UNDEF accepting proposals to support NGOs for promotion of democracy and human rights
The fifth round of United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) is open to accepting applications from 15 November 2010. Established by the UN Secretary-General in 2005 as a United Nations General Trust Fund, UNDEF provides grant support to projects that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic processes.
UNDEF provides grants ranging from US $50,000 to US $500,000 for a two-year project in one or more of six main areas of community development, rule of law and human rights, tools for democratization, women, youth and media.
UNDEF supports projects which either take place in one country only, or occur in several specified states of a region or sub-region or intend to operate at the global level. UNDEF will reserve at least 70% of its programmable resources in each funding round for projects taking place in one country and will allocate no more than 30% to global/regional projects.
Civil society organizations, NGOs independent and constitutional bodies such as election commissions, national human rights organizations etc and global and regional inter-government bodies, organizations and associations are eligible to apply for the Fund. While applications from all countries will be considered, strong preference will be given to applicants from countries and regions where the challenge s of democracy are more critical, such as countries emerging from conflict, new and restored democracies, the Least Developed Countries, Low-Income countries and Middle Income Countries.
Applications have to be submitted online (either in English or French) through the On-line Project Proposal System (OPPS) available at the UNDEF website. The OPPS will be opened from 15 November onwards. The deadline to submit the applications is 31 December 2010. For more information, visit this link.
How to apply for UNDEF: our unofficial guide outlining some tips and guidance for applying to this Fund. Click here.
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DFID launches Global Poverty Action Fund
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) announced the launch of the Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF), which is a demand-led fund to support projects focused on service delivery in support of poverty reduction and the most off-track Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in poor countries.
Projects will be selected on the basis of demonstrable impact on poverty, clarity of outputs and outcomes, and value for money.
The GPAF will contribute to DFID’s priorities as stated in its Structural Reform Plan and provide funding to civil society organizations that are best able to demonstrate real and practical impact on poverty reduction, significant capability across their systems and have a clear fit with DFID’s values and priorities.
The Civil Society Department, Policy and Research Division under DFID is responsible for this Fund. The deadline to apply is 14 December 2010.
Under the GPAF, DFID is providing funding support under two funding windows:
1. Innovation Window (click here to know more)
2. Impact Window (click here to know more)
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Asia Leadership Fellow Program 2011 is now open to applications
The Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP) is accepting applications from citizens of Northeast, Southeast and South Asian countries to apply for its 2011 program. The program is open to persons involved in the academia, journalism, business, national and local politics, education, administration, the arts, publications, and NGO and non-profit activities.
Launched by the International House of Japan and the Japan Foundation, the ALFP “seeks to create a close, personal and professional network of public intellectuals in Asia, deeply rooted in and committed to civil society beyond their own cultural, disciplinary and geopolitical backgrounds.”
The Fellows from diverse backgrounds take part in such programs as workshops, seminars with resource persons, field trips, a retreat with Japanese and non-Japanese scholars and NGO leaders, and a public symposium.”
“The ALFP is open to citizens of Northeast-, Southeast- and South-Asian countries, aged 35 to 59, inclusive. A postgraduate degree is not a prerequisite, but applicants must have a good command of English and have demonstrated outstanding leadership ability or potential in their own professions.”
The General Theme for 2011 is “Asia in Dialogue: Visions and Actions for a Humane Society” and the program period will be from 12 September to 11 November 2011.
The deadline to submit applications is 20 December 2010. For more information, visit this link.
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ILO’s New Call for Innovation Grants
The Microinsurance Innovation Facility housed at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Social Finance Programme has launched a new call for proposals under the new Round 5 of its innovation grants programme.
Under this application window, the Facility expects to support three to five large grants, between US$100,000 and US$500,000, and four or five small grants (less than US$100,000).
The Facility seeks to promote microinsurance projects that utilize technology and process innovations to increase operational efficiency to protect large numbers of low-income households. The present call is sponsored by the Z Zurich Foundation and it has a focus on ‘scale and efficiency.’
In Round 5, applicants that propose to use technology and other innovation to create operational efficiencies and/or allow organizations to server large number of poor households will be selected. The focus is not just technology, but also on process chances that can help in the efficient scaling up of operations. We are interested in the entire gamut of operations ranging from the client interface at the front end, to the processing of applications, claims and renewals at the back end, and mechanisms that hold the supply chain together.
The Facility prefers to support efforts to expand, improve or build on existing microinsurance programmes.
Applications have to be submitted online through the ILO website. The deadline for submission is 25 January 2011. For more information, visit this link.
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The Hub Zürich Fellowship Program for those submitting ideas on how to tackle our biggest environmental challenges
Sponsored by WWF Switzerland, the Hub Zürich Fellowship Program is looking for innovative, entrepreneurial ideas for how to tackle our biggest environmental challenges, such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, desertification, ocean depletion or other ecological fields. The best idea will be awarded with a 1-year fellowship by WWF Switzerland and the Hub Zürich.
The Hub Zürich Fellowship Program institutionalizes the Hub’s mission of enabling social entrepreneurship. The Fellowship will empower driven entrepreneurs to successfully implement their ideas by leveraging the Hub’s diverse and supportive community of changemakers. Its close partnerships with WWF Switzerland, Ashoka Switzerland and selected network partners support our outstanding Fellows to multiply their impact for society and environment. The Program offers a living stipend, seed funding, unlimited access to the Hub Zürich and the global Hub Network as well as exclusive coaching and mentoring services.
The deadline to apply is 12 December 2010. For more information, visit this link.
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SIDA International Training Programmes
Upcoming international training programmes sponsored by the SIDA in Stockholm and other countries on ‘Climate Change and Mitigation,’ ‘Integrated Sustainable Coastal Development’ and ‘Human Rights towards Gender Equality…’ NGOs and others can apply to participate in these programmes…[more]
Climate Change and Mitigation: Norrkoping, Sweden and at another location (to be decided) from 28 February to 25 March 2011 and in October/November 2011. Click here to read more.
Integrated Sustainable Coastal Development: at Gothenburg/Stockholm, Sweden and in Tanzania from 6-24 June 2011 and 3-14 October 2011. Click here to read more.
Human Rights towards Gender Equality: at Stockholm/Uppsala, Sweden and at another location (to be decided) from 7 March to 1 April 2011 and in October 2011. Click here to read more.
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International Climate Protection Fellowships to undertake research-related project in Germany
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is offering the International Climate Protection Fellowships to enable prospective leaders to conduct research-related project of their own choice during a one-year stay in Germany. The fellowship programme is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through its International Climate Protection Initiative. Individuals involved in working on societal issues relating to climate change are encouraged to apply.
Applicants should be prospective leaders from a non-European threshold or a developing country working in the field of climate protection and resource conservation in academia, business or administration in their countries. They must have completed their first university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent academic degree) less than 12 years prior to the start of the fellowship (1 September 2011) with outstanding results. they must also hold a further academic or professional qualification (Master’s, PhD, LL.M., MBA etc.) or have extensive professional experience in a leadership role (at least 48 months at the time of application). Furthermore, they are expected to have gained initial practical experience through involvement in projects related to climate protection and resource conservation. The fellowship will enable the recipients to conduct a research-related project of their own choice with hosts in Germany whom they are free to choose themselves.
Applicants who have been trained in the natural and engineering sciences, candidates who have been engaged in legal, economic and societal issues relating to climate change are encouraged to apply for this programme.
The programme includes a preparatory intensive language course in Germany, a several-week introductory seminar, a two-week training course and a final meeting in Berlin. These activities will enable you to gain additional insights into academic, social, cultural, economic and political life in Germany.
Applications should be submitted before the closing date: 15 December 2010. For more information, visit this link.
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WCS Research Fellowship Program
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Research Fellowship Program (RFP) is a small grants program administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Institute that is designed to build capacity for the next generation of conservationists by supporting individual field research projects that have a clear application to the conservation of threatened wildlife and wild places.
The RFP helps train applied conservation scientists from developing countries. Since the RFP’s establishment in 1993, over 2,000 proposals totaling over $23 million have been submitted to WCS for funding, of which 300 proposals totaling more than $3 million have been funded. Over 60% of the total funded proposals have come from national conservationists (citizens of the country in which they are conducting their research). All grantees are graduate-level students pursuing masters, doctoral, or veterinary degrees (or equivalents). Collectively, these professionals will help to apply field-tested conservation science to the challenges facing conservation today.
In 2010, the WCS Institute re-established the RFP with a focus on supporting projects that directly address WCS conservation priorities:
* WCS’s priority land/seascapes
* WCS Global Priority and Recovery Species
* WCS Global Conservation Challenges
WCS seeks projects that are based on sound and innovative conservation science and that encourage conservation practices that can contribute to sustainable development.
The maximum award given is $20,000.
Application Deadline: January 5, 2011
For more, visit this link.
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AUSAID-DFID’s Joint Call for Proposals for Systematic Reviews (Australian Development Research Awards 2010 systematic reviews)
The long-awaited call to carry out systematic reviews of evidence addressing key development questions is finally out.
The Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in partnership with the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation have launched the joint call for proposals to strengthen the international community’s capacity for evidence-based policy making.
“As the amount of new development research available is growing rapidly, consolidated but robust evidence that can be more readily applied to decision making in both developing countries and donor agencies is in high demand. Systematic reviews are an important way of ensuring that evidence can better inform policy.
Systematic reviews use explicit and rigorous methods to identify the range of research relevant to a particular question and critically appraise it. They then synthesize the research in a systematic and unbiased way presenting what can be reliably said from the evidence and go on to communicate it in a form easily used to inform policy and practice.”
The deadline for the submission of applications is 29 November 2010. For more information, visit this link.
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Apply or Nominate for the Oak Human Rights Fellowship
The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at the Colby College in Maine, USA offers the Oak Human Rights Fellowship.
Applications are now accepted for the 2011 Oak Fellowship: Poverty and Human Rights by the Oak Institute. It is currently seeking “one front-line human rights activist working outside of the U.S. and who works on problems created by or associated with poverty.” The fellowship will enable the Fellow to work on human rights threatened by poverty.
“Such rights include but are not limited to: the right to work in safe conditions and earn an adequate and stable income; access to basic food and shelter; freedom from forced evictions; access to adequate health care and medical attention; access to basic services and infrastructure; the right to a healthy and safe living environment, including access to clean drinking water; access to education; freedom from discrimination based on class or income.”
Nomination of “a human rights activist (or an organization where someone might be working) in need of a short respite from on the ground human rights work” can also be submitted.
The fellowship is a one-semester appointment and the Fellow will be taking residence at the Oak Institute during the fellowship period.
The fellowship “is designed to provide human rights practitioners doing “on-the-ground” work at some level of personal risk a respite from front-line duties to enable them to reflect, write, and communicate their work to the campus community.”
Besides the residence At Colby, the fellowship will also provide $32,000 stipend, plus medical insurance, transportation, housing and utilities.
Application forms will be made available by 15 August 2010 and the completed submissions can be sent by email or mail.
The deadline to apply is 15 December 2010 and the deadline to send nominations is 1 November 2010. Nominated individuals will be contacted by the Oak Institute and encourage them to apply for the fellowship.
For more information, visit this link.
source from:fundsforngos.org
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