The International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD) under its Financial Facility for Remittances (FFR) has announced the call for proposals for the year 2010 on Promoting innovative remittance systems and investment channels. This call specifically seeks to promote access to remittances in rural areas, linking remittances and rural financial services and productions and develop innovative and productive ruralinvestment opportunities for migrants and community-based organizations.
This is an open call for proposals and NGOs, nonprofit institutions, government organizations, private entities and cooperatives or credit unions can submit proposals. Small organizations can collaborate and put up joint proposals for this call. Grants of up $250,000 will be provided per project. For projects that promote mobile banking and mobile transfers thematic window, a maximum amount of $500,000 has been fixed.
The call for proposals has been announced by IFAD in partnership with the European Commission (EC), the Government of Luxembourg, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAE) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)…For more information, click here.
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World Youth Conference’s NGO Global Meeting: Applications sought from NGO Representatives
On the occasion of the UN-declared International Year of the Youth – 2010, Mexico is hosting the World Youth Conference 2010 from 23-27 August 2010 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Mexico to discuss urgent issues and solutions to address the problems faced by youths around the world. The conference has a Social Forum component under which the NGO Global Meeting will be held…NGO representatives from around the world are invited to apply for participating in this meeting…the conference will provide travel and accommodation for NGO participants in the conference…[more]
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BBC’s World Challenge 2010
BBC World News and Newsweek in association with Shell have launched the World Challenge 2010 competition to identify and award “projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grassroots-level.” The World Challenge is organized annually and it is now in its sixth year. It is currently seeking nominations “for innovative projects or ideas that demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit working for the benefit of the community whilst adopting a responsible approach.”
The winner of the challenge will receive a grant of US $20,000 and the second and their finalist will receive a grant of US $10,000. The grants can be used by the winners for their own use and furtherance of their enterprise only. In addition to this, the winners will also have the opportunity to attend the ceremony to receive the grants. This ceremony will be held in the Netherlands and it will be filmed and telecast on the BBC World News channel.
Nomination rules specify that the innovative projects nominated should demonstrate the innovative use of technology or an invention; the projects should increase investment into the local community; and should take a responsibility approach towards their environment. All projects nominated should fall under any of these categories: community welfare and enterprise; health & education; sustainable farming; energy; water; and environment.
To make the nominations, the nomination form at the World Challenge website has to be completed along with the project description of no more than 250 words and the contact details of the nominated project. Only one entry can be submitted. The deadline to submit nominations is 13 June 2010. For more information, visit this link.
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HIV Young Leaders Fund: New Request for Proposals
The HIV Young Leaders Fund has launched a Request for Proposals for 2010. It is currently seeking grant proposals from organizations which are “working to address the needs of young people most-affected by HIV in their communities, including young people living with HIV.” Interestingly, the Fund also invites groups which are not legally registered as NGOs or nonprofits in their countries to apply for this funding opportunity. However, these groups will be needing an intermediary fiscal sponsor or a registered NGO to facilitate the funding process between the Fund and the grantee group.
The key activities to be funded are: “Local, national, regional or international HIV advocacy; local peer-based HIV services; and community mobilization. There are two application tracts – one for Core Funding and one for Project Funding. Applying organizations and projects must serveyoung people most-at-risk of HIV in their community and/or young people living with HIV.”
Following are the types of grants available for applying. Organizations can apply for only one tract.
Tract 1 – Project Funding
Total cost of project is between $0 – $5,000: Up to $5,000
Total cost of project is between $5,000 – $20,000: Up to $15,000
Total cost of project is between $20,000 – $50,00: Up to $20,000
Tract 2 – Core Funding
New organization with no previous funding: Up to $15,000
Existing organization with previous funding and a total operating budget of less than $50,000: Up to $20,000
Existing organization with previous funding and a total operating budget $50,000 or above: Up to $30,000
Only youth-led organizations or youth-led projects (organizations led by persons 30 years of age of younger) are eligible to apply for the funding. However, the Fund also prioritizes “organizations or groups that meaningfully engageyoung people – such as having young people on the Board of Directors, mentoring young volunteers and staff, and having advisors on youth issues.”
Applications forms, available in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish, can be downloaded from the link given below. The deadline to submit the proposals is 1 May 2010. For more information, visit this link.
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CNN invites Nominations for 2010 CNN Heroes
CNN, the US-based international television network is seeking nominations for its 2010 CNN Heroes competition, which is held annually to recognize individuals who have made contributions and inspired others. CNN Heroes is for individuals who have made accomplishments in their areas of work and left others inspired. The winner of this competition will receive a grant award of $100,000 and each of the ten finalists will receive $25,000 each.
Although the areas or fields of their contributions have not been specified, CNN offers the following information for nominators to help them make the nominations:
* “Think about what makes your hero special. Ask yourself: What makes my nominee unique? What specific accomplishment has he or she achieved that is truly remarkable? What impact has their work had on others? We encourage you to watch videos of previous CNN Heroes to familiarize yourself with the achievements of the inspiringindividuals we honor as “everyday people changing the world.”
* Take a look at our nomination form. We suggest you review the information requested about yourself, your nominee and their work before filling out your submission.
* Tell us about your hero! Take your time and write from the heart. Remember: What you share — in your own words — is the most important factor in advancing a nomination for further consideration. You can enter your answers to the essay questions directly on the form, or write them first in a word-processing document and “cut-and-paste” them into each answer field. Please note that the information you provide will be used in accordance with our privacy policy.”
This competition is open to only individuals (13 or more than 13 years of age) and their accomplishments should have occurred on or after 26 November 2009. There is also a “Young Wonder” category in this award where nominees who are 25 years old or less than that. Organizations or groups are not eligible. Also,individuals from voided countries cannot be nominated or can be awarded here. The list of voided countries and others is given at the below link.
Self-nominations are not accepted. To submit nominations, the online form at the CNN website has to be filled and submitted. The selection process will include judges who will narrow the submissions in the first round. Following this, there will be an independent panel of Blue Ribbon judges to select 10 potential finalists and in the final round there will be an online viewer vote which will finally decide “the Winner.”
The deadline to submit nominations is 1 August 2010. For more information, visit this link.
source from:fundsforngos.org
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