HIF seeks proposals for small grants facility from projects aimed at recognition, invention and dissemination of an innovation towards making humanitarian aid more effective and cost-efficient
The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), created through a partnership between ELRHA (Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance) and ALNAP (The Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action), represents a collective effort to enhance the contribution of innovation to improving operational humanitarian performance at the field level.
The fund supports organizations working in countries struck by humanitarian crises, such as Haiti or Pakistan, to develop, test and share new technologies and processes that will make humanitarian aid more effective and cost-efficient in the future.
Small Grant Facility Call for Proposals
HIF has issued a call for proposals for the small grant facility for projects up to £20,000 aimed at making humanitarian aid more effective and cost efficient.
Small grants will be allocated to projects with an implementation period of up to 6 months. These grants will principally support the recognition, invention and dissemination of an innovation (stages 1, 2 and 5).
Objectives
* Enabling and supporting humanitarian innovators to move creative ideas through the innovation process;
* Supporting them in building new partnerships with key actors;
* Enabling the lessons from grant funded projects and from analysis of innovation processes in humanitarian contexts to be disseminated more widely;
* Strengthening existing relationships between humanitarian agencies, academics and those in the private sector engaged in innovation processes.
What type of projects will be funded?
The HIF will fund innovations that are at any of the 5 stages of the innovation process (1-recognition, 2-invention, 3-development, 4-implementation and 5-diffusion) and that will contribute to improving the relevance, appropriateness, coverage, efficiency and / or effectiveness of humanitarian aid relative to existing practices
What types of humanitarian interventions are targeted by the HIF?
The definition used for humanitarian aid is taken from Global Humanitarian Assistance. This excludes any long term development assistance. The definition provides some useful examples of traditional responses to humanitarian crises:
* material relief assistance and services (shelter, water, medicines etc.);
* emergency food aid (short-term distribution and supplementary feeding programmes);
* relief coordination, protection and support services (coordination, logistics and communications).
* reconstruction relief and rehabilitation (repairing pre-existing infrastructure as opposed to longer-term activities designed to improve the level of infrastructure)
* disaster prevention and preparedness (disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, contingency stocks and planning).
There is no geographic restriction as to the project location. However that the HIF will only support innovation in a humanitarian response setting as per the definition provided by the Global Humanitarian Assistance.
Last date for submission of proposals is February 12, 2012.
For more information and details, you can visit this link.
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Endangered Language Fund
The Endangered Language Fund offers grants for language maintenance as well as linguistic field work.
The work to be funded is that which caters both the native community and the field of linguistics. However, work which has instant applicability to one group and more distant application to the other will also be considered. Publishing subventions are at low priority but will also be considered. Proposals can originate in any country. The language involved must be in danger of disappearing within a generation or next. Endangerment is a continuum and the location on the continuum is one factor in our funding decisions.
Eligible expenses include consultant fees, tapes, films, travel and others as well. Overhead is not allowed. Grants are normally for a one year period though extensions may be applied for. We expect grants in this round to be less than $4,000 in size and to average about $2,000.
Researchers and language activists from any country are eligible to apply. Awards can be made to institutions but no administrative (overhead, indirect) costs are covered.
Applications must be received by April 20th, 2012.
For further information, visit the link.
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Tibet Fund invites applications from Bhutan, India and Nepal for Tibetan Scholarship Program 2013
The Tibet Fund is currently inviting applications for 2013 Tibetan Scholarship Program (TSP). The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs offers all the required financial support for this program. Candidates selected for the program will complete their two-year master’s degree in the United States.
The Tibet Fund was established in 1981 with an aim to protect and preserve the cultural and national identity of the Tibet region. Since its inception, the Tibet Fund has been funding lots of projects related to health care, education, refugee rehabilitation, religious and cultural preservation, elder care and community and economic development for the Tibetan refugees living in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
Fields of Study
* Agriculture
* Auditing
* Banking Management
* Computer Science
* Counseling
* Development Planning
* Education
* Environmental Studies
* Food Protection
* Human Resource Development
* International Law
* International Relations (Negotiations)
* Inter-Religious Studies
* Library and Information Studies (Archives)
* Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry; Biology
* Management & Development
* Mass Communication / Journalism
* Social Work
* Natural Resources Management
* Public Administration
* Public Health/Medicine
* Renewal Energy Technologies
* Rural Development
* Security and Intelligence Study
* Sinology and Chinese Studies
* Waste Management and Recycling Technology
Eligibility Conditions
Applicants for the two-year master’s program in the United States must have secured grades of a minimum of 45 percent in a bachelor’s and post-graduate program.
Applicants must have completed at least four years of academic work after class XII including a bachelor’s degree. Partial computer courses, vocational training and diplomas from non-recognized academic institutions will not be accepted.
To demonstrate English language skills, applicants must produce a copy of their TOEFL iBT score with a minimum score of 90 out of 120.
Applicants should be born on or after January 1st, 1977. Selected participants will be required to take the GRE or GMAT exam. The last date for submitting the applications is March 31, 2012.
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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
The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), created through a partnership between ELRHA (Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance) and ALNAP (The Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action), represents a collective effort to enhance the contribution of innovation to improving operational humanitarian performance at the field level.
The fund supports organizations working in countries struck by humanitarian crises, such as Haiti or Pakistan, to develop, test and share new technologies and processes that will make humanitarian aid more effective and cost-efficient in the future.
Small Grant Facility Call for Proposals
HIF has issued a call for proposals for the small grant facility for projects up to £20,000 aimed at making humanitarian aid more effective and cost efficient.
Small grants will be allocated to projects with an implementation period of up to 6 months. These grants will principally support the recognition, invention and dissemination of an innovation (stages 1, 2 and 5).
Objectives
* Enabling and supporting humanitarian innovators to move creative ideas through the innovation process;
* Supporting them in building new partnerships with key actors;
* Enabling the lessons from grant funded projects and from analysis of innovation processes in humanitarian contexts to be disseminated more widely;
* Strengthening existing relationships between humanitarian agencies, academics and those in the private sector engaged in innovation processes.
What type of projects will be funded?
The HIF will fund innovations that are at any of the 5 stages of the innovation process (1-recognition, 2-invention, 3-development, 4-implementation and 5-diffusion) and that will contribute to improving the relevance, appropriateness, coverage, efficiency and / or effectiveness of humanitarian aid relative to existing practices
What types of humanitarian interventions are targeted by the HIF?
The definition used for humanitarian aid is taken from Global Humanitarian Assistance. This excludes any long term development assistance. The definition provides some useful examples of traditional responses to humanitarian crises:
* material relief assistance and services (shelter, water, medicines etc.);
* emergency food aid (short-term distribution and supplementary feeding programmes);
* relief coordination, protection and support services (coordination, logistics and communications).
* reconstruction relief and rehabilitation (repairing pre-existing infrastructure as opposed to longer-term activities designed to improve the level of infrastructure)
* disaster prevention and preparedness (disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, contingency stocks and planning).
There is no geographic restriction as to the project location. However that the HIF will only support innovation in a humanitarian response setting as per the definition provided by the Global Humanitarian Assistance.
Last date for submission of proposals is February 12, 2012.
For more information and details, you can visit this link.
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Endangered Language Fund
The Endangered Language Fund offers grants for language maintenance as well as linguistic field work.
The work to be funded is that which caters both the native community and the field of linguistics. However, work which has instant applicability to one group and more distant application to the other will also be considered. Publishing subventions are at low priority but will also be considered. Proposals can originate in any country. The language involved must be in danger of disappearing within a generation or next. Endangerment is a continuum and the location on the continuum is one factor in our funding decisions.
Eligible expenses include consultant fees, tapes, films, travel and others as well. Overhead is not allowed. Grants are normally for a one year period though extensions may be applied for. We expect grants in this round to be less than $4,000 in size and to average about $2,000.
Researchers and language activists from any country are eligible to apply. Awards can be made to institutions but no administrative (overhead, indirect) costs are covered.
Applications must be received by April 20th, 2012.
For further information, visit the link.
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Tibet Fund invites applications from Bhutan, India and Nepal for Tibetan Scholarship Program 2013
The Tibet Fund is currently inviting applications for 2013 Tibetan Scholarship Program (TSP). The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs offers all the required financial support for this program. Candidates selected for the program will complete their two-year master’s degree in the United States.
The Tibet Fund was established in 1981 with an aim to protect and preserve the cultural and national identity of the Tibet region. Since its inception, the Tibet Fund has been funding lots of projects related to health care, education, refugee rehabilitation, religious and cultural preservation, elder care and community and economic development for the Tibetan refugees living in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
Fields of Study
* Agriculture
* Auditing
* Banking Management
* Computer Science
* Counseling
* Development Planning
* Education
* Environmental Studies
* Food Protection
* Human Resource Development
* International Law
* International Relations (Negotiations)
* Inter-Religious Studies
* Library and Information Studies (Archives)
* Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry; Biology
* Management & Development
* Mass Communication / Journalism
* Social Work
* Natural Resources Management
* Public Administration
* Public Health/Medicine
* Renewal Energy Technologies
* Rural Development
* Security and Intelligence Study
* Sinology and Chinese Studies
* Waste Management and Recycling Technology
Eligibility Conditions
Applicants for the two-year master’s program in the United States must have secured grades of a minimum of 45 percent in a bachelor’s and post-graduate program.
Applicants must have completed at least four years of academic work after class XII including a bachelor’s degree. Partial computer courses, vocational training and diplomas from non-recognized academic institutions will not be accepted.
To demonstrate English language skills, applicants must produce a copy of their TOEFL iBT score with a minimum score of 90 out of 120.
Applicants should be born on or after January 1st, 1977. Selected participants will be required to take the GRE or GMAT exam. The last date for submitting the applications is March 31, 2012.
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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.
-------------------------------------------
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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