OPA (Online Proposal Appraisal) <www.bellanet.org/opa> was originally designed and developed in 1999/2000 using Cold Fusion by Bellanet International Secretariat <www.bellanet.org> in partnership with the MINGA program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada <www.idrc.ca/minga>.  The idea for OPA emerged to support a MINGA project initiative for small grant programs.  MINGA and Bellanet agreed on the benefits of creating a generic, Open Source application that could also serve a wide variety of other purposes. The Cold Fusion version 2.0 of OPA was completed in 2001 in collaboration with the GDN Awards Program <http://www.gdnet.org/>. KiNcite <www.kincite.com> then ported OPA to PHP in 2001/2002 in collaboration with Bellanet ***********and Government Telecommunications & Informatics Service (GTIS), Government of Canada***********[Mark -- I spent GTIS time on testing, with permission from my Director]************.  Bellanet made further refinements in September 2002.

CONTACTS:

Mark Faul
OPA Project Manager (2001-current)
Cold Fusion programmer, Co-Architect of OPA (1999-2001)
Program Officer, Bellanet International Secretariat
+1 (613) 236-6163 ext 2388 <mfaul@bellanet.org>

Joseph (José) Potvin
Original Co-Architect and Product Manager of OPA (1999-2001)********, Bellanet*********
********Currently: ***************Management Team Member, Enterprise Architecture
Government Telecommunications & Informatics Service (GTIS), Government of Canada
+1 (819) 956-8617 <joseph.potvin@pwgsc.gc.ca> <jpotvin@linuxmail.org>

Daniel Buckles, PhD.
********Detailed Business Requirements, ***********[for Daniel to confirm, of course]*********Usability and Design (1999-2001)
Senior Program Specialist, International Development Research Centre
+1 (613) 236-6163 ext 2358 <dbuckles@idrc.ca>

F. Brian Davy Ph.D.
Usability and Design (1999-2001)
Biodiversity Team Leader, International Development Research Centre
+1 (613) 236-6163 ext 2540 <bdavy@idrc.ca>

Gilles Cliche
*******Contextual Business Requirements,********** Usability and Design (1999-2001)
Program Officer, International Development Research Centre
+1 (613) 236-6163 ext 2061 <gcliche@idrc.ca>

Eiichiro Kawabe
Usability and Design (2001)
Policy Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat, Cabinet Office (Japan)
+81-3-3581-3513 <ekawabe@op.cao.go.jp>

Jako Jellema
PHP Development Coordinator (2001-2002)
KiNcite
+31 15 2850318 <j.jellema@kincite.com>

Sarah Kerr
PHP programmer (2002)
Technical Officer, Bellanet International Secretariat
+1 (613) 236-6163 ext 2192 <skerr@bellanet.org>