of all, we warmly welcome you to share your idea in our community, to enrich and perhaps improve it through the help and knowledge of others. Should you decide your idea is ready to get a kick start from our fund, you can apply through the procedure displayed on this page. So how do you obtain support? You can read all about it on this page, or click below for the document Roadmap to VIA Water support. We strongly advise you to read the Roadmap before starting to write your teaser!
• https://www.viawater.nl/proposal-writing-toolbox-0
  • Quick link to all kinds of interesting animations and videos on 'how to write your project proposal'.
• http://www.kstoolkit.org/SWOT+Analysis
  • SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Strengths and Weaknesses are internal factors, while Opportunities and Threats are external factors that can have an effect on you, your organizational unit and or your projects. This website shows you how to make the analysis
• http://diytoolkit.org/tools/business-model-canvas/
  • The Business Model Canvas is a one page overview that lays out both what you do (or want to do), and how you go about doing it; enabling structured conversations around management and strategy by laying out the crucial activities and challenges involved with your initiative and how they relate to each other. Please find the canvas and explanation via this website.