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