Latest Funds for NGOs Dated on 15-02-2011- Part 2

Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program

The Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa has issued a call for applications for its 2011 Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program.


The MILEAD Fellows Program is a one-year leadership development program designed to identify, develop and promote emerging young African Women leaders to attain and succeed in leadership in their community and Africa as a whole. The program targets dynamic young women interested in developing transformational leadership skills that help them tackle issues affecting women in their communities and society as a whole. Applications are welcome from young African women living in Africa and the Diaspora.


MILEAD fellowship awards will be made to 25 young women with exceptional qualities who have exhibited leadership potential in their community, organization, and/or profession. To be eligible for the one-year program, an applicant must be African, living on the continent or in the Diaspora; agree to participate in all required activities related to MILEAD including a three-week residential Summer Institute in August; and commit to a community leadership service project. Applicant must be between 19 – 25 years of age. Specific requirements of the program and related dates are outlined in the application package.


Please note that this is not a full-time fellowship. Selected candidates may remain full time students or work full time for the program duration, except during the 3–week summer institute. The 3-week summer institute is an intensive and full-time residential program and all fellows will be required to attend. The rest of the program involves community-based, online and other distance activities.


The deadline for completed MILEAD Fellows applications to be submitted for review is March 30, 2011.


For more information, visit this link.
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Global Health Corps Fellowships

The Global Health Corps, which aims to mobilize a global community of emerging leaders to build a movement for health equity, is currently open to accepting applications for 2011-2012 fellowships with placements in United States and other countries such as Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda and Uganda.

Global Health Corps Fellows must be under age 30 at the time of application; have an undergraduate university degree by July 2011; and be proficient in English

For each placement, two fellows will be selected: One in-country fellow (citizen of the placement country), and one international fellow (US citizens for placements in Africa; any non-US citizen for placements in the US).

The Program works to program works to build the movement for global health equity by:

* Increasing the impact of great organizations today: Fellows work with high-impact organizations in year-long paid positions. During their fellowship year, fellows make a significant and measurable contribution to the partner organization and the target population.

* Training and supporting the leaders of tomorrow: Over the course of the fellowship year, fellows participate in a wide range of activities aimed at increasing their effectiveness as practitioners and their development as leaders.

* Building a global community of changemakers: Fellows build a set of shared values, commitment and skills that they carry well beyond the fellowship year. The GHC community and alumni program serve as a source of opportunity and strength throughout fellows’ lives and careers.

Deadlines:

1 March 2011: Applications close for American Candidates

1 April 2011: Applications close for International Candidates.

For more information, visit this link.

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Purchase of Nature has small grants for conservation NGOs

The IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands (IUCN NL), a platform of 25 IUCN members in the Netherlands has a unique small grants program which provides funding local NGOs to purchase and protect threatened wildlife habitats and vulnerable ecosystems around the world.

In areas under high pressure the purchase of remnants of natural vegetation and creating private protected areas can have a massive impact on the conservation of local biodiversity. With exploding land prices, triggered by developments in the ‘biofuel’ market or development projects, there is no time to wait for decisive action from politicians or decision makers. (In the Paraguayan Chaco for example, hundreds of hectares of dry forest are destroyed every day). If used by capable NGOs, land purchase can be an extremely valuable and fast-working instrument to protect threatened ecosystems and safeguard them for future generations. The SPN programme provides the financial support for such dedicated NGOs to implement these much needed interventions.

The SPN programme works only with carefully selected local conservation NGOs, with a proven capacity in management of natural resources. These NGOs will eventually own and manage the purchased areas. The SPN programme DOES NOT own any lands, it only provides the funds for the purchase. Buying land and placing the management, and/or ownership, in the hands of an NGO can be a delicate and sometimes complicated matter.

The funds are eligible for local conservation NGOs working in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Although the geographical range of SPN is very broad, the bulk of the projects funded are located in Latin America. Legislation in most countries of this continent makes it relatively easy (compared to many countries in Africa and tropical Asia) for NGOs to purchase and manage land, and arrange for the title deeds to be registered in their name.

The deadline for submission of pre-proposals is 1 May 2011. For more information, visit this link.

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SIDA’s International Training Programmes in 2011

The Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) supports participants from low and middle income countries to take part in International Training Programmes (ITP) which are held in two or more phases with one in Sweden and the other in a developing country.

The ITP is a unique opportunity targeted at NGOs and others in developing countries to help them develop their capacities in priority areas of development. ITP’s methodology takes account of the desire to develop and reform that the participants’ organization have expressed in their application to the program.

Following are the trainings on different areas to be held for participants from different countries with full or partial support:

1. Forest Certification: Forest Certification: The main objective of the programme is to support the development of a more sustainable and profitable forest sector in the invited countries. The programme comprises of several phases including training and project-based support. The programme is suitable for policy makers, forest managers, forest industry managers, researchers, auditors, and representatives from social and environmental NGOs …(click here to read more)

2. Plant Breeding and Seed Production: The main objective of this training programme is: to enhance the participants’ managerial efficiency by increasing their knowledge in all the essential elements of a modern seed industry. Individuals working within agriculture and the seed industry can apply to participate in this programme. The participants may come from either the private-, public- or NGO sectors… (click here to read more)

3. Education for Sustainable Development in Formal Education: The main objective of the programme is to provide an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences in ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) in the formal education sector. The programme aims at increasing understanding of the different dimensions of Sustainable Development (click here to read more)

4. Local Environmental Management in Urban Areas 2011 Asia: The intention of the programme is to strengthen the participants’ capacity in the field of Local Environmental Management in Urban Areas. A main focus will be to increase participants’ capacity to prioritize given scarce resources…(click here to read more)

5. LGBT and Human Rights: The programme purpose of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons (LGBT) and Human Rights training programme is that participants after the programme should have useful tools and perspectives for working for LGBT persons’ human rights (click here to read more)

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Search for Common Ground’s International Internship Programme

The Search for Common Ground is accepting applications for its International Internship Program which provides an opportunity to young people interested in pursuing a field of conflict transformation.

The program is open to students (preferably at graduate level) and recent graduates in the USA and internationally, who are self-funded and available to work between 2 and 3 months from June 2011.

To qualify for an International Internship at SFCG, you must meet the following requirements:

* You must be enrolled full- or part-time in an accredited university, preferably as a graduate student. Students who have completed school within the past 12 months may also apply.

* Preferably enrolled in a conflict resolution or peace studies, international development, Media & communication studies, Peace Journalism, or related field of study.

* Preferably be fluent in a foreign language relevant to the country where you want to work (notably French, Portuguese, or Hebrew/Arabic) with good levels of written and spoken English.

* You must be self-funded and able to work 40 hours a week.

SFCG does not provide funding for International Internships. You may wish to explore what funding your academic institutions or national government might offer before applying. While Interns are expected to cover the cost of travel to the country in which they will serve as an intern, and their daily expenses in the country, SFCG will provide travel insurance and pay interns a per diem rate at the same level of local staff for work conducted away from their internship base.

Deadline to submit applications is 28 February 2011. For more information, visit this link.

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Open Society Foundations Global Supplementary Grant Program

The Open Society Foundations Scholarship Programs is offering the Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP) for the year 2011-2012 for select countries across North America, Asia, Australia, Middle/Near East.

The purpose of the program is to enable qualified students to pursue full-time doctoral studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at accredited universities in Asia, Australia, the Middle/Near East, and North America. Each award will provide partial funding for one year of full-time doctoral study. Recipients of GSGP grants will have the option to re-apply for an additional two awards after the original grant.

Only students who have been accepted into a full-time doctoral (Ph.D.) program at an accredited university are eligible to apply.

Grants are provided to help cover costs in the following categories:

1. Tuition and fees – not to exceed 50% of tuition and fees per academic year;

2. Living expenses – students who have succeeded in funding their tuition, either through scholarships or tuition waivers, are eligible for housing and living funds;

3. Other – students who have secured all necessary funds but cannot afford additional expenses, such as travel to/from their host country, books, materials, health insurance, etc., are eligible for additional funds.

Candidates must be nationals of one of these countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Russia, Albania, Georgia, Macedonia, Serbia, Armenia, Iraq, Moldova, Syria, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Turkmenistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Nepal, Ukraine, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Uzbekistan

The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2011. For more information, visit this link.

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Kofi Annan Fellowship for Potential Leaders from Developing Countries

The Kofi Annan Fellowship provides a fellowship grant for an emerging leader from a developing country for one year full-time MBA education in Berlin, Germany. The opportunity is for talented and motivated students from developing countries who do not belong to a privileged class and lack sufficient financial means to study management at ESMT in Berlin and graduate with a prestigious MBA from the most international business school in Germany.

Upon return to their home countries, the fellows are expected to contribute to the strengthening of entrepreneurial capacity and the fostering of a stable market economy as an effective catalyst for their country’s development, job creation, and poverty alleviation.

The value of the fellowship is € 58,000. Fellows will have a full scholarship from ESMT plus fair compensation for costs like travel, accommodation, and program-related fees.

Applicants should have bachelor degree of any kind, a minimum of three years’ professional experience, GMAT, fluency in written and spoken English, willingness to contribute to building the economy and society of the home country with entrepreneurial impetus.

The application deadline is 30 September every year. For more information, visit this link.