Project Development

Project Development & Funding

From opportunity to decision to submission. We identify and test funding opportunities, develop the strongest concepts and turn selected projects into submission-ready applications.

Typical outputs

Opportunity screening · Project concepts · Partnership structures · Budgets · Applications · Quality-control reviews

Two engagements. A clear handover point.

From opportunity to submission

We develop project ideas and concepts tailored to your organisation for opportunities worth pursuing.

01 · Continuous development · throughout the year

External Projects Office

  1. 01

    OPPORTUNITY

    Monitor funding sources and select relevant opportunities.

  2. 02

    SCREENING

    Check requirements, eligibility and hidden barriers.

  3. 03

    RESEARCH

    Study the programme, previous projects and evidence of what succeeds.

  4. 04

    IDEATION

    Develop alternative project directions for your organisation.

  5. 05

    CONCEPT

    Turn the strongest idea into a concrete project concept.

  6. 06

    TEST

    Assess competitiveness, feasibility and the capacity required.

  7. 07

    DECISION

    Recommend whether to proceed and specify what is needed next.

If a funding opportunity looks too good to be true, it usually is. The first job is to find out why.

GO/NO-GO · the monthly service ends here

Your team can then take the project forward, or RADAK can.

Full application preparation is not included in the monthly service.
02 · Focused production · after a GO decision

Full Project Development

  1. 01

    DATA & EVIDENCE

    Collect, verify and integrate the information and evidence required.

  2. 02

    ARCHITECTURE

    Develop the full project logic, structure and implementation plan.

  3. 03

    PARTNERS

    Define the partnership, roles, commitments and contributions.

  4. 04

    ACTIVITIES

    Design activities, resources, schedules and responsibilities.

  5. 05

    RESULTS & INDICATORS

    Define measurable results, targets and how they will be evidenced.

  6. 06

    BUDGET

    Build the budget from the activities and test its financial logic.

  7. 07

    APPLICATION

    Draft against the actual application form and call criteria.

  8. 08

    COMPLIANCE

    Check the rules, required documents and consistency across them.

  9. 09

    SCORING

    Identify where an evaluator could deduct points.

  10. 10

    REVISIONS

    Incorporate feedback from the client and partners.

  11. 11

    FINAL QUALITY CONTROL

    Check the narrative, figures, budget, annexes and risks.

  12. 12

    SUBMISSION

    Prepare the final version and support the submission process.

01

Three ways to work with us

External Projects Office →A continuous, year-round development function across your funding opportunities: research, ideation, preliminary concepts and an informed GO/NO-GO decision.
Full Project Development →After a GO decision, we turn the selected concept into a submission-ready application. This is a separate, intensive engagement focused on one project and its deadline.
Project Quality Control →Independent review of projects and applications developed by your team or another consultant. We identify weaknesses, likely point losses and material risks, with priorities for revision. The final price depends on complexity.
Scope
01
Local &
municipal projects
02
National &
strategic projects
03
European &
international projects
02

Full Project Development

After a GO decision, we turn the selected concept into a submission-ready application. This is a separate, intensive engagement focused on one project and its deadline.

Evidence and architectureCollection and verification of client information; detailed project architecture; partner structure, roles and coordination; activities, resources, implementation planning, results, outputs and indicators.
Application and budgetBudget and financial logic; drafting against the actual form and scoring criteria; supporting documentation and required annexes.
Review and submissionEligibility and compliance checks; independent application review; cross-document and numerical consistency; revisions with the client and partners; final quality control and submission support.

Implementation support and specialist partner search remain available as separately agreed assignments.

03

Project Quality Control

Independent review of projects and applications developed by your team or another consultant. We identify weaknesses, likely point losses and material risks, with priorities for revision. The final price depends on complexity.

Within the agreed External Projects Office scope, quality control is included for applications developed by the client or their team. This does not cover applications fully developed by RADAK under a separate Full Project Development mandate.

When only five projects out of eighty receive funding, what exactly separates application number five from application number six?

Independent assessmentCall and scoring alignment; project logic; weaknesses and likely point losses; implementation feasibility; budget logic; compliance; internal consistency and material risks.
Useful findingsA reasoned assessment and prioritised revisions. Any substantial rewriting is scoped separately; work that requires rebuilding the project falls under Full Project Development.
European Projects

Ongoing and regional support

For year-round project development
External Projects Office →
For organisations entering Montenegro / the region
Montenegro / Western Balkans
Partner Desk →
Pricing
Three services, with defined scope and fees.
Pricing →

When a project needs further analysis

Where a project requires an investment case, feasibility analysis, financial or economic appraisal, or market and demand evidence, we agree the analytical scope for that project.

Business Plans & Feasibility Studies →

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