This section is expected to answer why the project is needed. Here the entrepreneur needs to give a description of the situation and focus on factors which prompted the formulation of the proposed project. It also should explain about need for this project and explanation of the origin or context.
It is most advisable to involve the whole community in identifying priority problems; that is called "participatory research". The first thing the background does is to identify the problem. That means it must name the problem and locate the problem. It indicates the target group (beneficiaries), the sector, the magnitude and others who are working to solve that problem. It also indicates the extent to which the problem has been solved by the other members and what has been so far accomplished by entrepreneur who is proposing the project.
While examining the problem(s) to be addressed, several questions should arise here. What is the condition of the target group to justify the donor donating money and perhaps seconded staff? Importantly, what conditions, or what changes in conditions are envisaged that would lead to any donor agreeing to fund the project?
The aspects to be included are:
Project area (Issues and problems, not descriptions)
The background chapter describes the factors leading to the problem that the proposed project intends to solve. Everything in this section should be justification to approve the project and the requested funding assistance. Long histories and analyses would be detrimental here.
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