Add Initiative Information

What is an OPA Initiative?

OPA (Online Proposal Appraisal) is a full-featured, web-based, multi-lingual proposal appraisal system suitable for the end-to-end administration of any proposal request, submission, appraisal, selection and budgeting process, through to reporting, report review, approval, dissemination, and discussion. An activity that embodies similar processes qualifies as an OPA  initiative. Examples of initiatives are:

Project tendering processes

Screening of applicants (eg. Job Placement)

Policy proposal consultation

Grant & loan programs

Calls for conference papers

Data entry rules for adding or updating initiative info are as follows:

Data Item	Explanation	Allowed Input	Comments
Language	Select the default language for the initiative	Dropdown	Required.
Name	The title or name of the Initiative		Required
Background	This is a general description of the Initiative
Eligibility	General eligibility criteria for the Initiative		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Review Process	Description of the review process.		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Copyright Notice	Any copyright implications for the Initiative		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Proposal Format	Description of  the format of proposals are to be submitted.		Required
About Submitting Proposals	Description of how proposals are to be submitted		Required
Administration Site Title Image	The name of the image file of the Admin Site Title		Browse file system to locate, if necessary
Public Site Title Image	The name of the image file of the Public Site Title.		Browse file system to locate, if necessary
Implementing Agency – Agency name	The name of the implementing agency		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Implementing Agency – Agency Contact	The name of the contact person of the implementing agency		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Implementing Agency – Agency Contact Email	The email address of the contact person of the implementing agency		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Implementing Agency – Mail Address	The postal address of the implementing agency		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Implementing Agency – Courier Address	The name and address of the courier company used by the implementing agency.		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Implementing Agency – Courier Instructions	Instructions re: the courier company used by the implementing agency.		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Implementing Agency – Phone	The phone number of the implementing agency		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Implementing Agency – Fax	The fax number of the implementing agency		Required. Enter ‘N/A’ if inapplicable.
Implementing Agency – Website	The web address of the implementing agency