Last date : November 8, 2016

EU Call for Proposals: TradeCom II- ACP Trade Capacity Building Programme

TRADECOM II – ACP TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME 

1.1 Background The European Union (EU)’s overall relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are governed by the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement signed in 2000 and concluded for a period of 20 years. The Agreement foresees the creation of a new trading system leading to a gradual and sustainable integration and increased participation of ACP countries into the global economy. The international trade has provided the ACP countries and RECs with opportunities to improve incomes and catalyse economic and social transformation, and at the same time make significant advances in lifting huge sections of populations out of poverty. In order to fully address the challenges and exploit the opportunities arising from the evolving global economy, the ACP countries seek support for trade development at all levels through technical assistance and other aid modalities. The TradeCom II is the successor to the Trade.Com Facility and the ACP MTS programme that were implemented during the period of 2004 to 2012 and 2009 to 2014 respectively. The TradeCom II is being implemented over the period 2015-2020 by a Programme Management Unit (PMU) based in Brussels, Belgium. Its legal basis is the Financing Agreement FED/2013/24728 signed between the European Commission and the ACP Secretariat under the funds allocated from the 10th EDF intra-ACP envelope. Like the two previous programmes, the TradeCom II is focused on the multilateral trade and the regional trade issues, with a new focus on institutional trade capacity building. The TradeCom II Programme aims at contributing to sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in ACP countries through closer regional integration and increased participation in the global economy. Specifically, the Programme will: Continue strengthening the capacity of ACP countries and regions to formulate and implement suitable trade policies as well as to negotiate and implement bilateral and regional trade agreements; in particular, the regional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union; Continue supporting ACP countries in the negotiation and implementation of WTO Agreements, thus helping them fully benefit from the multilateral trading system; and Put a new emphasis on strengthening ACP private sector competitiveness by supporting trade facilitation and trade promotion. To that end, the TradeCom II Programme supports the building and strengthening of ACP trade capacity at national and regional levels through a combination of Technical Assistance (Programme Estimate Imprest Component) and capacity building actions (Grants Component). The ACP Secretariat is launching this Call for Proposals under the Grants Component of the TradeCom II Programme. The Grants Component will facilitate a close involvement of ACP trade research and training institutions in the development and delivery of trade capacity building measures, thus enhancing the sustainability of the results of TradeCom II Programme. These Guidelines will provide all required information for the applicants. 

1.2 Objectives of the programme and priority issues The global objective of this call for proposals is to contribute to closer regional integration and increased participation in the global economy of ACP countries and regions through longer-term and locally anchored institutional capacity building. The specific objective of this call for proposals is to build the capacities of ACP trade support institutions in the delivery of trade research and training actions at national and regional level, thus providing capacity to address key trade issues. 15 January 2016 Page 5 of 30 e3a_guidelines_en Purpose of the programme The purpose of the Programme through this Call for Proposals, are to: Purpose 1: Enhance the capacity of ACP countries to formulate and implement suitable trade policies; Purpose 2: Assist ACP countries to implement EPAs, regional and international trade agreements to their benefit; and Purpose 3: Strengthen ACP Private sector competitiveness by supporting trade facilitation and trade promotion. Priorities The Grant Component aims to support and enhance the sustainability of the North-South, South-South and Intra-ACP trade research and capacity building actions that are complementary to the demand-driven interventions under the Programme Estimate component. In that regard, the priorities of this Call for Proposals are to1 : 

1. Support activities and actions of the ACP trade-related capacity-building organisations for implementation of the EPAs and WTO agreements; 2. Support trade-related training and research activities in ACP countries; 3. Support trade-related programmes of ACP business associations (chambers of commerce, Farmers’ associations, confederation of industries, producers’ associations, professional associations, etc.) in the area of trade; 4. Support the networking activities of trade-related think-tanks and similar organisations. The proposed actions must respect the following elements that will be subject for evaluation in line with the relevant sections of the evaluation grid: a) Project proposals submitted by non-ACP applicants should be based on initiatives and genuine involvement of ACP partners; b) Actions proposed should avoid duplication of activities and be implemented in synergy with existing EU-funded and related donor projects; c) Particular attention should be paid to cross cutting issues contributing to the achievement of the global objective of the call for proposals, including gender and youth empowerment as well as promotion of innovation; and d) All proposed actions should propose information and communication activities for the dissemination of the results and the impact of this support. 

1.3 Financial allocation provided by the contracting authority The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 14,400,000. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award all available funds. 1 As per the Financing Agreement FED/2013/024-728. 15 January 2016 Page 6 of 30 e3a_guidelines_en Size of grants Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts: minimum amount: EUR 1,000,000 maximum amount: EUR 3,000,000 Any grant requested under this call for proposals must not exceed the maximum percentage of total eligible costs of the action: Maximum percentage: 80% of the total eligible costs of the action (see also section 2.1.5). The balance (i.e. the difference between the total cost of the action and the amount requested from the Contracting Authority) must be financed from sources other than the European Union Budget or the European Development Fund2 . 

2 RULES FOR THIS CALL OF PROPOSALS These guidelines set out the rules for the submission, selection and implementation of the actions financed under this call, in conformity with the Practical Guide, which is applicable to the present call (available on the Internet at this address http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/prag/ document.do?locale=en). 3 2.1 Eligibility criteria There are three sets of eligibility criteria, relating to: (1) the actors: The 'lead applicant', i.e. the entity submitting the application form (2.1.1), if any, its co-applicant(s) (where it is not specified otherwise the lead applicant and its coapplicant(s) are hereinafter jointly referred as "applicant(s)") (2.1.1), and, if any, affiliated entity(ies) to the lead applicant and/or to a co-applicant(s). (2.1.2); (2) the actions: Actions for which a grant may be awarded (2.1.4); (3) the costs: types of cost that may be taken into account in setting the amount of the grant (2.1.5). 2 Where a grant is financed by the European Development Fund, any mention of European Union financing must be understood as referring to European Development Fund financing. 3 Note that a lead applicant (i.e. a Coordinator) whose pillars have been positively assessed by the European Commission and who is awarded a grant will not sign the standard grant contract published with these guidelines but a PA Grant Agreement based on the PAGoDA template. All references in these guidelines and other documents related to this call to the standard grant contract shall in this case be understood as referring to the relevant provisions of the PAGoDA template. 15 January 2016 Page 7 of 30 e3a_guidelines_en 

2.1.1 Eligibility of applicants (i.e. lead applicant and co-applicant(s) Lead applicant (1) In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must: be a legal person and be non-profit-making or be profit making in legal status but not making a profit as a result of the implementation of this specific action; be a specific type of organisation such as or similar to: Trade research institution; Trade capacity building institution; Academic institution with specific trade programmes; Export promotion agency; Private sector advocacy organization; Specialized provider of trade-related assistance from EU Member States, in partnership with ACP beneficiaries; International (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 43 of the Rules of application of the EU Financial Regulation4 , in partnership with ACP beneficiaries and be established in5 a Member State of the European Union or a Member State of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group, or any eligible country as stipulated in Annex IV of the latter ACPEU Partnership Agreement as revised by Decision No 1/2014. This obligation does not apply to international organisations and be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the coapplicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary; be able to demonstrate having carried out activities in the field of trade-related assistance. (2) Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations listed in section 

2.3.3 of the Practical Guide. In Part A, section 3 of the grant application form (‘declaration by the lead applicant’), the lead applicant must declare that the lead applicant himself, the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies) are not in any of these situations. 4 International organisations are international public-sector organisations set up by intergovernmental agreements as well as specialised agencies set up by them; the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are also recognised as international organisations. 5 To be determined on the basis of the organisation’s statutes, which should demonstrate that it has been established by an instrument governed by the national law of the country concerned and that its head office is located in an eligible country. In this respect, any legal entity whose statutes have been established in another country cannot be considered an eligible local organisation, even if the statutes are registered locally or a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ has been concluded. 15 January 2016 Page 8 of 30 e3a_guidelines_en The lead applicant must act with co-applicant(s) as specified hereafter. If awarded the grant contract, the lead applicant will become the beneficiary identified as the Coordinator in Annex E3h1 (Special Conditions). The Coordinator is the main interlocutor of the Contracting Authority. It represents and acts on behalf of any other co-beneficiary (if any) and coordinate the design and implementation of the action. Co-applicant(s) Lead applicants (Coordinators) who are not established in ACP countries must have at least one Coapplicant established in one of ACP countries and be active in the field covered by this call. Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant. Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself. Co-applicants must sign the mandate in Part B section 4 of the grant application form. If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicant(s) (if any) will become beneficiary(ies) in the action (together with the Coordinator).

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The call for applications for the Premio Daniel Carasso 2017 - Premio Daniel Carasso 2017: Inviting NGOs Worldwide!

Last date : October 23, 2016

The call for applications for the Premio Daniel Carasso 2017 is now open from July 23 to October 23 2016. The laureate will be announced during the year 2017.

Entrants must register and enter online athttp://projects.fondationcarasso.org/en.

Applicants have to register on the online platform and should then submit online:

1/ The application form, clearly indicating their name and contact details and those of two sponsors from the scientific community who will be asked to write a letter of recommendation if their application is shortlisted.

2/ The following documents:

• A curriculum vitae of their scientific career which should be no longer than 4 pages (in Word or PDF format).
• An overview of their research work which should be no longer than 3 pages together with, a summary of work in progress and future projects. The overview and summary should all be in a single Word or PDF file.
• A list and brief summary (Word or PDF) of between 5 and 10 publications, whether printed (books, scientific reviews, journal articles, and general interest magazine) or electronic (web-based, audio, video, multimedia, etc.).
• A PDF copy of each publication (3MB maximum per file). If it is not possible to upload your publications by Internet for technical reasons, please send them by email to the secretariat or send three hard copies of each publication by postal mail before the closing date for applications.

All documents should be in English.

For more information: see the rules of the Premio Daniel Carasso 2017. 

Call for Proposals: Protecting Civic Space in Kenya and Ugand

Last date : October 31, 2016

Background

ICNL is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes an enabling legal environment for civil society, freedom of association, and public participation around the world. ICNL has provided technical and research assistance to support the reform of laws affecting civil society organizations in over 100 countries. We draw upon a worldwide network of partners and experts to produce innovative research and analysis on legal topics affecting civil society. To learn more about ICNL’s programs in Africa, visit our Sub-Saharan Africa portal.

ICNL is pleased to invite proposals for subgrants as part of the to the “Protecting Civic Space in Kenya and Uganda” program. Through this program, ICNL seeks to strengthen civil society’s ability to successfully advocate for an improved legal environment that protects the fundamental rights to association, assembly and speech and expands operating space at the regional and national levels in Kenya and Uganda. To achieve these program goals, ICNL will provide subgrants to support innovative projects and provide technical assistance to grantees as needed.

Please contact Emerson Sykes via email at esykes@icnl.org or by telephone at +1 202 499 5282 should you have any questions.

Application Instructions

To apply for a grant, applicants must submit via email to esykes@icnl.org the following items:

• Application coversheet;
• Proposal (no more than five pages);
• Budget (from $5,000 to $20,000).

Content of Proposal

In five pages or fewer, please describe your proposal for a project addressing civic space concerns in Kenya or Uganda.
Proposals may address any of the following issues:

• Improving legislation currently under consideration, reforming existing legislation, and/or creating enabling implementing regulations;
• Innovative public outreach initiatives to improve the public image of civil society;
• Facilitating coalition-building among Kenyan and Ugandan civil society to exchange successful advocacy strategies for protecting civic space;
• Enhancing civil society’s capacity to protect civic space on the local, national and regional levels, including marginalized and rural-based groups;
• Providing technical assistance, research support, or capacity –building activities for government regulators and parliamentarians to support their work in creating an enabling environment for civil society; and
• Research on the regulation of civil society to support evidence-based advocacy.

The proposal should include the following information:

• Applicant’s experience in working on civil society legal reform, the rights to association, assembly, or speech, or other civic space related issues;
• Existing initiatives by the applicant dealing with similar or related issues. Where applicable, the plan for ensuring complementarity between the proposed project and existing initiatives;
• An overview of the proposed project, including a description of proposed activities, outputs, and outcomes;
• The proposed activity plan and timeline for the project, recognizing that grant activities must be completed no later than December 31, 2016;
• Specific goals and how you will measure results; and
• The plan to sustain the impact of the project beyond the grant support.

Please also attach a line-item budget (which does not count toward the 5-page limit for the proposal).

Eligibility Requirements

Proposals are welcome from any organization registered and carrying out activities in Kenya or Uganda. 

Selection Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on the following factors:

• Compliance with eligibility requirements and application procedures;
• Demonstrated commitment of applicant to protecting civic space;
• Quality of proposed project, including the innovativeness of the proposal, the proposed methodology/design, feasibility of the project (e.g., activities are targeted to achieve stated results, and anticipated results are realistic and attainable);
• Likelihood that the proposed project will protect civic space in Kenya and/or Uganda;
• Sustainability of the proposed project beyond the grant period;
• Proposed budget and apparent value for money; and
• Inclusion of reasonable indicators to measure project success.

Note that priority will be given to proposals that address needs in both Kenya and Uganda.

Terms of Reference

All grant recipients will be required to submit progress reports during the grant period and a final report on the use of funds, activities conducted, and outcomes of their projects prior to receiving their final grant disbursements.

Deadline

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis through October 31, 2016 or until all grant funds are awarded.

Call for Proposals - Jordan Humanitarian Fund 2016- Allocation Paper: Call For Proposals September 2016 - Jordan Humanitarian Fund

Last date : On going

I. Rationale

This allocation paper is issued by the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC), in consultation with the Advisory Board of the Jordan Humanitarian Fund (JHF), to set the funding priorities for this call.

This allocation paper also provides strategic direction and guidance for the allocation process for this call.

II. Donor Contributions

Based on donors’ commitments, a total figure of US $6 million will be allocated to this call. Out of which 4 million will be allocated for Jordan and 2 million for Southern Syria.

The ceiling for any project is a maximum of US $400,000.

Call for proposal envelop: USD 6,000,000
Allocation for Jordan: USD 4,000,000
Allocation for Southern Syria: USD 2,000,000

III. Objective of allocation

The priorities for the call are to respond to the inter-sectoral priorities in line with the JHF’s objectives and project’s prioritization criteria:

a. Meeting critical needs in areas where NGOs have comparative advantage,
b. Critical gap filling (firefighting) & ensure No harm approach
c. Sudden change in context, and
d. Impact.

IV. Humanitarian context in Jordan

From a humanitarian perspective, and in recognition of the human tragedy unfolding within Syria, the Government of Jordan has welcomed Syrians seeking refuge, protection, and safety from the conflict. Within that same humanitarian spirit, the government and the people of Jordan have extended public services, facilities, resources and hospitality in an attempt to accommodate the most pressing needs of the Syrian refugees.

A massive influx of over 655,990 registered Syrian refugees1 has so far sought refuge in Jordan, comprising 25% women, 23% men, 25% girls, and 27% boys. Approximately 85 percent of all refugees are hosted within Jordanian communities and the remaining 15 percent are accommodated within camp settings. Syrian refugees now live in all areas of Jordan, though the main concentrations in local communities are in the northern governorates close to the Syrian border as well as the cities of Amman and Zarqa.

As a result, the volume of refugees is placing enormous strain on the social, economic, institutional and natural resources systems in Jordan. Jordanians have been impacted to different degrees by the situation. In those areas most affected by the refugee influx, all population segments are affected in some manner. But as in all crises, it is the poorest and most vulnerable Jordanian households, and the most vulnerable people within them, that are impacted the most.

Absorbing such a vast number of Syrians within what was already the poorest part of the country is having a profound impact on the demographic and socio-economic landscape of Jordan. Tensions in some areas have become palpable and are expected to exacerbate as long as the crisis endures. Urgent action is needed to address these challenges and to prevent the prospect of an inter-generational reproduction of the crisis, which is an increasing risk the longer the crisis continues.

Since the end of April, the overall level of conflict has been increasing across southern Syria, with regular aerial bombardment in northern rural Quneitra, northwestern Dar’a, and, in the deep south, Dar’a City, Neimeh, Yadoudeh and Busra Ash-Sham. As a result, cyclical displacement has continued throughout the south, with new IDPs often leaving their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs, while long-term IDPs and host communities themselves face tremendous chronic needs. Shelling has claimed civilian casualties on both sides of conflict lines and civilian infrastructure has been targeted, including homes. On 31 July, the field hospital in Jasim, north-western Dar’a, was directly hit and destroyed, killing ten people (four women, two children, and four men - two of whom were hospital employees). The hospital, which had been providing 4,000+ consultations per month, is now out of service and critical cases have been transferred to hospitals in neighboring villages.

Following the unprecedented VBIED attack on the Jordanian border guard at Rukban on Jordan’s north-eastern border with Syria on 21 June, the Government of Jordan (GoJ) sealed its entire northern border, resulting in the temporary suspension of cross-border operations via Ramtha. Convoys officially resumed on Thursday 28 July after almost five weeks. The bottleneck illustrated the continued criticality of cross-border operations; in little over a month, up to 20 health facilities were reported to run short of essential medicines and over 140,000 people were affected by the disruption in the provision of food assistance. NFI stocks in opposition-held areas of southern Syria were all but exhausted. Partners are now working hard to extend assistance to those beneficiaries who were affected during the suspension of operations as well as to scale up prepositioning, including in preparation for the impending winter months.

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To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

ESRC-AHRC call for proposals: Addressing Forced Displacement due to Human Rights Violations

Last date : July 20, 2016

ESRC-AHRC call for proposals on Forced displacement

The ESRC in collaboration with Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are launching a call for innovative, interdisciplinary projects focusing on the experiences of the forced displaced (both internationally and internally) whether due to poverty, war, conflict, persecution or human rights violations. Drawing upon funding allocated from the Global Challenges Research Fund, this call explicitly recognises the global and protracted nature of people displacement in the modern age. With this in mind the ESRC and AHRC are launching a call that takes a longer-term, cross-cultural and global look at the experiences of, and challenges presented by, forced displacement.

Funding is available for innovative, interdisciplinary proposals of up to £300,000 (100 per cent fEC) of between six to 24 months duration. We expect to fund 12-15 projects under this call. Applicants are required to clearly demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of their proposed work. It is a requirement that projects include a combination of social science and arts and humanities expertise and approaches.

How to apply 

Proposals should be submitted through the Research Councils’ Joint Electronic Submission system (Je-S) by 16.00 on 20 July 2016. All applications will be reviewed by a specially convened panel of academic and non-academic experts at a meeting in August.

We aim for successful projects to commence by 1 October 2016.

The Je-S application form will be available shortly before the call closes, and the Je-S guidance for this call will be made available by the end of May.

Call documents

• Call specification (PDF, 110Kb)
• Je-S guidance (to be published by the end of May)

Further information

If you have any questions please contact:

ESRC

• Kristine Zaidi, Head of Society and Global Security
  Email: kristine.zaidi@esrc.ac.uk
  Telephone: 01793 413102
   
• Gabriela Nava, Research Portfolio Manager
  Email: gabriela.nava@esrc.ac.uk
  Telephone: 01793 413035

AHRC

• Paul McWhirter, Strategy and Development Manager, Histories, Cultures, and Heritage
  Email: p.mcwhirter@ahrc.ac.uk
  Telephone: 01793 416094

For more details : http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/funding-opportunities/esrc-ahrc-call-for-proposals-on-forced-displacement/

Call for Proposals: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women

Last date : May 4, 2016

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against women is seeking proposals to support  national efforts to end one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world. The fund is administered by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) on behalf of the United Nations System.

The Fund’s mission is to advocate for and finance innovative and replicable approaches for preventing and ending violence against women and girls, to catalyze learning from global evidence collected from the projects it funds, and to leverage its unique mandate and convening power to foster global giving for ending violence against women and girls (EVAW/G).

Special attention will be paid to applications from women’s rights, women-led, and small organizations (including youth organizations) in recognition of the contribution these make to reaching women and girls at the grassroots level.
Attention will also be paid to those targeting the most under-served groups (such as women and girls withdisabilities, LBT, internally displaced and refugees, indigenous, older women and members of ethnic minorities)

Guiding Principles

• Human rights-based and gender-responsive approaches that place paramount priority on promoting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of all women and girls, as well as strengthening institutional capacities at local and national levels to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.
• Focus on impact, specific and measurable results which make a concrete difference in lives of women and girls.
• Holistic and multi-sectoral responses that address women and girl’s inter-related rights and needs in terms of prevention and response to violence, including safety and protection, access to health, legal, property and inheritance rights, and economic security and rights.
• Focus on underserved groups, especially excluded or disadvantaged women and girls (such as women and girls with disabilities, LBT, internally displaced and refugees, indigenous, older and members of ethnic minorities), ensuring responsiveness to diversity.
• Coordination and partnership-building, including among government entities, civil society organizations, especially women-led and small organization, women’s specialist service providers and EVAW thematic networks.
• Commitment to sharing knowledge, by documenting, monitoring, evaluating and disseminating results.
• Evidence-based programming, building on documented research, lessons learned and recommended practices, to ensure optimal results and use of resources.

Proposal Invitation Category

With its 20th funding cycle in 2016, the UN Trust Fund will fund organizations that qualify for grants:

1. under the three programmatic areas of the UN Trust Fund’s 2015-2020 Strategy;
2. under the “special window” addressing violence against women and girls in the context of the current refugee crisis; and
3. under the “By Invitation only” category

Focus Areas

Under Three Programmatic Areas

• Improving access for women and girls to essential, safe and adequate multi-sectoral services to end violence against women and girls;
• Increasing effectiveness of legislation, policies, national action plans and accountability systems to prevent and end violence against women and girls; and
• Improving prevention of violence against women and girls through changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices.

Under Special Window

Window of grant-making will focus on providing funding to organizations specifically addressing the issue of sexual and gender based violence experienced by women and girls refugees with an aim to enhance protection efforts at the stage of the transit process and to increase the provision of basic information and adequate basic services targeting the needs of all refugee, IDP and migrant women and girls in both transit and host countries.

Under “By Invitation only” Category

As part of its 2015-2020 programmatic strategy, the UN Trust Fund may specially invite a select number of its past grantees to submit applications. Such an invitation might be extended based on a rigorous assessment of the results and a specific and measurable impact of previously funded initiatives.

Grants Information

• For large civil society organizations and governments: US$ 125,001 to US$ 1 million for 2 or 3 years.
• For small civil society organizations: US$ 50,000 to US$ 125,000 for 2 or 3 years

Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia,Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo DR, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania,Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principle, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen,Zambia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kenya, Tajikistan, Zimbabwe, Armenia, Bolivia, Cabo Verde,Cameroon, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India,Indonesia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Moldova, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Pakistan,Paraguay, Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tokelau, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda2, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus,Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba,Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gabon, Grenada, Iran,Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Panama, Peru, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Seychelles, South Africa, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna.

Eligibility Criteria

• Women-led and women’s rights organizations that are legally registered in the country of implementation and that have specialized knowledge, expertise and track record of working in women’shuman rights and prevention and/or elimination of violence against women and girls.
• Civil society organizations that are legally registered in the country of implementation.
• Regional/international civil society organizations and networks that have national presence in the country and/or territory of implementation. In this case, the proposal must be focused on a single country and demonstrate how the proposed intervention will contribute to national change and/or capacity development and ownership of national and local organizations in the implementation. Organizations must also demonstrate that they or their national implementing partners are legally registered in the country (or territory) of implementation.
• Operational research/evaluation institutions specialized in gender equality and gender-based violence.
• Government authorities at central/national, sub-national and/or local levels, including National Women’s Machineries and other sectoral Ministries.

How to Apply

• Applicants are expected to submit proposals online in the form of a brief Concept Note.
• Applications can be submitted in the following languages only: English, French and Spanish.

For more  details : https://grants.unwomen.org/untf/cfp/application-guidelines

THE 2016 CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS OPEN! - UNESCO

Last date : May 31, 2016

Are you an artist or creator? An NGO or a non-profit private body or a public body, whose activities contribute to the promotion of culture and artistic creation? If your project is compliant with the criteria indicated in the Operational Guidelines of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture (IFPC), you can submit your project application and be considered in order to benefit from the financial support of the Fund.

Priority is given to young artists and creators aged 18 to 30 years old.
 
Only a limited number of projects will be approved for funding.
 
Deadline for submission is 31 May 2016 at noon CEST - Paris, France time.
 
Practical information - Online application process
 
• You must create an account on the online platform in order to start your online application. Once your account has been created, you can access your online application form.

• You are advised to use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome navigators in filling out your online application.

• You are strongly advised to read the FAQs prior to starting the online application process.

• While filling the online application form, you may use the ‘SAVE” button at the end of the application form to save your work before submitting your project proposal.

• All applications must be completed in English or French.

• Please note that only one (1) application per applicant/project holder will be considered.

• Once your application has been submitted you will not be able to make any further changes.

• Final selection will be made in February 2017. Successful candidates only will be notified no later than two weeks following the date of the selection.
 
Due to the large number of applications we receive, there may be technical issues during the hours close to the deadline. We therefore recommend that you submit your project proposal well in advance of the deadline. Applications which, for technical issues or for issues of any other kind, are not received within the deadline will not be accepted.
 
Unsigned and/or incomplete applications will also not be accepted.

If you have any queries related to the call for project proposals you may write to us at: infoifpc@unesco.org.

Click here to start an online application.

The Asia Foundation Announces Call for Proposals for the Civil Society Fund – South Asia Water Governance Program

Last date : March 22, 2016

The Asia Foundation announces a call for proposals under the Civil Society Fund of the South Asia Water Governance Program. The Civil Society Fund (CSF) is a DFID-supported program that supports civil society and community engagement on transboundary water issues in the South Asia region. The Fund seeks to improve the lives of communities, especially of vulnerable groups, including women, affected by decisions made regarding the governance and management of Himalayan Rivers in order to deliver sustainable, fair, inclusive, and climate resilient development of water resources.

South Asia’s major rivers – the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra – are critical to economic growth, food and energy security, and sustainable development of countries in the region. Over the last few decades, these rivers have sustained considerable stress from population growth, industrial development, urbanization, ecological degradation, natural disasters, and climate change. To bring together people, ideas and, institutions in the region to collaboratively address these challenges over a two-year period (2016-2017), the Civil Society Fund will support civil society organizations in seven focus countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan to collaborate, network, and engage with one another across the region.

The call for proposals opens on February 22, 2016 and will close on March 22, 2016. For information on the eligibility criteria, application process and grant selection process, and to download application documents, please click here. For information and queries on the Civil Society Fund, write to us at csf@asiafoundation.org.

The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Informed by six decades of experience and deep local expertise, our programs address critical issues affecting Asia in the 21st century—governance and law, economic development, women’s empowerment, environment, and regional cooperation.

For more details : http://asiafoundation.org/publications/pdf/1610

Positive Action for Children Call for Proposals - The 2016 Call for Proposals is now open!

Last date : March 29, 2016

The PACF aims to alleviate the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and children’s health by supporting interventions that engage affected communities, developing their capacity to participate and lead. This call is focused on non-governmental and community-based organisations that can deliver change at a community level thanks to their links with or representation of the communities affected. Please note: the 2016 Call for Proposals is limited to Large Grant applications only. Large grants have an upper limit of £300,000 over three years and a lower limit of £75,000 (minimum £25,000 per year). No small grant applications are being considered in this round.

Please refer to the PACF Guidance Notes for comprehensive guidance on developing your application, the review process and FAQs:

o   PACF Guidance Notes (ENGLISH)

o   PACF Guidance Notes (FRENCH)

All applications must be received by 23:59 GMT on March 29^th 2016. Applications submitted after this time will not be accepted.

Applications

Your application should focus on ending paediatric HIV and target one or more of the following five topics areas aligned to the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) WHO strategy. Please refer to the PACF Guidance Notes for further detail on the PACF Topic Areas.

1. Community Interventions Addressing Loss to Follow-up in PMTCT

2. Supporting Positive Mothers and their Affected Families

3. Preventing Unintended Pregnancies

4. Keeping Adolescent and Young Women HIV Negative

5. Identifying Children Living with HIV and Ensuring Early Infant Diagnosis

The PACF supports approaches that demonstrate the PACF values. Applicants should demonstrate how their proposals meet one or more of the following criteria. Please refer to the PACF Guidance Notes for further detail on the PACF Values.

o   Community Focused, Patient Focused and Family-Centred Approaches

o   Generating Demand

o   Addressing Stigma and Discrimination

o   Integration

o   Advocacy

o   Demonstrating Impact (Monitoring and Evaluation)

o   Sustainability

Submitting Your Application

Please submit your application via our online application system. If you have previously registered on this system, please use your existing log in details here. If you have not previous registered, please follow this link. If you have previously registered on SalesForce you must log in via the first link to go through the SalesForce system, otherwise a duplicate record will be created for your organisation. The system will prompt you to complete a Concept Note outlining the problem your organisation is trying to address, how you will address this problem and your capabilities to respond. Please ensure you complete this form in full (with all required attachments) and that it meets our application criteria outlines in the Guidance Notes.

Review Process

The PACF application, review and grant process can take up to one full year to complete. If your Concept Note application is successful, you will be asked to submit a Full Proposal. Full Proposals require submission of an extensive application, complete budget, logical framework and project time line.Please note that being requested to submit a Full Proposal is not a guarantee that your project will be funded.

Full Proposals will be reviewed by the PACF Board who will determine the final grant award. Please refer to the Guidance Notes for further details on the review process.

All final decisions about our grantees are made by our Board Members who are global experts in HIV: 

Peter McDermott (Chair)
Philippa Musoke
Dr. Ben Chirwa
Anandi Yuvraj
Angelina Namiba

If you experience any problems during your application, please contact us at positiveactionforchildren@viivhealthcare.com.

Call for Proposal 2016/17: Ukraine Cross-Government Prosperity Fund to Promote Economic Reform & Development

Last date : February 25, 2016

The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review announced a £1.3billion Prosperity Fund over the next 5 years to promote the economic reform and development needed for growth in partner countries. Our priorities will include improving the business climate, competitiveness and operation of markets, energy and financial sector reform, and increasing the ability of partner countries to tackle corruption. As well as contributing to a reduction in poverty in recipient countries, we expect these reforms to create opportunities for international business including UK companies. The role of the fund is also set out in the UK aid strategy, Tackling Global Challenges in the National Interest.

Bidding round

Much of the Prosperity Fund will involve multi-year programmes. As part of the first year of the fund, initial competitive bidding processes will be administered in a number of countries for project initiatives, where organisations are invited to submit bids to embassies and high commissions for individual projects in support of fund objectives. Applicants should to fill in the concept bid forms in English and send to the British Embassy Kyiv atKyiv.Projects@fco.gov.uk, specifying “Prosperity Fund – Ukraine” in the subject line.

Funding

The project bids to be around the value of £100,000 plus to reflect the ambitious and strategic nature of the Fund and the need for high impact.

Eligibility Criteria

The Prosperity Fund accepts project proposals from civil society, governments, think-tanks, commercial organisations and other UK government departments.

The deadline for submitting concept bids is 5.00pm Kyiv time on 25 February 2016.

Successful bidders will be invited to submit a full project proposal by 11 March 2016.

For more details and application : https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/prosperity-fund-201617-call-for-bids-in-ukraine

European Commission: Capacity Building in Support of Border Management and Migration Management in Georgia

Last date : February 26, 2016

The European Commission is seeking proposals from organisations to enhance the capacities of Georgian civil society, particularly via networking, and to contribute to the capacities of the other state led process in the field of migration in line with relevant EU-Georgia Agreements, in particular the Visa Liberalization Action Plan.

Objectives

• Promote rights of migrants, protect migrants against exploitation and exclusion, and support the fight against trafficking in human beings;
• Foster the links between migration and development;
• Promote durable livelihood solutions for returned and potential migrants;
• Promote right to asylum and standards of international protection of refugees;
• Increase the capacity of migration management-related Georgian NGOs to participate and constructively contribute in livelihood/migration-related human rights centered policy creation and implementation;
• Support fighting irregular immigration and support in readmission procedures with complementary human rights centered assistance.

Priorities

Proposals containing these elements will be given a priority:

• Inclusion of gender mainstreaming in livelihood programmes and other measures related to participatory, balanced socio-economic integration of (potential) migrants;
• Use creative approaches on how to involve and/or benefit persons from disadvantaged and/or marginalized groups.

Grant Information

Any grant requested under this call for proposal must fall between EUR 300,000 to EUR 330,000.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:

• be a legal person and
• be non-profit-making and
• be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation and
• be established in a Member State of the European Union or Georgia
• 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 and
• have at least three years’ experience of working in the field in Georgia or ENI countries at the time of the submission of an application.
• The lead applicant must act with co-applicants that participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
• Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant.
• The applicants and co-applicants  may act with affiliated entities that include:
  • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by an applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by an applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
  • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
  • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).

How to Apply

• The application procedure consists of two phases:
  • Concept notes
  • Full proposals
• In the first instance, only concept notes must be submitted for evaluation. Thereafter, lead applicants who have been pre-selected will be invited to submit a full application.

For more details : https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?ADSSChck=1453049935461&do=publi.detPUB&searchtype=QS&orderby=upd&orderbyad=Desc&nbPubliList=15&page=1&aoref=151033