1. Purpose of the METF
The APC Member Engagement and Travel Fund (METF) aims to support member-driven skills sharing, and planning for collaboration among APC members, as well as members’ participation in events organised by others.
Online collaboration can be very powerful, but it has limitations. Over the decades, the APC network has grown significantly in size and geographic reach. And while this increases opportunities for working together, it makes effectively facilitating collaboration and exchange more challenging. The METF supports APC member and staff travel and face-to-face meetings when effective collaboration requires it. Its goal is to make it possible for members to:
a) Meet for activities such as:
Skills sharing or training
Emergency technical assistance
Problem solving
Technical development
Project planning and development
Strategic planning
Service and product development.
b) Attend events organised by others (e.g. conferences and workshops) where members’ participation in these events contributes to strengthening and/or diversifying the APC network and to achieving APC’s strategic priorities.
2. What does the METF support?
The scope of METF support is described in detail in the table below.