To: jeevacation©[email protected]] From: Sent: Mon 6/27/2011 9:47:29 PM Thanks for your kindness and patience. I know I don't make it easy sometimes. I'm attaching below the note that my direct manager crafted with the assistance of their internal partners and I think Bill/Melinda have agreed to, so these are the basic marching orders meaning these are the grantmaking constraints that I have. Any suggestions welcome. Urban Poverty Recalibration Based on the guidance we received at the strategy refresh session in late April, we will institute a recalibration of our urban work that builds from existing investments, learnings, and partnerships. This would be managed within the existing GD Special Initiatives budget. Goal Our goal is to improve the quality of life of the urban poor through two primary interventions: improving the quantity and quality of municipal resource flows spent on urban poverty and increasing income-generating opportunities by addressing market failures with a particular focus on solid waste disposal. We also plan to devote a proportion of the portfolio to additional learning and potential partnerships in other areas. We will be successful with our grantmaking over the next 5 years if we are able to demonstrate a clear increase in financial resources, livelihoods opportunities and municipal services available to the urban poor resulting from our interventions. While we are not yet able to offer specific targets we are confident that within this timeframe we will have data to support clear indicators to track and measure results. Grantmaking targets Building on the lessons from our existing portfolio, we will continue to support organizations that work on-the-ground with the urban poor as critical intermediaries to achieve success but with a clearer focus on specific results and outcomes in each along the following lines: Sub-Initiative 1: More and Better Allocation of Municipal Resources to the Urban Poor