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Source We have heard about the famous “first-make-people-laugh-and-then-make-them-think” IgNobel Prizes awarded to so-called scientific achievements that should have not been achieved. How about organizing such an award in the civil society sector? The Just Awards in the United States have been set up for just this purpose. They “will highlight the irrational, the . . . → Read More: Just Awards: The IgNobel Prizes for Civil Society are not just for Fun, but also for Change 18 January 2010 Source The Rockefeller Foundation under its Impact Investing work has made a grant of US $495,000 to the Singapore-based Impact Investment Exchange (Asia) Pte. Ltd. (IIX). The grant will support the creation of Asia’s first social stock exchange by undertaking research and proof-of-concept analysis. It will . . . → Read More: Impact Investment Exchange, the Asia’s first Social Stock Exchange funded by the Rockefeller Foundation 13 January 2010 Source Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is making a contribution of $38 million in new grants to support microfinance institutions (MFIs). These MFIs spread across 12 countries will use these grants to promote thrift activities among the poor. There are some highly innovative approaches adopted by the grant recipients to . . . → Read More: Bill Gates Foundation has announced the $38 million new grants for microfinance development  Comments are closed  Updates  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, funding, grants, microfinance, recipients Under the catalytic category of the Fund for Gender Equality, UNIFEM announced that it has selected 27 projects to fund more than nine million dollars with each organization receiving between $100,000 and $500,000. Nearly 90% of this funding has been rendered to civil society organizations and the rest given to governmental agencies. These . . . → Read More: NGOs that received Grants under UNIFEM’s Fund for Gender Equality In the third quarter of 2009, the Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID) announced the Human Rights Small Grant Scheme 2009-2010 for NGOs from Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean and accepted proposals from them till 2 October 2009. On the occasion of the International . . . → Read More: NGOs and Projects that received funding under AUSAID’s Human Rights Small Grant Scheme 2009-2010 Dear all, It gives me deep pleasure to personally come forward and make this announcement about the official launch of the DevelopmentProfessionals.org. This new interactive website is now open for registrations and anyone wishing to join it can simply do so by visiting this link. For those who are . . . → Read More: DevelopmentProfessionals.org is now officially open to registrations 16 November 2009 The 2009 Climate Adaptation Grant Competition under the Development Marketplace (DM) funded by the World Bank and its partners, Global Environment Facility (GEF), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has chosen 26 innovative ideas from countries around the world to . . . → Read More: The 26 Great Innovative Ideas that received the World Bank Grant Awards Comments are closed Updates biodiversity, climate change, conservation, Development Marketplace, indigenous communities, world bank Source 3 September 2009 The US Department of Labor (DOL) has given a grant of US $4.25 million to World Education for a period of three years to provide education and training in Nepal to achieve the goal of ending child labor. The project is part of the larger grant offered by the . . . → Read More: US Project Grant for World Education to Combat Exploitive Child Labor The Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) of the European Commission and the United Nations had announced a call for proposals early this year (2009) to provide funding to projects that work on policy advocacy of the migrant populations and also to share information and best practices in the field. Migrant remittances, migrant . . . → Read More: EC-UN JMDI Call for Proposals: the Selected Projects receiving Grant Support The European Commission (EC) has signed an agreement with six NGOs in the Philippines to provide financial assistance to them for protecting the rights of Mindanao’s indigenous Filipinos. The organizations receiving the grants are Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST), Buklod Center and Nagkakaisang Kababaihan, Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), . . . → Read More: Six NGOs Benefit Grants from the European Commission in Philippines for Protecting Rights of Indigenous People Comments are closed Updates call for proposals, European commission, funding, grant, indigenous, Philippines, rights The World Food Day celebrated on 16 October 2009 was also the occasion to understand the efforts made by governments and other agencies to reduce the number of hungry people around the world. Interestingly, ActionAid International released the scorecard report to point out the progress made by various countries in fighting against hunger. . . . → Read More: Who are Hungry on the World Food Day… The “Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program” had announced grant opportunities for NGOs this year by the Toyota Motor Corporation’s (TMC) under the themes of “Biodiversity Conservation” and “Global Warming Countermeasures.” The General Grants under this are offered to NGOs which have received grants previously and the small-scale grants are offered to organizations in . . . → Read More: Ten Organizations receive Funding under the 2009 Toyota Motor Corporation Environmental Grant United States Government launched the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program this year through the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State. The program has been established “to expand political participation, strengthen civil society and the rule of law, empower women and youth, create educational opportunities, and foster economic reform . . . → Read More: United States MEPI Program Funds Programs in Rich Countries Too in the Middle East The World Bank-administered Development Marketplace (DM) is a space for organizations to experiment and find innovative solutions for creating high development impact. The DM is organized as an open competition where the call for proposals is issued globally as well as regionally and NGOs and civil society organizations are invited to present their . . . → Read More: Toolkit for World Bank’s Development Marketplace Grantees Comments are closed Guides, Updates Bank, civil society organizations, competition, Development Marketplace, different sectors, grantees, grants, Marketplace, progress, Report, template, world bank A joint request for proposals launched by the Open Society Institute and the New World Foundation aims to provide grants for US-based NGOs so that they can increase their organizational sustainability. The “Call for Proposals: Developing Small Donor or Membership Bases” will provide grant support to community-based organizations or small alliances of organizations . . . → Read More: OSI & New World Foundation Grants for NGOs to Increase Organizational Sustainability Nearly 1,116 applicants from more than 80 countries applied for the UN-HABITAT’s Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-Led Development. Out of these, 67 projects were finally selected to receive grants from the UN-HABITAT for engaging youths for development. These projects are from 33 countries across the world but most of them are from Kenya, . . . → Read More: UN-HABITAT’s New Opportunities Fund grants 67 Youth Groups USAID is providing $10.5 million as a grant to seven organizations across six countries in Africa for prevention and control of Malaria among communities most affected by it, especially children below five years and pregnant women. The grant has been provided through the the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), which is an interagency . . . → Read More: US Grants to Seven Organizations in Africa to Prevent Malaria A new grant of US $500,000 from the USAID will support an anti-trafficking project managed by The Asia Foundation for a period of two years in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. This multi-sectoral and victim-centered project “seeks to reduce the vulnerability of communities in the Mekong Delta to human trafficking by increasing awareness . . . → Read More: Asia Foundation’s Counter-Trafficking Program Launched in Vietnam with USAID Grant Support The Oscar van Leer Fellowships from Bernard van Leer Foundation were announced in April this year for young journalists from developing countries interested in covering social issues, especially those dealing with disadvantaged children. The opportunity was available in the countries of Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, the Caribbean, and the . . . → Read More: Six Journalists from Developing Countries have won the Oscar van Leer Fellowships The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) is one the largest international financial mechanisms providing substantial funding worldwide to eradicate the three of the most burdensome diseases on the planet. Millions of dollars are allocated every year for NGOs, governments and other agencies to tackle them through interventions based upon strengthening . . . → Read More: Writing Proposals to seek Funds from the Global Fund Comments are closed Updates AIDS, civil society, Global Fund, HIV, malaria, ngos, Population Action International, tuberculosis |
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