Microfinance is being increasingly recognized as a sustainable solution for developmental interventions. In fact, the success of some innovative experiments to alleviate poverty in countries has proved that small credit given to the poor can effectively increase their income-level through entrepreneurship and skill support development. In addition to this, it has also been noted that . . . → Read More: Microfinance, Cooperatives and Microinsurance as Sustainable Solutions
|
|||||||||
|
Gender should an integrated component of all the activities of the strategy. Gender equality should be ensured in all the stages of cooperative formation and strengthening. In order to bring women forward on par with men, special attention should be given to women. Women should be given priority in the SHG formation process. In order . . . → Read More: Gender in Microfinance and Cooperatives The strategy can adopt the following ways to promote the cooperatives and ensure their sustainability. Building effective management information systems (MIS) Reaching large number of clients with vision for growth; Promoting savings services and diversify savings products; Offering services that fit the clients’ needs and diversify loan products; Simplify procedures to reduce operational costs; Motivating . . . → Read More: Sustainability of Cooperatives Cooperatives play a crucial role in promoting values of self-reliance, good governance, equity and transparency. The concept of cooperatives is based upon the ethical values of openness, honesty and social responsibility. They are organized by a group of persons voluntarily coming together to meet their common social, economic and cultural needs. They are owned and . . . → Read More: Cooperatives as a Means to Promote Sustainable Livelihoods The strategy can involve development of microfinance through promotional activities at two-levels: SHG and cooperative level. Self-Help Groups cab be promoted at the village/ hamlet level consisting of, say, 20 members. The SHGs meet at regular intervals and collect savings from the members and carry out inter-lending among themselves. The Groups will be strengthened through . . . → Read More: Savings and Credit Cooperatives Entry-Point Activities are necessary part to orient the community members towards thrift and credit activities. Direct dialogue about the intervention can create a negative attitude among them and hence, some innovative method should be applied to bring about a positive air in the project area. Entry-Point Activities help us manage that. However, these activities cannot . . . → Read More: Entry-Point Activities The project will compile an inventory of the existing SHGs (self-help groups) in the project area in the beginning. This information will help the project to assess the existing SHGs and their capacities. The existing SHGs can be assessed applying the following criteria: Criteria: Age of the group ( at least one year old) Number . . . → Read More: Self-Help Groups (SHGs) The goal of a microfinance and cooperative strategy can be to enhance easily accessible, cost effective and sustainable financial services to the people living in the project area that would enable increased investment in income generating activities resulting in an increase of their income levels. The strategy would specifically: Enhance accessibility of financial services Enhance . . . → Read More: Goal of the Microfinance and Cooperative Strategy The ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility, set up to promote and carry out research in microinsurance in developing countries, has now announced a Call for Proposals from researchers and academics on conducting research in microinsurance in developing countries. Interested persons can consult to the Microinsurance Innovation Facility website here. NGOs who are interested in carrying out . . . → Read More: Up to $10,000 Research Grants-MIF Call for Proposals The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support social entrepreneurs who have been working on current critical challenges such as environmental sustainability, health, tolerance and human rights, institutional responsibility, economic and social equity and peace and security. There are also sub-issues in these areas, which include climate change, nuclear proliferation, pandemics, conflict in the Middle East . . . → Read More: Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship 2009 The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing organization, developed from a public/private partnership of global institutions and governments. The Fund provides substantial resources for poor countries to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. It works with other bilateral and multilateral organizations and supports developing countries in strengthening their . . . → Read More: Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, The  Comments are closed  Multilateral Funds for NGOs  AIDS, call, health, hiv aids, malaria, public-private partnership, society Under the Social Edge Program, the Center for Science, Technology and Society of the Santa Clara’s University in California, United States is organizing the ‘Global Social Benefit Incubator.’ The Global Social Benefit Incubator is a program for social benefit entrepreneurs in developing countries that provides assistance for organizations to develop sustainability ideas and business plans . . . → Read More: Global Social Benefit Incubator for Organizational Sustainability New Deadline: Extended up to 27 March 2009The European Commission and the United Nations Joint Migration and Development Initiative (UNJMDI) under a Joint Initiative have launched the Call for Proposals to providing funding support in the four priority areas of: 1) Migrant remittances;2) Migrant communities;3) Migrant capacities;4) Migrant rights The objectives of the Joint Initiative . . . → Read More: EC-United Nations' JMDI Call for Proposals Gender in development refers to the socially constructive role of women and men, girls and boys in developmental projects. Gender is highly essential not only from a donor perspective, but also from the developmental planning and implementation points of view. Gender enables effective delivery of services with high level of participation based upon equitable distribution . . . → Read More: Writing Gender into Proposals PowerPoint presentations effectively communicate organizational needs to donors while seeking funds or submitting proposals. An opportunity given to make a presentation to the donor should be utilized most effectively for making the donor understand the challenges and the needs of the organization. This involves designing a successful presentation on the PowerPoint. Below are some PowerPoint . . . → Read More: How to Develop Effective PowerPoint Presentations Interested students across the world can apply for partial or full scholarships to undertake MS in Gender Studies, Critical Gender Studies and other programs offered by the Department of Gender Studies, Central European University. Although there is no clear information about the specific scholarships to be awarded to the students, announcements have been made as . . . → Read More: Scholarships from Department of Gender Studies – Central European University The Berghof Conflict Research (BCR) is offering PhD scholarships to international students under the Georg Zundel PhD Grant for Social Sciences 2009 in Europe. There are grants available for two years and provides funding up to 1000 Euros in addition to travel and research support and health insurance. BCR is the research center for the . . . → Read More: Social Sciences Grant 2009 from BCR, Germany Previous Budget The budget has to be itemized as clearly as possible, presented in the required format. It should be in line with the activities set in the project. It will be an additional advantage to mention contribution from other sources such as the community or other donors. Contribution made by the proposing organization . . . → Read More: Budget and Proposal Packaging Previous Although it is the responsibility of the donor to carry out monitoring and evaluation of the project, it usually seeks the plan from the implementing NGO about it. Monitoring and evaluation enables constant check on the activities and helps review the progress made at every step. Monitoring should be the integral part of project . . . → Read More: Monitoring & Evaluation Early and mid-career development professionals and practitioners can apply for the Feldman Fellowship 2009, which offers the Master Degree in Sustainable International Development (SID) at the Brandes University. The discipline comprises of graduate students from more than 40 countries around the world. The scholarship is offered to international students interested in the themes of poverty . . . → Read More: Feldman Fellowship in Sustainable International Development Previous Results are changes that we expect to take place after implementing the project activities. The results are generally positive experiences undergone by the beneficiaries. Results are divided into three types: 1. Outputs 2. Outcomes 3. Impact Outputs are immediate results that we achieve soon after the completion the project or any specific project activity. . . . → Read More: Results Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, completion, impact, outputs, policy advocacy, project rationale, proposal writing, result, Statement, writing a proposal Previous Performance Indicators A Performance Indicator is a measure of the result. It gives a sense of what has been or what is to be achieved. For example, the number of households keeping their surroundings clean and hygienic or the number of women participating in training programs. There are two types of indicators, . . . → Read More: Performance Indicators and Risks & Assumptions Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, assumptions, number, project rationale, proposal writing, result, Statement, writing a proposal Previous Proposals are required to outline how the objectives of the project would be achieved. Here, it will be necessary to mention the strategies and the activities to be implemented in the project. There is lot of difference between strategies and activities. Strategies are broad concepts under which activities are placed. Strategies in a project . . . → Read More: Strategies and Activities Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, project rationale, proposal writing, writing a proposal Previous Project Objectives should be: SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound. Project objectives are the specific objectives for which the project works to achieve them within a stipulated time. They should directly address the problem mentioned in the Problem Statement. They should be specific: the more specific it is the better to design activities, . . . → Read More: Writing Project Objectives Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, logical framework analysis, project rationale, proposal writing, writing a proposal Previous A project goal is a very general, high-level and long-term objective of the project. It is different from project objectives because the latter are very specific and have to be addressed alone by the project. But a goal cannot be achieved by the project on its own since there will be other forces like . . . → Read More: Project Goal Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal agency, amp project, objective, problem, project rationale, proposal writing, Statement, work, writing a proposal Previous Sometimes, we may find difficulties in writing the exact problem we intend to address in the proposed project. It happens this way that the problem we are mentioning in the proposal is not a problem at all, but is actually an effect of another problem. For example, suppose there is high child mortality rate . . . → Read More: Explaining the Problem Statement in the Proposal Previous The Problem Statement/Project Rationale gives an explanation about the issue that is being addressed by the project. It also argues in favour of implementing the project in the proposed area in the existing conditions. It is very critical that we give evidence to what we are writing in this section of the proposal. Evidence . . . → Read More: Writing Problem Statement/Project Rationale in a Proposal Previous A general format of the proposal consists of the following parts: 1. Problem Statement 2. Rationale or Justification for implementing the Project 3. Project Goal & Objectives 4. Strategy & Activities 5. Results: Outputs and Outcomes 6. Budget This basic format of a proposal has expanded covering many concepts and issues, confronting project funding . . . → Read More: The Actual Proposal Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, format, funding, outputs, project implementation, project rationale, proposal writing, Statement, strategy, writing a proposal Previous New individuals working on proposals in a particular NGO may face problems in writing about organizational background. They prefer to just copy previous information into this particular section of the proposal. However, this information may be sometimes outdated. You may have forgotten to add an important NGO activity. Besides, many times, there are facts . . . → Read More: Writing about Ourselves: the Organization Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, information, ngo, organization, project rationale, proposal format, Statement, writing a proposal Previous Before we start writing a proposal, it is important for us to do some research. No matter how small or big the project is some kind of references to existing literature or data should be made. Usually, it is expected that the NGO has enough information at hand about the problem or the project . . . → Read More: Before Writing a Proposal Previous Before we start learning about proposal writing, it will serve our purpose if we outline the exact difficulties we face working on the proposal. The following are the common problems we face while trying to write a proposal: Confused about the format? There are as many proposal formats as there are a number of . . . → Read More: Problems in Writing Proposals Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, information, problems, project rationale, proposal formats, Statement, writing, writing a proposal A proposal is an essential marketing document that helps cultivate an initial professional relationship between an organization and a donor over a project to be implemented. The proposal outlines the plan of the implementing organization about the project, giving extensive information about the intention, for implementing it, the ways to manage it and the results . . . → Read More: Introduction to Proposal Writing Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, development, idea, information, ngo sector, project rationale, sector, writing a proposal The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) works for the advancement of children in places where opportunities for them are low and challenging. It “aims to deliver large-scale, long-term transformational advances for children as evidenced by clear indicators for children to survive, thrive and mature successfully into adulthood.” In order to achieve the aim, it ensures . . . → Read More: Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Ford Foundation is one of the largest, independent grantmaking organizations in the world, with an extensive presence in many countries of the world. The Foundation has been involved in mostly providing grants and scholarships to organizations, institutions and individuals undertaking developmental interventions, research studies in different countries. The mission of the Foundation is defined by . . . → Read More: Ford Foundation Comments are closed Foundation Funds for NGOs community, culture, Ford Foundation, justice, Knowledge, society The Directorate General for Development Cooperation under the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs works towards providing international development assistance to the countries. The Directorate works to ensure satisfaction of basic needs, safeguarding human life, enhancing human resources, environmental conservation and implementation of self-reliant developmental processes in developing countries. The Directorate provides both grants and soft . . . → Read More: Italian Cooperation Comments are closed Bilateral Funds for NGOs assistance, development, development cooperation, developmental, hiv aids, ministry, ministry of foreign affairs, programme The Government of Ireland’s Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI) manages the Irish Aid, providing assistance to people, governments and civil society in other countries. Irish Aid is an integral part of Ireland’s foreign policy and it has played a critical role in supporting many programmes for development around the world. Poverty is the key focus of . . . → Read More: Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI) Comments are closed Bilateral Funds for NGOs assistance, Cooperation, health, irish aid, Scheme, society Hellenic Aid is the Greece’s official development assistance, managing funding support to programmes and projects in other countries with whom Greece has bilateral relations. It also monitors and facilitates programmes, which are implemented by the civil society, governmetal agencies and institutions. The aid is also channelized through the European Commission under various EuropeAid programmes. Hellenic . . . → Read More: Hellenic Aid Comments are closed Bilateral Funds for NGOs assistance, development, development cooperation, funding, society, support New Zealand’s International Aid & Development Agency (NZAID) is the official agency of the New Zealand managing the Official Development Assistance of the country. It is a semi-autonomous organization under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and advises the ministry on matters of the country’s development assistance. Its vision states: “Towards a safe and . . . → Read More: New Zealand’s International Aid & Development Agency (NZAID) Comments are closed Bilateral Funds for NGOs assistance, Country, development, lao pdr, ministry, trade The European Commission has issued a Call for Proposals for NGOs around the world under its “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development.” The thematic objective of the Programme is to build the capacities of NGOs and the local authorities so that they can work efficiently with local communities, raise public awareness of developmental issues, . . . → Read More: EC Call for Proposals: NGO, Civil Society, Local Authorities Capacity-building The Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP), launched by the International House of Japan and the Japan Foundation, aims at building a network of public intellectuals who are committed to civil society in Asia. The Program selects 6-7 Fellows every year from different Asian countries and so far, more than 70 Fellows from 15 countries of . . . → Read More: Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP) The US Department of State under its Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Person (G/TIP) is requesting proposals from NGOs on regional and national-based projects to counter trafficking persons. The G/TIP is an important tool for the Department of State and uses it in conducting diplomacy with other countries. It also issues annual TIP . . . → Read More: US State Department Funding NGOs on Anti-Trafficking Projects In continuation of its efforts to bolster innovation in the NGO sector (as well as the private sector), Changemakers.net, which is an initiative of the Ashoka, a new competition has been launched. Referred as “The Power of Us: Re-imagine Media,” this competition invites ideas “for inspiring a better world through media and technology.” NGOs as . . . → Read More: $50,000 in Seed Funding from Changmakers.net What is a Concept Note? A Concept Note is perhaps the shortest expression your project idea given on paper to a donor. It is usually requested by the donor in situations where no proposals have been solicited from NGOs. Most of the donor agencies prefer to understand the project through a Concept Note rather than . . . → Read More: How to Write a Concept Note International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is the Canadian Crown Corporation that works to promote reseach and development in developing countries. It brings together development professional, practitioners and organizations on a platform to undertake research on issues affecting development in poor and developing countries. It works to foster effective partnerships between Canadian researchers and organzations with . . . → Read More: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) New Zealand Development Scholarship Scheme offers opportunities for individuals from developing countries to undertake studies on development-related studies in New Zealand. The scholarships cover full-time, tertiary level education for individuals. Subjects can include the following: Education Health Rural Livelihoods Governance Human Rights Economic Development There are two main categories in the Scheme, namely, New Zealand . . . → Read More: New Zealand Development Scholarship Scheme The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is seeking grant applications from NGOs to seek funding support under its Peace One-Offs scheme. The Peaceful Relations Grant focuses upon “settling differences peacefully between states, communities, ethnic or faith groups, or other bodies in situations of mutual hostility and conflict.” The other part of the grant focuses upon elimination . . . → Read More: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust funding on Peace Comments are closed Uncategorized The Rabobank Foundation works to improve “the lives of the underprivileged and disadvantages groups of people in society by providing them with the opportunity to live full and independent lives.” It was established in 1973 in Netherlands. Though working as an independent foundation, it is also supported by the Rabobank Group. It provides funding to . . . → Read More: Rabobank Foundation The Tokyo-based Sasakawa Peace Foundation has a mission to work towards the international community for the welfare of human kind and contribute towards peace. For this purpose, it carries out activities such as research, human resource development, international conferences, exchange, dissemination and cooperation with other organizations across the world. NGOs can seek funding from this . . . → Read More: Sasakawa Peace Foundation, The Comments are closed Foundation Funds for NGOs community, development, human resource development, Nippon Foundation, resource, Sasakawa, welfare Better World Together Foundation is a California-based Foundation, emerging out of business philanthropy. It primarily provides grants to organizations in the United States. However, it has limited international grants for NGOs mostly located in the countries of Tanzania, Malawi and Kenya. Better World Together Foundation provides grants in three major areas, namely, ‘Child Development,’ ‘Health . . . → Read More: Better World Together Foundation Gives Grants to NGOs in Southern Africa |
|
||||||||
|
Copyright © 2012 FUNDSFORNGOS, LLC - All Rights Reserved. This website is wholly owned by FUNDSFORNGOS, LLC located at 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 437, New York, NY 10017, United States of America. Disclaimer: FUNDSFORNGOS, LLC is not affiliated to any of the organizations mentioned above in any manner. The material provided here is solely for informational purposes only without any warranty. Visitors are advised to use it at their own discretion. Privacy Policy. | |||||||||