Skoll Awards: Core Grant Support and Noncash Award
The Skoll Foundation has announced the opening of the 2013 application process for the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship given out each year to select social entrepreneurs who are solving the world’s most pressing problems. The award gives a core support grant to the organization over a period of three years in addition to a noncash award to the social entrepreneur, which is presented every spring at the Skoll World forum.
As many of the world’s most pressing problems are exacerbated by the inequality existing between the rich and the poor, the Skoll Foundation’s focus is on the issue areas of economic and social equity, environmental sustainability, health, institutional responsibility, peace and security and tolerance, justice and human rights. The awards are offered to the organization and the social entrepreneur for presenting a tested and proven social innovation addressing problems in the above-mentioned issue areas.
The criteria for applicants demands that the applying organizations should have the potential to create an impact; it should have a proven approach that can be applied elsewhere; it should have its own innovation that can lead to address the social and/or environmental problems; it should be able to leverage partnership with the Foundation; it should be led by a visionary social entrepreneur; and of course, there should be sustainability in its institution and its idea.
NGOs across all countries are invited to submit applications. However, organizations such as those inclined towards religious or ideological doctrines, lobbying, film financing, political campaigns etc are eligible to apply.
In order to apply to this opportunity, organizations have to first take up an eligibility quiz available at the Skoll Foundation’s website. If the applicant successfully passes the quiz, then he or she can enter to submit the online application.
The deadline to submit applications is 1 March 2012. For more information, visit this link.
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Micro-Grants for Citizen Media Outreach Projects
Rising Voices has issued a call for proposals to to support and nurture underrepresented communities so that they can begin to take full advantage of participatory digital media tools has been our microgrants for citizen media outreach projects.
These small grants provide an opportunity for individuals, grassroots groups, networks, and other organizations without significant access to larger funding to be able to pass along knowledge by teaching others in their community in the use of these tools, as well as to provide ongoing support.
Rising Voices is accepting microgrant proposals for funding up to $4000 for global projects.
This funding opportunity is open to private individuals, groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
There is no requirement for an organization to be legally registered, but there is a requirement selected projects to have access to a bank account that is able to receive international bank transfers.
The application deadline is February 3rd, 2012 at 11:59 PM GMT.
The project’s primary activities should be to provide citizen media training workshops to the target community, as well vital ongoing support and mentoring.
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Foundation Ensemble’s Programme Fund and Small Grants Fund Call for Proposals
Foundation Ensemble provides grant support to NGOs in areas of water and sanitation, sustainable development and animal biodiversity through its Programme Fund and Small Grants Fund.
The Foundation has issued a 2012 call for proposals for providing funding for projects that will bring multiple benefits in three or more categories of impact among the following:
* Environmental Impact: Improvement of the main natural resources (water, air, timber, wildlife, fish,…), preservation/enhancement of biodiversity, fight against erosion, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon capture, soil enrichment, fight against desertification, etc. …
* Social Impact: Improve food security, health, education, housing, governance, understanding and respect for human rights, reducing the risks of conflict …
* Economic Impact: Increase and diversification of income, creation of micro-enterprises, job creation, cost reduction (energy, water, …)…
* Disaster Risks Reduction : Such as landslides, floods, destruction of habitat and means of production, caused by hazards like storms/cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis
This is obviously not about trying to respond to all these issues, but to make interventions which can meet the priority needs of communities in one or several areas, while helping to improve the situation for other aspects.
To know more about Programme Fund (for select countries only), click here.
To know more about Small Grants Fund (for all countries), click here.
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2012 Red Ribbon Award: $10,000 grant opportunity for grassroots NGOs
The Red Ribbon Award seeks to recognize and provide grants of $10,000 to community-based organizations for their efforts to reduce the spread and impact of AIDS. Selected organizations will receive the Award at the XIX International AIDS Conference to be held in Washington, DC from 22-27 July 2012. The Red Ribbon Award is a joint effort of the UNAIDS family.
Grassroots initiatives, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, small NGOs and organizations of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key population can apply for this Award. Both nominations and self-nominations are accepted.
The Red Ribbon Award 2012 will be given to community groups for outstanding leadership in responding to AIDS in one or more of the following categories:
* Prevention of Sexual Transmission – Work to prevent sexual transmission including (but not limited to) among young people, men who have sex with men and transmission in the context of sex work
* Prevention among people who use drugs – Work to prevent HIV infections among people who use drugs
* Treatment, care and support – Work to improve access to antiretroviral therapy, essential care and support for people living with HIV, their families, loved ones and dependents including services to limit TB deaths among people living with HIV
* Advocacy and Human Rights – Advocating for abolishing punitive laws, discrimination and harmful practices around HIV transmission, sex work, drug use, transgender populations or homosexuality that block effective responses including (but not limited to) HIV-related national restrictions on entry, stay and residence – Work to end stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV their families, loved ones and dependents – Work to end gender-based violence in the context of the AIDS epidemic.
* Stopping new HIV infections in children and keeping mothers alive, Women’s Health – Work to prevent vertical transmission of HIV, and AIDS-related maternal mortality – Work to address the HIV-specific needs of women and girls.
Nominations can be submitted online or by email. The deadline to submit nominations is 29 February 2012. For more information, visit this link.
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EC seeks Grant Proposals in Policy-Making on Food Security and Nutrition in Developing Countries
European Commission has issued a restricted call seeking concept notes for projects that would help in strengthening the capacities of specific groups (like farmers’, pastoralists’, fishermen’ organisations) and encourage their participation in policy-making related to food security and nutrition in developing countries. This call is being issued under broader Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) of European Commission.
Global Objective of this Call for Proposals
Increasing the participation of key stakeholders in developing countries to decision-making processes related to food security and nutrition.
Specific Objective of this Call for Proposals
Strengthening the capacities of specific groups (farmers’, pastoralists’, fishermen’ organisations) to reinforce their participation in policy-making, having an impact on food security and nutrition.
The call for proposals is divided into two lots according to the following results:
Result 1 (Lot 1): Capacities of organisations of farmers, of pastoralists, of fishermen and of aquaculture farmers are reinforced in order for them to network and to engage in effective dialogue with public authorities and development partners.
Result 2 (Lot 2): Networks (or platforms) of organisations of farmers, of pastoralists, of fishermen and of aquaculture farmers at regional, continental or global level are set up or reinforced in order to actively participate in decision making processes related to food security and nutrition.
Priority Areas
* Supporting the poor, vulnerable and marginalized.
* Looking for territorial coherence and regional dimension
Location
Actions must take place at the multinational, (sub-) continental or global level, across several developing countries. They must take place in at least 3 DCI eligible partner countries or territories. Activities do not need to be of the same extent in all countries involved. Effective transfers of experience to bor from other countries are considered as relevant to establish the multi-national character of an action.
Sectors/ Themes
* Farmers’, pastoralists’ and fishermen’s organisations can be supported both separately and together in order to provide ample space for the specific needs of each group.
* Both existing networks and new networks of farmers’, pastoralists’ and fishermen’s organisations will be supported at multi-country, (sub-) continental and global level.
* Whenever possible the support will be direct, through the organisations themselves but the call for proposal will also accept indirect support through non-governmental organisations, public sector operators, local authorities, international organisations. When the support is indirect, special attention will be given to the past experiences of the applicants with the respective key group and to the participation of the key group in the elaboration of the proposal and the degree of participation in the implementation modalities.
Last date for submitting the concept notes is February 7, 2012.
For more information, visit this link.
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USAID, AusAID and World Vision seek Grant Proposals for Innovative Programs to Improve Child Literacy among Primary Grade Children
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and World Vision have announced a request inviting grant proposals from interested organizations for innovative programs with potential to improve reading skills and low literacy rates among primary grade children. Through a multi-year initiative called ‘All Children Reading – A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR)’, the Founding Partners have plans to collaborate to achieve the goal of global action to improve child literacy.
Objectives
The All Children Reading Competition aims to encourage innovative thinking and design to bring new knowledge to the challenge of improving primary grade reading rapidly and at scale in certain countries. Applications from and relating to low- and lower-middle income countries are particularly encouraged.
Funding Availability
It is estimated that US $7,500,000 will be made available for awards under the RFA. The amount of available funding is subject to change. The maximum funding available for a single application is US $300,000 over the maximum two-year period of performance. The Founding Partners anticipate funding approximately twenty-five (25) grants under this RFA. The Founding Partners reserve the right to fully or incrementally fund selected application(s) as well as to partially fund selected application(s). The Founding Partners reserve the right to make no awards at all through this RFA.
Areas of Interest
The funding partners are interested in funding innovations that will result in (1) widespread access to improved teaching and learning materials and (2) better education data to support decision-making, transparency, incentives and accountability; both of which are essential to advance the goal of All Children Reading in the primary grades.
The illustrative areas of interest listed below are not meant to be exhaustive or limiting in any way:
- Innovations in Teaching and Learning Materials to Improve Student Learning
* Support the production of and/or access to language and level-appropriate narrative, expository and instructional materials for emerging and beginning readers and their teachers;
* Support the development/editing/printing of texts of similar difficulty in two or more languages/scripts;
* Address the challenges of materials distribution in developing country contexts;
* Benefit children with special needs and/or learning disabilities;
* Foster parent and community involvement in children reading;
* Support large numbers of teachers in remote locations in their effective and continuing use of new materials;
* Help students, teachers and communities develop high quality materials locally;
* Bridge gaps between school and home and support a community reading culture in contexts where family literacy and school involvement levels are low;
- Innovations in Education Data to Improve Student Reading
* Develop simple approaches to allow school and local level managers to prioritize, collect, analyze and use key education-related data at the school level to improve instruction and learning outcomes;
* Improve school, regional and national level resource planning to improve learning outcomes;
* Consolidate and analyze disparate sources of education data at the local, regional, national and international level;
* Widely disseminate education-related data in easy-to-understand ways to a variety of audiences;
* Deliver data and information to improve teacher preparation and professional development;
* Assist teachers and education officials with rapid and efficient student assessments and teacher evaluations; and
Geographic Restrictions
Applicants, regardless of entity type, may not be from foreign policy restricted countries: Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea and Syria.
Last date for submitting the applications is January 31, 2012.
For more information, visit this link and search by the Funding Opportunity Number for “SOL-OAA-12-000010″
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Call for proposals invited by CARPE-IUCN for Small Grants Program
Call for proposals are invited by CARPE-IUCN Small grants program. IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature was incorporated in the year 1948.
The main mission of IUCN is to influence, encourage and support societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and also to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
IUCN small grant program using CARPE fund has the objective to strengthening civil society for sustainable forest conservation in Central Africa.
Detailed objectives are as follows:
* Promote and build constituency for conservation among civil society;
* Foster partnerships between landscapes consortia and local civil society in the field;
* Fill gaps in conservation’s analytical agenda including the design of a suitable mechanism to provide feedback to local communities on conservation strategies, exchanges of field experiences and success stories between and within landscapes;
* Facilitate the participation of Central African institutions and governments in CARPE activities;
* Reinforce the capacities of local civil society in institutional development and strategic planning;
* Effectively integrate CARPE activities in the field with host country institutions;
* Identify Natural Resources Management policies that require country team advocacy for policy reform or development;
* Raise local, national and regional awareness of CARPE objectives and achievements;
* Foster gender equity.
To meet the objectives of this program, the following domain of intervention will be given priorities:
* Capacity Building;
* Natural Resources Management Policy;
* Natural Resources Management governance;
* Capitalization and sharing of lessons learned;
* Gender equity;
* Landscape issues related to policy
* sustainable management;
Deadline to apply: 15 February 2012
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The Road Safety Fund seeks Grant Applications for Improving Road Safety Condition in Middle-Income and Low-Income Countries
The Road Safety Fund is the organization dedicated to support and encourage preventative measures that are proven to reduce the risk or severity of road injury. The Fund was established as a global fund to support the implementation of the United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. The Fund gets donations from different companies, governments, philanthropies and the public and supports road injury prevention programmes in countries and communities working to defeat this growing epidemic of road death and injury. The Road Safety Fund believes in investing in the people and the skills that can provide sustainable paths to safety.
The Road Safety Fund is currently inviting applications under small grant program for projects with potential to improve road safety condition in middle-income and low-income countries. The Small Grants Programme is enabled with the generous support of Allianz, Bosch, Guinea Alumina, Innovate Solutions and Vinci Autoroutes Foundation. The fund is looking for projects that will make a demonstrable and sustainable contribution towards the achievement of the Goal of the Decade of Action: to save five million lives by 2020. The small grant funding is intended to enable and catalyse practical activity.
Grant Size
Up to a maximum of US$30,000 per project
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for funding, applicants must:
1. Be governmental or non-profit organisations with a track record in road injury prevention activities or related fields;
2. Ensure project proposals:
* are aligned with the Global Plan for the Decade of Action;
* contribute to road injury reduction in middle-income and/or low income countries;
* demonstrate a catalysing effect, for example by:
o encouraging and enabling institutional capacity development including, where applicable, legislation and enforcement of road injury risk factors;
o building sustainable national or local partnerships and campaigns to practically address specific road injury risk factors, e.g. seat belt, helmet or drink driving coalitions;
o developing strategies to sustain activities over the medium and long term, for example by using the project to leverage additional public/private sector funding;
o demonstrating potential transferability of your activity to other regions/countries;
* include measurable outputs and objectives;
3. Accept, understand and meet their obligations under the UK Bribery Act 2010;
Payment & Reporting
Grants will be paid in instalments. The first instalment will be paid on signing of the grant agreement. Any subsequent instalments will be paid upon receipt of satisfactory activity and expenditure reports, as required in the grant agreement.
Communication
Organisations and projects funded through the small grants programme will be communicated via the Road Safety Fund website and annual report, and any relevant ad hoc publications. Organisations in receipt of funding will be required to acknowledge the support of the Road Safety Fund in any communications relating to their project.
Last date for submitting the applications is January 31, 2012.
For more information, visit this link.
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North-South Centre of the Council of Europe seeks Grant Applications for Africa Europe Youth Cooperation Program
The Africa Europe Youth Cooperation Program is an initiative of North-South Centre of the Council of Europe that aims to raise awareness about issues of global interdependence and solidarity in Europe. This program also aims to promote cooperation and human contacts between Europe, the southern Mediterranean and Africa. One of the main objectives of the program is to provide training and capacity building for young people and youth organisations as well as to facilitate policy action on youth in development policies.
North-South Centre of the Council of Europe is currently inviting grant applications for Africa Europe Youth Cooperation Program. This grant allocation, or seed funding, is intended to promote Africa Europe youth exchanges, networking and political participation of nonstate actors. It aims at funding initiatives which provides the possibility for youth leaders, youth workers, experts and trainers to participate in Euro African Youth activities and youth exchanges projects.
Grant Provisions
The grants are of a maximum 2000 € per project/organisation.
Program Activities
* five sub-regional seminars on youth policies and African youth charter;
* Africa-Europe training courses for youth organisations, and training opportunities for African Diaspora in Europe;
* mapping exercise of Africa-Europe youth cooperation/work, leading to the creation of an Africa Europe Youth Cooperation on-line resource centre.
* providing seed funding for pilot youth NGO exchanges;
* the establishment of the Africa Europe Youth Platform and institutional follow up, monitoring and implementation with key youth actors from Africa and Europe, and representatives of implementing agencies and institutions of the Africa-Europe youth strategy;
* African University on Youth and Development.
General Conditions
* The application should be submitted by a youth organisation, network or nonstate actor at local, national, (sub)regional or international level that is active in promoting Africa Europe youth cooperation.
* Priority is given to projects presented by organisations coming from Africa and/or from the African Diaspora Living in Europe, and organisations/networks that submit projects which will allocate the grant support for African youth participants in the project and/or participation of African Diaspora in the project.
* The participants in the project benefiting from the grant should be under 35 years of age.
* Innovative projects with an experimental approach are encouraged to apply.
* Projects that respond to the thematic priorities, such as: youth rights; youth participation; climate change, food security and youth entrepreneurship would be priorities in this call.
Eligibility of Expenses
The following costs are eligible for the grant:
* International travel
* Local transport
* Board and lodging
* Visa expenses
* Fees for experts (i.e. trainers, facilitators, speakers, etc)
The organisation which receives a seed funding grant will be notified at the latest 4 weeks after submission of project description and will thereafter sign an Administrative Arrangement with the North-South Centre for the execution of the financial support. Two (2) months after the implementation of the project (end of eligible period) the beneficiary must submit a narrative (of the results and main outcomes of the project) and financial report of the project to the NSC.
Last date for submitting the applications is January 29, 2012.
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Tourism Cares seeks Applications for 2012 Tourism Cares Worldwide Grants
Tourism Cares is the organization dedicated to preserve the travel experience and wonderful treasures around the world for future generations. Tourism Cares offers funds to non-profit, tax-exempt organizations from across the globe that work to preserve tourist attractions at different places, or educate tourists about these sites. Tourism Cares also offers scholarships to individuals willing to make a career in travel and tourism and dedicated towards protection and preservation of wonderful tourist places for future generations.
In this context, Tourism Cares is seeking letters of enquiry at first stage for its worldwide grants program 2012 from eligible related projects and programs around the world.
Funding Available
In 2012, Tourism Cares intends to give two groups of six Worldwide Grants at $10,000 each for an annual total of $120,000.
Eligibility Criteria
-The organization requesting grant funding must be located:
->in the United States, and be classified as a bona fide non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) public charity by the Internal Revenue Service (except U.S. Native American tribes that have U.S. government nonprofit, tax-exempt status) OR outside the United States, and be classified by the country’s official taxing authority as a non-profit, tax exempt organization
Note: Applications from organizations working with, or in, developing countries are welcome.
-The site the organization is requesting grant funding for must be:
->A tourism-related site with actual visitation (not projected future visitation). Funding requests for new sites that have never been open to the public will not be considered.
Note: An exception would be a site that had visitation in the past, but is closed for restoration purposes. If this is the case, the applicant needs to explain why the site is closed, specific timeframe when it will re-open to the public and projected visitation numbers for first year re-opened.
->a cultural, historic, or natural site of exceptional significance, defined as “critical to the interpretation of the local area, or essential to the maintenance of the history or culture of local indigenous peoples”
-The project or program the organization is requesting funding for may be:
->either a self-contained project, or an identifiable component of a larger project
-The project or program the organization is requesting funding for must also be for one of the following:
->brick-and-mortar capital improvements that help conserve, preserve or restore the structures or its contents at the cultural, historic or natural site, such as replacing windows or doors; or heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing or electrical upgrades
Note: Administrative overhead, planning, events, marketing, public relations, advertising or web projects will not be considered. Requests for new construction will not be considered.
->educational programs that will enhance the way the site is interpreted, such as those relating to cultural, heritage, or sustainable tourism, or those demonstrating innovative approaches or best practices. The programs should engage members of local host communities and the travelers to the site in the educational process, for example, responsible guiding.
Note: Staffing costs, benefits, travel costs, etc. connected to the educational program will not be considered for funding.
Last date for submitting the online applications for Initial Letter of Inquiry Phase is March 1, 2012.
For more information, visit this link.
The Skoll Foundation has announced the opening of the 2013 application process for the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship given out each year to select social entrepreneurs who are solving the world’s most pressing problems. The award gives a core support grant to the organization over a period of three years in addition to a noncash award to the social entrepreneur, which is presented every spring at the Skoll World forum.
As many of the world’s most pressing problems are exacerbated by the inequality existing between the rich and the poor, the Skoll Foundation’s focus is on the issue areas of economic and social equity, environmental sustainability, health, institutional responsibility, peace and security and tolerance, justice and human rights. The awards are offered to the organization and the social entrepreneur for presenting a tested and proven social innovation addressing problems in the above-mentioned issue areas.
The criteria for applicants demands that the applying organizations should have the potential to create an impact; it should have a proven approach that can be applied elsewhere; it should have its own innovation that can lead to address the social and/or environmental problems; it should be able to leverage partnership with the Foundation; it should be led by a visionary social entrepreneur; and of course, there should be sustainability in its institution and its idea.
NGOs across all countries are invited to submit applications. However, organizations such as those inclined towards religious or ideological doctrines, lobbying, film financing, political campaigns etc are eligible to apply.
In order to apply to this opportunity, organizations have to first take up an eligibility quiz available at the Skoll Foundation’s website. If the applicant successfully passes the quiz, then he or she can enter to submit the online application.
The deadline to submit applications is 1 March 2012. For more information, visit this link.
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Micro-Grants for Citizen Media Outreach Projects
Rising Voices has issued a call for proposals to to support and nurture underrepresented communities so that they can begin to take full advantage of participatory digital media tools has been our microgrants for citizen media outreach projects.
These small grants provide an opportunity for individuals, grassroots groups, networks, and other organizations without significant access to larger funding to be able to pass along knowledge by teaching others in their community in the use of these tools, as well as to provide ongoing support.
Rising Voices is accepting microgrant proposals for funding up to $4000 for global projects.
This funding opportunity is open to private individuals, groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
There is no requirement for an organization to be legally registered, but there is a requirement selected projects to have access to a bank account that is able to receive international bank transfers.
The application deadline is February 3rd, 2012 at 11:59 PM GMT.
The project’s primary activities should be to provide citizen media training workshops to the target community, as well vital ongoing support and mentoring.
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Foundation Ensemble’s Programme Fund and Small Grants Fund Call for Proposals
Foundation Ensemble provides grant support to NGOs in areas of water and sanitation, sustainable development and animal biodiversity through its Programme Fund and Small Grants Fund.
The Foundation has issued a 2012 call for proposals for providing funding for projects that will bring multiple benefits in three or more categories of impact among the following:
* Environmental Impact: Improvement of the main natural resources (water, air, timber, wildlife, fish,…), preservation/enhancement of biodiversity, fight against erosion, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon capture, soil enrichment, fight against desertification, etc. …
* Social Impact: Improve food security, health, education, housing, governance, understanding and respect for human rights, reducing the risks of conflict …
* Economic Impact: Increase and diversification of income, creation of micro-enterprises, job creation, cost reduction (energy, water, …)…
* Disaster Risks Reduction : Such as landslides, floods, destruction of habitat and means of production, caused by hazards like storms/cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis
This is obviously not about trying to respond to all these issues, but to make interventions which can meet the priority needs of communities in one or several areas, while helping to improve the situation for other aspects.
To know more about Programme Fund (for select countries only), click here.
To know more about Small Grants Fund (for all countries), click here.
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2012 Red Ribbon Award: $10,000 grant opportunity for grassroots NGOs
The Red Ribbon Award seeks to recognize and provide grants of $10,000 to community-based organizations for their efforts to reduce the spread and impact of AIDS. Selected organizations will receive the Award at the XIX International AIDS Conference to be held in Washington, DC from 22-27 July 2012. The Red Ribbon Award is a joint effort of the UNAIDS family.
Grassroots initiatives, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, small NGOs and organizations of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key population can apply for this Award. Both nominations and self-nominations are accepted.
The Red Ribbon Award 2012 will be given to community groups for outstanding leadership in responding to AIDS in one or more of the following categories:
* Prevention of Sexual Transmission – Work to prevent sexual transmission including (but not limited to) among young people, men who have sex with men and transmission in the context of sex work
* Prevention among people who use drugs – Work to prevent HIV infections among people who use drugs
* Treatment, care and support – Work to improve access to antiretroviral therapy, essential care and support for people living with HIV, their families, loved ones and dependents including services to limit TB deaths among people living with HIV
* Advocacy and Human Rights – Advocating for abolishing punitive laws, discrimination and harmful practices around HIV transmission, sex work, drug use, transgender populations or homosexuality that block effective responses including (but not limited to) HIV-related national restrictions on entry, stay and residence – Work to end stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV their families, loved ones and dependents – Work to end gender-based violence in the context of the AIDS epidemic.
* Stopping new HIV infections in children and keeping mothers alive, Women’s Health – Work to prevent vertical transmission of HIV, and AIDS-related maternal mortality – Work to address the HIV-specific needs of women and girls.
Nominations can be submitted online or by email. The deadline to submit nominations is 29 February 2012. For more information, visit this link.
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EC seeks Grant Proposals in Policy-Making on Food Security and Nutrition in Developing Countries
European Commission has issued a restricted call seeking concept notes for projects that would help in strengthening the capacities of specific groups (like farmers’, pastoralists’, fishermen’ organisations) and encourage their participation in policy-making related to food security and nutrition in developing countries. This call is being issued under broader Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) of European Commission.
Global Objective of this Call for Proposals
Increasing the participation of key stakeholders in developing countries to decision-making processes related to food security and nutrition.
Specific Objective of this Call for Proposals
Strengthening the capacities of specific groups (farmers’, pastoralists’, fishermen’ organisations) to reinforce their participation in policy-making, having an impact on food security and nutrition.
The call for proposals is divided into two lots according to the following results:
Result 1 (Lot 1): Capacities of organisations of farmers, of pastoralists, of fishermen and of aquaculture farmers are reinforced in order for them to network and to engage in effective dialogue with public authorities and development partners.
Result 2 (Lot 2): Networks (or platforms) of organisations of farmers, of pastoralists, of fishermen and of aquaculture farmers at regional, continental or global level are set up or reinforced in order to actively participate in decision making processes related to food security and nutrition.
Priority Areas
* Supporting the poor, vulnerable and marginalized.
* Looking for territorial coherence and regional dimension
Location
Actions must take place at the multinational, (sub-) continental or global level, across several developing countries. They must take place in at least 3 DCI eligible partner countries or territories. Activities do not need to be of the same extent in all countries involved. Effective transfers of experience to bor from other countries are considered as relevant to establish the multi-national character of an action.
Sectors/ Themes
* Farmers’, pastoralists’ and fishermen’s organisations can be supported both separately and together in order to provide ample space for the specific needs of each group.
* Both existing networks and new networks of farmers’, pastoralists’ and fishermen’s organisations will be supported at multi-country, (sub-) continental and global level.
* Whenever possible the support will be direct, through the organisations themselves but the call for proposal will also accept indirect support through non-governmental organisations, public sector operators, local authorities, international organisations. When the support is indirect, special attention will be given to the past experiences of the applicants with the respective key group and to the participation of the key group in the elaboration of the proposal and the degree of participation in the implementation modalities.
Last date for submitting the concept notes is February 7, 2012.
For more information, visit this link.
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USAID, AusAID and World Vision seek Grant Proposals for Innovative Programs to Improve Child Literacy among Primary Grade Children
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and World Vision have announced a request inviting grant proposals from interested organizations for innovative programs with potential to improve reading skills and low literacy rates among primary grade children. Through a multi-year initiative called ‘All Children Reading – A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR)’, the Founding Partners have plans to collaborate to achieve the goal of global action to improve child literacy.
Objectives
The All Children Reading Competition aims to encourage innovative thinking and design to bring new knowledge to the challenge of improving primary grade reading rapidly and at scale in certain countries. Applications from and relating to low- and lower-middle income countries are particularly encouraged.
Funding Availability
It is estimated that US $7,500,000 will be made available for awards under the RFA. The amount of available funding is subject to change. The maximum funding available for a single application is US $300,000 over the maximum two-year period of performance. The Founding Partners anticipate funding approximately twenty-five (25) grants under this RFA. The Founding Partners reserve the right to fully or incrementally fund selected application(s) as well as to partially fund selected application(s). The Founding Partners reserve the right to make no awards at all through this RFA.
Areas of Interest
The funding partners are interested in funding innovations that will result in (1) widespread access to improved teaching and learning materials and (2) better education data to support decision-making, transparency, incentives and accountability; both of which are essential to advance the goal of All Children Reading in the primary grades.
The illustrative areas of interest listed below are not meant to be exhaustive or limiting in any way:
- Innovations in Teaching and Learning Materials to Improve Student Learning
* Support the production of and/or access to language and level-appropriate narrative, expository and instructional materials for emerging and beginning readers and their teachers;
* Support the development/editing/printing of texts of similar difficulty in two or more languages/scripts;
* Address the challenges of materials distribution in developing country contexts;
* Benefit children with special needs and/or learning disabilities;
* Foster parent and community involvement in children reading;
* Support large numbers of teachers in remote locations in their effective and continuing use of new materials;
* Help students, teachers and communities develop high quality materials locally;
* Bridge gaps between school and home and support a community reading culture in contexts where family literacy and school involvement levels are low;
- Innovations in Education Data to Improve Student Reading
* Develop simple approaches to allow school and local level managers to prioritize, collect, analyze and use key education-related data at the school level to improve instruction and learning outcomes;
* Improve school, regional and national level resource planning to improve learning outcomes;
* Consolidate and analyze disparate sources of education data at the local, regional, national and international level;
* Widely disseminate education-related data in easy-to-understand ways to a variety of audiences;
* Deliver data and information to improve teacher preparation and professional development;
* Assist teachers and education officials with rapid and efficient student assessments and teacher evaluations; and
Geographic Restrictions
Applicants, regardless of entity type, may not be from foreign policy restricted countries: Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea and Syria.
Last date for submitting the applications is January 31, 2012.
For more information, visit this link and search by the Funding Opportunity Number for “SOL-OAA-12-000010″
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Call for proposals invited by CARPE-IUCN for Small Grants Program
Call for proposals are invited by CARPE-IUCN Small grants program. IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature was incorporated in the year 1948.
The main mission of IUCN is to influence, encourage and support societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and also to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
IUCN small grant program using CARPE fund has the objective to strengthening civil society for sustainable forest conservation in Central Africa.
Detailed objectives are as follows:
* Promote and build constituency for conservation among civil society;
* Foster partnerships between landscapes consortia and local civil society in the field;
* Fill gaps in conservation’s analytical agenda including the design of a suitable mechanism to provide feedback to local communities on conservation strategies, exchanges of field experiences and success stories between and within landscapes;
* Facilitate the participation of Central African institutions and governments in CARPE activities;
* Reinforce the capacities of local civil society in institutional development and strategic planning;
* Effectively integrate CARPE activities in the field with host country institutions;
* Identify Natural Resources Management policies that require country team advocacy for policy reform or development;
* Raise local, national and regional awareness of CARPE objectives and achievements;
* Foster gender equity.
To meet the objectives of this program, the following domain of intervention will be given priorities:
* Capacity Building;
* Natural Resources Management Policy;
* Natural Resources Management governance;
* Capitalization and sharing of lessons learned;
* Gender equity;
* Landscape issues related to policy
* sustainable management;
Deadline to apply: 15 February 2012
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The Road Safety Fund seeks Grant Applications for Improving Road Safety Condition in Middle-Income and Low-Income Countries
The Road Safety Fund is the organization dedicated to support and encourage preventative measures that are proven to reduce the risk or severity of road injury. The Fund was established as a global fund to support the implementation of the United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. The Fund gets donations from different companies, governments, philanthropies and the public and supports road injury prevention programmes in countries and communities working to defeat this growing epidemic of road death and injury. The Road Safety Fund believes in investing in the people and the skills that can provide sustainable paths to safety.
The Road Safety Fund is currently inviting applications under small grant program for projects with potential to improve road safety condition in middle-income and low-income countries. The Small Grants Programme is enabled with the generous support of Allianz, Bosch, Guinea Alumina, Innovate Solutions and Vinci Autoroutes Foundation. The fund is looking for projects that will make a demonstrable and sustainable contribution towards the achievement of the Goal of the Decade of Action: to save five million lives by 2020. The small grant funding is intended to enable and catalyse practical activity.
Grant Size
Up to a maximum of US$30,000 per project
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for funding, applicants must:
1. Be governmental or non-profit organisations with a track record in road injury prevention activities or related fields;
2. Ensure project proposals:
* are aligned with the Global Plan for the Decade of Action;
* contribute to road injury reduction in middle-income and/or low income countries;
* demonstrate a catalysing effect, for example by:
o encouraging and enabling institutional capacity development including, where applicable, legislation and enforcement of road injury risk factors;
o building sustainable national or local partnerships and campaigns to practically address specific road injury risk factors, e.g. seat belt, helmet or drink driving coalitions;
o developing strategies to sustain activities over the medium and long term, for example by using the project to leverage additional public/private sector funding;
o demonstrating potential transferability of your activity to other regions/countries;
* include measurable outputs and objectives;
3. Accept, understand and meet their obligations under the UK Bribery Act 2010;
Payment & Reporting
Grants will be paid in instalments. The first instalment will be paid on signing of the grant agreement. Any subsequent instalments will be paid upon receipt of satisfactory activity and expenditure reports, as required in the grant agreement.
Communication
Organisations and projects funded through the small grants programme will be communicated via the Road Safety Fund website and annual report, and any relevant ad hoc publications. Organisations in receipt of funding will be required to acknowledge the support of the Road Safety Fund in any communications relating to their project.
Last date for submitting the applications is January 31, 2012.
For more information, visit this link.
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North-South Centre of the Council of Europe seeks Grant Applications for Africa Europe Youth Cooperation Program
The Africa Europe Youth Cooperation Program is an initiative of North-South Centre of the Council of Europe that aims to raise awareness about issues of global interdependence and solidarity in Europe. This program also aims to promote cooperation and human contacts between Europe, the southern Mediterranean and Africa. One of the main objectives of the program is to provide training and capacity building for young people and youth organisations as well as to facilitate policy action on youth in development policies.
North-South Centre of the Council of Europe is currently inviting grant applications for Africa Europe Youth Cooperation Program. This grant allocation, or seed funding, is intended to promote Africa Europe youth exchanges, networking and political participation of nonstate actors. It aims at funding initiatives which provides the possibility for youth leaders, youth workers, experts and trainers to participate in Euro African Youth activities and youth exchanges projects.
Grant Provisions
The grants are of a maximum 2000 € per project/organisation.
Program Activities
* five sub-regional seminars on youth policies and African youth charter;
* Africa-Europe training courses for youth organisations, and training opportunities for African Diaspora in Europe;
* mapping exercise of Africa-Europe youth cooperation/work, leading to the creation of an Africa Europe Youth Cooperation on-line resource centre.
* providing seed funding for pilot youth NGO exchanges;
* the establishment of the Africa Europe Youth Platform and institutional follow up, monitoring and implementation with key youth actors from Africa and Europe, and representatives of implementing agencies and institutions of the Africa-Europe youth strategy;
* African University on Youth and Development.
General Conditions
* The application should be submitted by a youth organisation, network or nonstate actor at local, national, (sub)regional or international level that is active in promoting Africa Europe youth cooperation.
* Priority is given to projects presented by organisations coming from Africa and/or from the African Diaspora Living in Europe, and organisations/networks that submit projects which will allocate the grant support for African youth participants in the project and/or participation of African Diaspora in the project.
* The participants in the project benefiting from the grant should be under 35 years of age.
* Innovative projects with an experimental approach are encouraged to apply.
* Projects that respond to the thematic priorities, such as: youth rights; youth participation; climate change, food security and youth entrepreneurship would be priorities in this call.
Eligibility of Expenses
The following costs are eligible for the grant:
* International travel
* Local transport
* Board and lodging
* Visa expenses
* Fees for experts (i.e. trainers, facilitators, speakers, etc)
The organisation which receives a seed funding grant will be notified at the latest 4 weeks after submission of project description and will thereafter sign an Administrative Arrangement with the North-South Centre for the execution of the financial support. Two (2) months after the implementation of the project (end of eligible period) the beneficiary must submit a narrative (of the results and main outcomes of the project) and financial report of the project to the NSC.
Last date for submitting the applications is January 29, 2012.
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Tourism Cares seeks Applications for 2012 Tourism Cares Worldwide Grants
Tourism Cares is the organization dedicated to preserve the travel experience and wonderful treasures around the world for future generations. Tourism Cares offers funds to non-profit, tax-exempt organizations from across the globe that work to preserve tourist attractions at different places, or educate tourists about these sites. Tourism Cares also offers scholarships to individuals willing to make a career in travel and tourism and dedicated towards protection and preservation of wonderful tourist places for future generations.
In this context, Tourism Cares is seeking letters of enquiry at first stage for its worldwide grants program 2012 from eligible related projects and programs around the world.
Funding Available
In 2012, Tourism Cares intends to give two groups of six Worldwide Grants at $10,000 each for an annual total of $120,000.
Eligibility Criteria
-The organization requesting grant funding must be located:
->in the United States, and be classified as a bona fide non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) public charity by the Internal Revenue Service (except U.S. Native American tribes that have U.S. government nonprofit, tax-exempt status) OR outside the United States, and be classified by the country’s official taxing authority as a non-profit, tax exempt organization
Note: Applications from organizations working with, or in, developing countries are welcome.
-The site the organization is requesting grant funding for must be:
->A tourism-related site with actual visitation (not projected future visitation). Funding requests for new sites that have never been open to the public will not be considered.
Note: An exception would be a site that had visitation in the past, but is closed for restoration purposes. If this is the case, the applicant needs to explain why the site is closed, specific timeframe when it will re-open to the public and projected visitation numbers for first year re-opened.
->a cultural, historic, or natural site of exceptional significance, defined as “critical to the interpretation of the local area, or essential to the maintenance of the history or culture of local indigenous peoples”
-The project or program the organization is requesting funding for may be:
->either a self-contained project, or an identifiable component of a larger project
-The project or program the organization is requesting funding for must also be for one of the following:
->brick-and-mortar capital improvements that help conserve, preserve or restore the structures or its contents at the cultural, historic or natural site, such as replacing windows or doors; or heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing or electrical upgrades
Note: Administrative overhead, planning, events, marketing, public relations, advertising or web projects will not be considered. Requests for new construction will not be considered.
->educational programs that will enhance the way the site is interpreted, such as those relating to cultural, heritage, or sustainable tourism, or those demonstrating innovative approaches or best practices. The programs should engage members of local host communities and the travelers to the site in the educational process, for example, responsible guiding.
Note: Staffing costs, benefits, travel costs, etc. connected to the educational program will not be considered for funding.
Last date for submitting the online applications for Initial Letter of Inquiry Phase is March 1, 2012.
For more information, visit this link.
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