A microproject is a short-term fundraising effort to help achieve a specific activity or support a specific individual. Microprojects are a great fundraising tool that helps you capture the attention of donors with a specific, actionable goal and an urgent giving deadline.

A megaproject is a complex, large-scale operation that usually takes many years to complete. These projects typically cost around $1 billion and involve both public and private stakeholders. A megaproject also impacts millions of people and often economically or geographically transforms an area.

The BOT scheme refers to a public entity, such as a local government, making an initial concession to a private firm to build and operate a project. Control of the project is returned to the public entity after a set period of time, usually two or three decades.