Welcome to Online Proposal Appraisal (OPA).
OPA
is a generic management application, with the flexibility to support various workflow processes such as:
The
public side of OPA provides a complete online worksite module for a project's home location, the associated
calls for proposals, and public discussion. The secure administration side of OPA offers full-featured online
appraisal workflow and communications for the end-to-end management of proposals and reports.
OPA is a multilingual web-based application used to administer a wide range of activities that incorporate submission, group review and approval stages as part of their workflow:
Coordinators use the OPA administration Website to set up and manage all online aspects of a program on behalf of a Program Committee;
Proponents submit proposals to the OPA Public Website, and may participate in online discussions through OPA;
Reviewers use the ranking and comenting facilities of OPA to assess proposals against criteria set by the Coordinators;
Contractors are engaged to execute certain aspects of approved proposals and are, generaly, paid for the service.
Optionally,
OPA can offer public access to accepted proposals and reports, as well as facilitate public dialogue around the
issues being addressed in the proposals and/or project reports. It also supports a web interface to external
email lists (e.g. Lyris, Mailman, Dada Mail, MajorDomo) for targeted communication involving the Program
Committee, Coordinators, Reviewers, and the public.