Thursday 31 October 2013

PEP Call for Proposals for Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment

Deadline: 10 December 2013

PEP (Partnership for Economic Policy) with funding from the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom (or UK Aid) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada has announced a new call for proposals to build and promote research capabilities in developing countries.

In accordance with PEP’s core mission, this initiative includes an important “capacity building” component, and targets teams of researchers* based in developing countries. Selected teams will benefit from the unique and manifold “PEP support program” in the conduct of high quality research projects.

Applicant teams are generally composed of at least one senior researcher, leading several junior researchers, and must:

    be gender-balanced (at least 50% female researchers)
    be comprised exclusively of individuals born and living in a developing country. Priority is given to low income countries (LICs), fragile and/or conflict states, but proposals are welcome from all developing countries
    present sufficient academic and/or professional background in economics research/policy analysis

However, for each PAGE call for proposals, a different list of specific priority issues – yet always under the broad theme of inclusive growth and employment – are identified as especially relevant to address specific knowledge gaps and policy needs in terms of evidence base. These issues are identified by the PAGE policy group – high-level development policy experts from different regions of the world – in collaboration with PEP lead researchers – international experts in the field of development economics.

See below for the list of priority issues for projects to be supported through the second (2013) PAGE funding round:

    Safety net complementarities
    Providing social protection to the informal sector
    Youth employment and entrepreneurship
    Employment intensity of non-agricultural growth
    Discrimination in credit access for female entrepreneurs
    China’s growth: challenges and opportunities for developing country labor markets
For more information, visit this link.

Call for Entries – A Photographers Workshop

Deadline- 1 November 2013

Entries are accepted for Photography workshop on “Layers of Green” organized by  Contemporary Image Collective and the Goethe-Institute. This workshop will be conducted in Cairo from Nov. 27-30. The goal of this program is to take part in a conversation on which artistic strategies are used in 20th century and contemporary photography to explore and reflect realities.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    Applications are welcome from both emerging and established photographers as well as from photography students at the university level.
    Applicants should have a good command of English (but an interpreter will be present throughout the workshop).
    Candidates must commit to participating in the entire program.
    Applicant’s age should not exceed 35 years.
    The program is open to applicants residing in Egypt only.
For more information, visit this link 

Wednesday 30 October 2013

Support to Social Enterprises and Business Advisory Services

Deadline- 29 January 2014

Proposals are accepted for Support to Social Enterprises and Business Advisory Services under Europe Aid. The goal of this program is to contribute to the employment and social inclusion of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

Objectives-

To support entrepreneurship of vulnerable groups (people with disabilities, youth, those with limited education, those in poor conditions, long-term unemployed, minorities and women), through establishment of social incubation services and social enterprises.

The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is € 1 million. The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 12 months nor exceed 24 months.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    be legal persons
    be non-profit-making
    be specific types of organisations such as: non-governmental organisations, national and local authorities, international (inter-governmental) organisations as defined by Article 43 of the Implementing Rules to the EC Financial Regulation
    be established in  a Member State of the European Union or or from a country covered by article 19 of IPA regulation . This obligation does not apply to international organisations
    be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary
For more information, visit this link

Tuesday 29 October 2013

WFP Cooperating Partners’ Innovation Fund

Deadline- 15 November 2013

World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications for Cooperating Partners’ Innovation Fund which aims to promote collaboration with NGOs in the design and development of new tools and approaches for food assistance. The objective of this program is to provides early stage funding for Partners developing promising tools or approaches for the design and delivery of efficient, effective, scalable food assistance.

The focus of this Fund in 2013 is the ‘Cash and Voucher’ programming as a key opportunity for collaboration.

Grant offered-

WFP will administer flexible grant funding to openly competed proposals. There is approximately $1 million available in total for all awards combined. Proposals will be passed through external, independent review. Within the available resources, there is no pre-determined maximum or minimum award.

Eligibility & Criteria

Eligible applicants include national and international NGOs with valid registration in the country from where the application is initiated and, if different, with documented authorization to work in the country or countries where the proposed innovation will be developed. If selected applicants are not already WFP Cooperating Partners, WFP will undertake standard due diligence to ensure suitability of a partnership relationship prior to issuing an award.
For more information, visit this link

Monday 28 October 2013

BAN Toxics! Request for Proposals for Project on Chemicals Management

Deadline: 26 October 2013

BAN Toxics! (BT) – an independent non-profit, environmental organization that is devoted to preventing toxic trade in wastes, goods, and technology, and upholding the rights of developing countries to environmental justice, with particular focus on the Southeast Asian region – has announced a Request for Proposals.

Pursuant to BT’s objective of promoting environmental justice in particular its focus on leaving a toxics-free world for the next generation, the current BT programme on chemicals management is looking to develop the groundwork for an approach in achieving the sound management of chemicals to protect human health and the environment through a legally-binding, global chemicals convention.

Pursuant to this objective, BT sees the need to: expand its expertise and forge a partnership with qualified entities to strengthen BT’s knowledge of the global political landscape; improve its understanding of the limitations of existing agreements on chemicals and waste; and add to its experience in developing and negotiating these international instruments.

The following key activities will be undertaken by BT and its chosen partner in forging ahead in developing an approach for chemicals management through a legally-binding, global chemicals convention:

    Consultation with key stakeholders to build consensus on the need for a comprehensive and adequate global regime for chemical safety.
    Assessment of on-going policy processes and precedents from other contexts for potential application to a global regime for chemical safety.
    Advocacy for a comprehensive global regime for chemical safety.

In accomplishing the above tasks, BT is looking for a non-profit partner located anywhere around the world.
For more information, visit this link.

Sunday 27 October 2013

SUN Movement Multi-Partner Trust Fund: A New Call for Proposals

Deadline: 11 November 2013

The SUN (Scaling up Nutrition) Movement Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) was established in 2012 with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Irish Aid to ensure that catalytic grants reach governments, UN agencies, civil society groups and other SUN partners.  It is not designed to be a vertical nutrition fund for large scale investments in food and nutrition security, nor to replace existing funding pathways at country level.  Rather, it is a fund to be used for catalytic actions to enable, initiate or develop SUN Movement activity at country or regional level and provide appropriate global-level support, when other funding is not available.

The SUN MPTF operates through three financing windows designed to support:

    critical in-country actions in relation to national commitments and priorities for SUN;
    mobilization of in-country and global civil society so as to contribute to realizing these commitments and demonstrating results; and
    adequate finance for strategic efforts that contribute to the more effective working of the SUN Movement as a whole.

The current call for proposals is issued for Window 2 of the SUN MPTF –supporting civil society organizations in 42 countries as they contribute to realizing SUN objectives and commitments at country and regional level.

As civil society groups get organized into SUN CSO platforms, they activate multiple actions that lead to the following:

    Coordinated Civil Society Alliances in SUN countries (CSAs) are established
    In-country CSAs advocate effectively
    In country CSAs participate in national platforms for SUN
    CSAs contribute to better accountability in SUN countries
    The collective of CSAs are a functioning learning network

This call is open for an overall amount up to US$ three (3) million. To the effect of this call, proposals cannot exceed the overall amount of US$ 300.000 (three-hundreds thousands US dollars) each over a period of up 24 months maximum.

All proposals will have to be submitted by 17:00 CET on 11 November 2013.

Saturday 26 October 2013

Grand Challenges Canada: Seed Grants and Transition-to-Scale Grants for its Global Mental Health Program

Deadline: 9 January 2014

The Grand Challenges Canada has announced a Request for Proposals to provide two types of funding: seed grants and transition-to-scale grants under its Global Mental Health initiative.

Grand Challenges Canada seeks bold ideas with real-world impact to improve treatments and expand access to care for mental disorders that have the potential to be sustainable at scale. These ideas should be innovative, transformational, affordable, and cost-effective to address the large treatment gap for accessible, evidence-based, high-quality mental health care.

Specifically, to improve treatments and expand access to care, applicants must propose innovative solutions to one (or more) of the following specific challenges identified from the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health initiative within this priority area:

    Integrate screening and core packages of services into routine primary health care
    Reduce the cost and improve the supply of effective medications
    Provide effective and affordable community-based care and rehabilitation
    Improve children’s access to evidence-based care by trained health providers
    Develop effective treatments for use by non-specialists, including lay health workers with minimal training
    Incorporate functional impairment and disability into assessment
    Develop mobile and IT technologies (such as telemedicine) to increase access to evidence-based care

Seed grants support the development and validation of innovative ideas to improve treatments and expand access to care for mental disorders, offering up to $250,000 CAD each over a maximum of two (2) years.

Transition-to-scale grants support the refinement, testing, and implementation of innovative solutions that have already achieved proof of concept to bring them toward scale, offering up to $1 million CAD in matched funding over a maximum of three (3) years.

Grand Challenges Canada’s ultimate goal is to save and improve lives in low- and middle-income countries. As a result, funded projects are expected to demonstrate real-world impact on health outcomes in the developing world.
For more information, visit this link.

Friday 25 October 2013

Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development (Mozambique)

Deadline- 25 November 2013

EuropeAid is accepting proposals for Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development Program in Mozambique. The goal of this program is to  strengthen civil society in partner countries as a pre-condition for a more equitable, open and democratic society.

Objectives-

    Support the enhancement of livelihoods of people dependent on the informal economy, particularly in rural areas.
    Support the social inclusion of vulnerable and marginalized groups.

The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is €5.000.000,00 (2013 budget). The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 60 months.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    be legal persons
    be non-profit-making
    be Non-State Actors (NSA) constituted in accordance with the legislation in force in Mozambique or one of the Member States of the European Union
    be established in  a Member State of the European Union or in Mozambique
    be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary
For more information, visit this link

General News Reporting Course – Thomson Reuters Foundation

Deadline- 27 October 2013

Thomson Reuters Foundation has announced course on General News Reporting which will be conducted in  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from  Nov. 18 – 22, 2013. The mission of this program is to help journalists to recognize their good habits and provide them the time and space to work on their weak points, within a mentored framework. The core activity concerns the actual writing and reporting of news, as practiced by Reuters and other global agencies. Practical exercises form the core of the programme, with an emphasis on improving basic reporting and writing skills including accuracy, impartiality, speed, clarity and structure.

Benefits-

Thomson Reuters Foundation offers bursaries for journalists from the developing world/countries in political transition working for organisations with no resources for training. Restricted bursaries available to journalists based outside Addis Ababa would include travel expenses and budget accommodation. This arrangement is subject to variation.

Eligibility & Criteria-

Applicants must be currently working as a journalist or regular contributor to broadcast media organisations in Addis Ababa. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a commitment to a career in journalism in their country, must have at least two years’ professional experience and have a good level in spoken and written English. If they have been on a Thomson Reuters Foundation training programme within the last two years they will not be eligible to apply.

For more information, visit this link

Thursday 24 October 2013

The Sarajevo 2014 Programme

Deadline- 15 January 2014

Proposals are  being accepted for Sarajevo 2014 Programme under EuropeAid. The goal of this program is to contribute to reconciliation in the Western Balkans. This programme is designed to help completing the process of reconciliation in the Western Balkans: “Culture and history play a very important role in the reconciliation and confidence building process in the Western Balkans and as such were part of the cooperation strategy in the Stabilisation and Association process between the Western Balkans and the European Union.”

Objectives-

To contribute to making 2014 a year conveying European values of reconciliation, diversity and the commitment to face challenges together in BiH, in the context of the commemoration of World War I which several Member States will honour in the EU.”

The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is € 1.000.000. The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 9 months nor exceed 18 months.

Eligibility & Criteria-

    be legal persons
    be non-profit making civil society organisations and/or cultural actors (including municipalities)
    be established in  a Member State of the European Union or candidate countries or potential candidate countries of the Western Balkans (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244)
    be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.
For more information, visit this link

2014 Amani African Youth Peace Fellowship In Thailand

Deadline- 31 October 2013

Peace Revolution is seeking applications for African youth peace training fellowships program in Thailand. The goal of this program is to cultivate a strong peace culture based on the principle of Peace In Peace Out. In cognizance of the special need to develop young peace activists who can respond to the needs of the continent, Peace Revolution will host for the first time an exclusive African

The fellowship offers a 14 days intensive training program providing participants with deeper insight in the relationship between inner peace and sustainable world peace and enhancing their ability to create peace within their family, professional and social environment.

Thematic areas-

    Conflict resolution and the role of the basic human self-disciplines
    

The role of our habits in our daily life and how to improve; the 5 Rooms of life
    

The factors that determine our perception to think, act and speak; relation between body and mind
    
Leadership: Eight pillars for a stable peaceful society

Fellowship offers-

    Full or partial sponsoring of airfare
    Free accommodation
    Free catering
    Free local transportation
    Free meditation retreat fee

Eligibility & Criteria-

    Candidates must be African nationals residing in Africa
    Candidates should be 18-30 years old at the time of submitting the application in order to receive the airfare support.
    Candidates must have completed 42 days of the online self-development program. Note that in order to submit the application form, candidates do not need to have completed the online self-development program.
    Candidates must have completed at least 1 ONLINE Special Ops.
    
Candidates have good proficiency in written and spoken English language.
    Candidates should be optimistic, be open-minded, show leadership potential, and have a genuine interest in peace.
    Candidates should be young leaders in local, national or international organizations.
    Candidates should send a recommendation letter from their organizations.
For more information, visit this link

Wednesday 23 October 2013

World Food Programme’s New Innovation Fund for NGOs – Call for Proposals

Deadline: 15 November 2013

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a new Fund for NGOs called ‘the Cooperating Partners’ Innovation Fund’ (CPIF). This Fund aims to promote collaboration with NGOs in the design and development of new tools and approaches for food assistance.

WFP has recognized that NGOs have pioneered “market-based programming approaches that amplify the impact of food assistance programmes. NGOs have also been first movers in adapting private sector technology and business models to social programming and food assistance generally, and specifically to cash and voucher programming.

The focus of this Fund in 2013 is the ‘Cash and Voucher’ programming as a key opportunity for collaboration.

There are up to $1 million in total funds available for autumn 2013 awards. Within the available resources, there is no pre-determined maximum or minimum award. WFP reserves the right to carry over resources to a sub sequent solicitation of proposals.

Eligible applicants include national and international NGOs with valid registration in the country from where the application is initiated and, if different, with documented authorization to work in the country or countries where the proposed innovation will be developed. If selected applicants are not already WFP Cooperating Partners, WFP will undertake standard due diligence to ensure suitability of a partnership relationship prior to issuing an award.

There is no application format or template. Applicants should prepare a proposal in English of not more than 2250 words including a maximum 250 word summary.

This Fund is built on the principles of flexibility and innovation. There are little restrictions but NGOs need to submit innovative project ideas.
For more information, visit this link.

Crowdfunding Opens Doors for Grassroots NGOS

Indiegogo, one of the world’s leading crowdfunding platforms, has introduced new features that will enable NGOs to leverage the power of the website for the first time. The site has already raised tens of millions of dollars for campaigns around the world, but up until now the Indiegogo has only offered services in the English language and in US dollars. The expansion of their services include new currencies, languages and localised homepages that are set to empower a whole host of NGOs from across the planet to participate.

“Indiegogo puts our customers first, which is why broadening our international offerings is a priority, enabling us to bring our unique experience and open and inclusive business model to more people than ever before,” said Danae Ringelmann, Indiegogo co-founder. “We remain committed to localizing our international platform to empower campaign owners for success and give funders a satisfying discovery experience. We’ve laid a great foundation to continue global growth in the months ahead.”

Previously, both fundraisers and donors would be responsible for the exchange rate fees which can, depending on your country, become quite expensive. Now, Indiegogo has introduced options to use euros and Canadian dollars which will increase the return on investment in the site for both donors and fundraisers outside of the US.

“To truly unleash people and remove all the friction from fundraising, you want to experience to be as seamless as possible. If there is any friction around asking your funders to use a currency they’re not comfortable with, or asking your funders to read your pitch in a language they’re not as familiar with, that friction will no longer be there.”

The website has also began rolling out additional language packs for French and German speakers, which will be of particular benefit for many French speaking countries in Africa and other parts of the world. This will open up new opportunities for both donors and fundraisers as the changes will tap into new markets of hundreds of millions of people who previously would not be able to use the website.

Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of Indiegogo, says “We’re really excited because Indiegogo has been global since the beginning. We had a mission since our start, which hasn’t changed, to democratize fundraising across the world — to really empower everyone, wherever you are, to raise money for your passion”

Ringelmann explained that the new features are just the start of a more international focus with an aim to facilitate crowdfunded fundraising in every corner of the globe. “This is just the beginning of a deeper [plan] to roll out more international features in countries across the world and to make Indiegogo as customized as possible,” she said. “So, there will be more to come [and] other currencies in the future.”

Despite the fact that Indiegogo only accepted the U.S. dollar before now, 30% of all campaigners have been from outside the United States. “I think that’s a testament to how needed our platform is for [crowdfunders] around the world,” Ringelmann said.

Indiegogo prides itself on its customer happiness, and has long had a policy in place to respond to questions within 24 hours. The company has hired full-time staff to provide assistance in French and German in order to make the question and answer process more seamless.

Crowdfunding has become a pivotal piece of the fundraising ecosystem, and Indiegogo has garnered international support through campaigns such as the bullied bus monitor, the Tesla Museum and Hurricane Sandy relief. The arts, education, philanthropy and other areas benefit greatly from crowdfunding, which bolsters (and often replaces) traditional financing and allows the community to decide which projects reach success through merit.

Since the site launched in 2008, people have used it to fund a broad range of creative, charitable and entrepreneurial projects. Its biggest success, “Let’s Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum,” raised more than $1.37 million this year to build a museum dedicated to influential inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla.

Another popular initiative established by Toronto’s Max Sidorov raised over $700,000 for New York bus monitor Karen Klein after cellphone video of her being bullied by four seventh-graders went viral.

“What crowdfunding really is, is people-powered finance,” Ringelmann said. “It’s people voting with their dollar. And when people vote with their dollar, there’s no stronger indication that they want something to exist.”

Indiegogo is the largest global crowdfunding platform, empowering anyone, anywhere, at any time, to raise funds for any idea. Since launching in January 2008, Indiegogo has enabled campaign owners to launch campaigns from every country around the world. With millions of dollars distributed globally each week across the site, Indiegogo is democratizing the way people raise funds for any project—creative, entrepreneurial or cause-related. Indiegogo is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles and New York. For more information, visit www.indiegogo.com and follow them at www.twitter.com/indiegogo and www.facebook.com/indiegogo.

GSMA mWomen Innovation Fund: NGO Grants

Deadline- 1 November 2013

Fourth round of Innovation Fund grants for Non-Governmental Organizations (“NGOs”) has been announced under GSMA mWomen Programme. This program is being supported by USAID and Australian AID. The mission of this program is to promote greater mobile access and usage by resource-poor women in low – and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The programme does so by encouraging industry to serve women, increasing availability of life-enhancing value-added services and promoting solutions to women’s technical and cultural barriers to adoption.

This round comprises three to four grants, valued up to US$ 140,000 each for projects up to six months long.

Objectives-

    Accelerate the use of mobile technology to achieve development-related goals, specifically the empowerment of resource-poor women
    Provide solutions to the barriers to women’s adoption and use of mobile phones and VAS
    Generate lessons and models of success which can be shared with the wider development community, as well as mobile operators

Eligibility & Criteria-

This grant stream is open to NGOs operating in low- and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia.

For more information, visit this link

Humanitarian Innovation Fund’s 6th Call for Large Grant Proposals

Deadline: 28 October 2013

The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) has announced the launch of the 6th call for large grant proposals. The Fund supports innovative ideas or solutions to a problem facing the delivery of humanitarian aid. Twice every year it seeks large grant proposals to provide funding grants from £75,000 to £150,000.

The Humanitarian Innovation Fund supports organisations and individuals to identify, nurture and share innovative and scalable solutions to the challenges facing effective humanitarian assistance. It works by 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 and strengthening existing relationships between humanitarian agencies, academics and those in the private sector engaged in innovation processes

The Fund provides funding in the following areas:

    Development of an innovation by creating practical, actionable plans and guidelines. For instance turning ideas into action, transforming designs from the drawing board into real-world solutions.
    Implementation of an innovation to produce real examples of changed practice, testing the innovation to see how it compares to existing solutions. Often pilot projects are used to establish how an innovation performs in practice – indicating whether it is successful and should be scaled-up.

Initially only Expression of Interest (EoI) has to be submitted. EoI can only be submitted online. After reviewing the EoI, HIF will contact potential grantees to submit full proposals.

Applications for the large grant facility can ONLY be made online.
For more information, visit this link.

SUN Movement Multi-Partner Trust Fund: A New Call for Proposals

Deadline: 11 November 2013

The SUN (Scaling up Nutrition) Movement Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) was established in 2012 with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Irish Aid to ensure that catalytic grants reach governments, UN agencies, civil society groups and other SUN partners.  It is not designed to be a vertical nutrition fund for large scale investments in food and nutrition security, nor to replace existing funding pathways at country level.  Rather, it is a fund to be used for catalytic actions to enable, initiate or develop SUN Movement activity at country or regional level and provide appropriate global-level support, when other funding is not available.

The SUN MPTF operates through three financing windows designed to support:

    critical in-country actions in relation to national commitments and priorities for SUN;
    mobilization of in-country and global civil society so as to contribute to realizing these commitments and demonstrating results; and
    adequate finance for strategic efforts that contribute to the more effective working of the SUN Movement as a whole.

The current call for proposals is issued for Window 2 of the SUN MPTF –supporting civil society organizations in 42 countries as they contribute to realizing SUN objectives and commitments at country and regional level.

As civil society groups get organized into SUN CSO platforms, they activate multiple actions that lead to the following:

    Coordinated Civil Society Alliances in SUN countries (CSAs) are established
    In-country CSAs advocate effectively
    In country CSAs participate in national platforms for SUN
    CSAs contribute to better accountability in SUN countries
    The collective of CSAs are a functioning learning network

This call is open for an overall amount up to US$ three (3) million. To the effect of this call, proposals cannot exceed the overall amount of US$ 300.000 (three-hundreds thousands US dollars) each over a period of up 24 months maximum.

All proposals will have to be submitted by 17:00 CET on 11 November 2013.
For more information, visit this link.
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