Score the mandate before you design.
Bewerte das Mandat vor dem Design.
Five preconditions (P-1 to P-5), each scored 0 absent · 1 partial · 2 strong. Total /10. Each precondition is anchored to a published source — OECD DAC, ILPA, IFC/DFI, Convergence, Bank of England, or CAF Working Paper 001. Hold (under 5), Remediate (5–7), Proceed (8–10).
Fünf Vorbedingungen (P-1 bis P-5), bewertet 0 nicht erfüllt · 1 teilweise · 2 stark. Summe /10. Jede Vorbedingung an eine publizierte Quelle verankert — OECD DAC, ILPA, IFC/DFI, Convergence, Bank of England oder CAF Working Paper 001. Hold (unter 5), Remediate (5–7), Proceed (8–10).
↗ Methodology · CAF Stage PRE · Working Paper 001 §3
The Mandate Readiness Assessment (MRA) filters mandates before committing CAF Stage 1 design resources. It is the first gate in the seven-stage Capital Architecture Framework lifecycle.
Each precondition is scored 0 (absent) / 1 (partial) / 2 (strong) — total range 0–10.
Cutoffs are calibrated from the practitioner corpus from which the framework was
extracted (n ≈ 30 ventures, EUR 1.5bn deployed across investment management, VC, PE,
and structured finance). The 8/10 threshold for Proceed reflects observed
practice that mandates clearing all five preconditions with at most one partial-score
weakness are the ones that reach financial close on time and budget.
Sources anchored per precondition:
| Precondition | Primary anchor | Working standard |
|---|---|---|
| P-1 | OECD DAC Principle 1 | Market-failure identification doctrine |
| P-2 | ILPA DDQ 2.0 §III.A | Pipeline disclosure standard |
| P-3 | DFI Working Group · Enhanced Principles | Minimum concessionality (Principle 3) |
| P-4 | CAF WP-001 §5 | Replication-corridor threshold n ≥ 10 |
| P-5 | ILPA DDQ 2.0 §V | Governance + reporting cadence |
↗ OECD DAC (2017, refreshed 2020). Blended Finance Principles. ↗ ILPA (2023). Due Diligence Questionnaire 2.0. ↗ DFI Working Group (2017). Enhanced Principles for Blended Concessional Finance. ↗ Convergence (2024). State of Blended Finance. ↗ Bank of England (Q4 2024). Financial Stability Report. ↗ Temmen, T. (2026). Capital Architecture — Working Paper 001, §3.
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APA
Temmen, T. (2026). PRE-MRA Diagnostic, Capital Architecture Framework · Stage PRE — Mandate Readiness Assessment. Capital Architecture Institute, Zürich. Reference: Working Paper 001 §3. Run —.
BibTeX
@misc{cai_01_2026,
author = {Temmen, Tobias},
title = {PRE-MRA Diagnostic, Capital Architecture Framework — Stage PRE — Mandate Readiness Assessment},
year = {2026},
institution = {Capital Architecture Institute},
address = {Zürich},
howpublished = {Working Paper 001 §3},
url = {https://capital-architecture.institute},
note = {CC BY-NC 4.0}
} Published under CC BY-NC 4.0. For awareness, not investment advice. Publiziert unter CC BY-NC 4.0. Awareness, keine Anlageberatung. Publicado bajo CC BY-NC 4.0. Para conocimiento, no asesoramiento de inversión. Publié sous CC BY-NC 4.0. À titre informatif, pas de conseil en investissement. Pubblicato sotto CC BY-NC 4.0. A scopo informativo, non consulenza di investimento.
Score below 8?
A short conversation often clarifies which precondition to remediate first.
Score unter 8?
Ein kurzes Gespräch klärt oft, welche Vorbedingung zuerst zu remediieren ist.
The CAI runs a limited number of diagnostic conversations each month with practitioners structuring transitional and emergent-asset mandates. Awareness format, not advisory — CAF Stage PRE applied to your live brief.
Das CAI führt monatlich eine begrenzte Zahl diagnostischer Gespräche mit Praktikern, die Mandate in transitionalen und emergenten Anlageklassen strukturieren. Awareness-Format, keine Beratung — CAF Stage PRE auf den Live-Brief angewandt.