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Project Delivery and Disbursement Acceleration Blueprint
For project implementation units, ministries and agencies whose donor-financed projects disburse slowly, miss milestones or are rated at risk. Answer 24 questions on project governance, readiness, procurement and contracts, financial management and disbursement, team capacity, and monitoring and safeguards, and receive a recovery blueprint with priorities, an architecture of how the unit should work and a phased roadmap.
- Assessment
- 12 min
- Free
- Sources checked November 2026
Who it is for
- Project implementation units (PIUs) and project coordinators
- Ministries and agencies with projects rated at risk or problem
- Finance and procurement officers of donor-financed projects
- Steering committees preparing a restructuring or mid-term review
What you get
- A strategic interpretation of your situation
- Your priorities, ranked
- A visual architecture of how the pieces fit
- A phased roadmap and the programmes that build each step
How this tool works
- Built on
- Six areas that commonly explain slow implementation and low disbursement in investment projects: governance, readiness, procurement and contracts, financial management and disbursement, team capacity, monitoring and safeguards.
- Scoring
- Each answer scores from 0 (not in place) to 4 (fully in place). An area's score is the points earned as a share of the maximum for the questions you answered; the overall score is the average of the areas. Bands: Foundations needed 0–39%, Transformation under way 40–69%, Ready to scale 70–100%.
- Limitations
- Results depend on the information you enter and are not verified by Risalat. This tool does not replace MAPS, PEFA, World Bank or other formal assessment methodologies, or an independent review.
- Your data
- What you type stays in your browser unless you save it to a free account. We receive your name, email and summary only when you open your results.
- Sources checked
- November 2026 (checked every month)
- Team or organisation
- With a free account you can invite colleagues from each department to answer the same questions. You get a consolidated dashboard: scores by area and department, where colleagues disagree, priority gaps and an action plan. Anonymous mode hides names and groups departments with fewer than 3 responses.
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Programmes that build these skills
Upcoming programmes whose content matches the areas this tool measures. Your results show which fit your weakest areas.
ProgrammeProject Management for Donor-Funded Projects and PIUs in BaliBali · 18 Jan 2027Builds: Project governance and decision-makingProgrammeFundamentals of Project Management with Microsoft Project TrainingTallinn · 26 Jan 2027Builds: Project governance and decision-makingProgrammePractical Project Management & Leadership Training in BeijingBeijing · 1 Feb 2027Builds: Project governance and decision-makingProgrammeProject Cycle Management Training – From Design to Implementation ExcellenceLisbon · 1 Feb 2027Builds: Readiness and implementation planningProgrammeConstruction Management & Implementation Training in Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi · 15 Feb 2027Builds: Readiness and implementation planningProgrammeTrauma Responsive Project Planning Training in LondonLondon · 1 Feb 2027Builds: Readiness and implementation planning
Nothing here for your exact need? Ask for an in-house programme built around your gaps, or browse all programmes.
Questions
Who is it for?
Project implementation units (PIUs) and project coordinators; Ministries and agencies with projects rated at risk or problem; Finance and procurement officers of donor-financed projects; Steering committees preparing a restructuring or mid-term review.
How long does it take?
About 12 minutes. Your answers stay in your browser until you ask for the blueprint.
Is this an official assessment?
No. It is a structured self-assessment based on recognised good practice. It helps a team agree where to start; it does not replace an audit or a formal assessment.
Can Risalat help us implement it?
Yes. The blueprint can open a one-day workshop with your team, a training programme or a consulting assignment that turns the roadmap into a work plan.
Based on
Sources checked: November 2026. We check the official sources every month.
A self-assessment and planning aid based on common good practice in public sector reform. It is not an audit or an official assessment.