It has been a year of adaptation and change for many development professionals, including business developers and fundraisers looking to secure long-term business continuity, diversify their donor base, and expand partnerships. At Devex, we tracked approximately 20% more specific funding opportunities this year — many of them coronavirus-related — than in 2019.
But what comes next? To support business pipeline preparation as 2020 nears its end, we have compiled what we know so far about donors’ future funding plans, based on the tens of thousands of funding opportunities, tenders, grants, and contract awards published on our funding platform this year, as well as early information on upcoming projects, partnerships, and donor agreements.
Keep reading for an insight into the 2021 pipelines of the U.S. Agency for International Development; Millennium Challenge Corp.; Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; World Bank; and major regional development banks.