04. Structuring a concept note

Lecture quiz

Quiz - Structuring a concept note

Developing Bankable Climate Finance Proposals. Unlimited attempts, no timer, and one pass mark for the whole platform - applied the same way to the 2 written questions below the multiple choice.

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Questions

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  1. 1. A revenue-generating project pitched only for grant funding is making what mistake?

    • Asking for too much money
    • Wasting the strongest thing the project hasCorrect
    • Underestimating construction costs
    • Ignoring the climate rationale

    Matching the finance type to a project's actual cash flow is decided before the proposal is drafted - a revenue-generating project belongs with a different source.

  2. 2. What does a strong climate rationale have to do?

    • Cite as many co-benefits as possible
    • Connect the intervention to a climate outcome by steps someone can checkCorrect
    • Avoid mentioning cost
    • Focus only on emissions reduced

    A rationale that asserts a benefit without a checkable chain of steps does not survive review; each link has to be something a reader can follow and dispute.

  3. 3. In project finance terms, where should risk generally sit?

    • With the party that has the deepest balance sheet
    • With the party best able to manage itCorrect
    • Always with the public sector
    • Wherever the funder prefers

    Demand risk placed on a contractor who cannot influence demand is priced heavily or refused; retained by the party that can manage it, it often costs far less.

  4. 4. Why include a downside case in a financial model?

    • It is a mandatory annex in every template
    • Appraisers will find it anyway, and naming it builds credibilityCorrect
    • It lowers the interest rate offered
    • It transfers liability to the funder

    Stating the point at which a project stops being viable is a signal of a model worth trusting on everything else.

Written questions

Optional - a lecture is complete without any. Add two-to-three sentence explanation questions where the multiple-choice quiz cannot tell whether an idea actually landed - as soon as one exists, a learner must pass it at 70%, the same platform-wide mark as the quiz, before the next lecture opens.

  1. 1. In two or three sentences: why does following the expected structure of a concept note help it, rather than restrict it?

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    2 of 4 have to appear to pass.

    Model answer: A reviewer compares dozens of concept notes against each other, and a note in the expected order is compared fairly. A note that reorders itself for effect makes the reviewer work to locate what they need.

  2. 2. In two or three sentences: why should the funding ask be stated early rather than in a final paragraph?

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    2 of 4 have to appear to pass.

    Model answer: A concept note that buries its funding ask in a final paragraph reads as unsure of itself. Stating the ask early, on the first page, and justifying it afterward, reads with far more confidence.