The Skoll Foundation has announced the opening of the 2013 application process for the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship given out each year to select social entrepreneurs who are solving the world’s most pressing problems. The award gives a core support grant to the organization over a period of three years in addition . . . → Read More: Skoll Awards: Core Grant Support and Noncash Award
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 12 comments  Awards and Prizes, Grants and Resources for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change, Grants and Resources for Health and Nutrition, Grants and Resources for Human Rights, Grants and Resources for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Latest Funds for NGOs  applications, apply, environmental, issue, organization, organizations, problems, social, social entrepreneur, sustainability This guide is a part of a larger project undertaken by the International Youth Foundation, to help NGOs across the world gain strength and sustainability. . . . → Read More: Booklet to Plan and Maintain Fundraising Campaigns Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs, Fundraising Guides, Guides campaign, campaigns, fundraising, funds, guide, ideas, International Youth Foundation, project, sustainability, world Leuphana Sustainability Summit is being held in Lüneburg, Germany during February 29 to march 2, 2012. The conference of the theme is “Sustainability: Enabling a Transdisciplinary Approach.” . . . → Read More: Papers invited for “Leuphana Sustainability Summit: Enabling a Transdisciplinary Approach”, to be held in Lüneburg, Germany Comments are closed Call for Papers board, call, conference, germany, international, Leuphana Sustainability Summit, researchers, sustainability, track, vision 8. “Describe the operational sustainability of the initiative. When did the initiative begin? What are the key social, institutional, financial, and ecological elements that make this initiative sustainable over the long term? Describe any plans for expansion of the initiative.” Sustainability of the initiative is an important criterion for getting selected . . . → Read More: Sustainability: Equator Prize 2012 Comments are closed Equator Prize 2012 communities, community, Equator Prize, expansion, financial, initiative, management, set, social, sustainability 10. “Describe how the initiative has facilitated the involvement of indigenous and/or economically marginalized segments of the community in its governance. What specific elements of the initiative promote community empowerment, community co-ownership, and participatory decision-making?” While social inclusion is another important criterion for selection, it is also relevant for the initiative . . . → Read More: Social Inclusion: Equator Prize 2012 Comments are closed Equator Prize 2012 community, community empowerment, empowerment, Equator Prize, governance, indigenous, initiative, planning, promote, sustainability Sourced From: http://www.unv.org/ The sixty-fourth annual United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)/NGO meeting entitled “Sustainable Societies: Responsive Citizens” will be held in Bonn, Germany from 3 to 5 September. It is expected that the main focus of discussion during this meet would remain on sustainable development and volunteerism. These two themes would . . . → Read More: Sixty-fourth UN DPI/NGO conference to focus on sustainable development and volunteerism Comments are closed Conferences, Events, Grants and Resources for Civil Society Development citizens, commitment, conference, development, issue, June, ngo, sustainability, sustainable development, volunteerism If your objectives and activities are at hand, it is easier to identify and write down the expected results in the proposal. While writing down the results, it is always better to categorize them in different ways: Outputs Outcomes Impact Outputs are the immediate results of any activity. For example, if . . . → Read More: Results and Sustainability: Trust Fund’s Small Grants Programme on Indigenous Issues Comments are closed UNFPII 2011 impact, indigenous issues, outputs, period, sustainability, workshop “Monitoring & Evaluation” in the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF): Mention the processes involved in your organization to review and see the progress of the project like board meetings, project review meetings, reports and field visits. Evaluation can include a mid-term and end-of-project evaluation. “Innovation”: As more and more donors stress . . . → Read More: The United Nations Democracy Fund: Monitoring & Evaluation Comments are closed UNDEF10 board meetings, democracy, donors, evaluation, interventions, progress, project evaluation, support, sustainability, undef The 2011 Knight News Challenge is open to accepting applications for ideas to use digital platforms to deliver news and information to geographically defined communities. This year, Knight Foundation has received a grant from Google Inc. which will be partially used to increase the prize money by $1 million. Knight Foundation . . . → Read More: Knight News Challenge open to entries – now with support from Google Grants 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Latest Funds for NGOs community, information, News, support, sustainability The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has announced a call for proposals 2010 under the Benefit-sharing Fund. The Benefit-sharing Fund has been allocated with more than 10 million dollars to invest on projects worldwide. Under the current call, any NGO or government institution including “genebanks and . . . → Read More: Benefit-sharing Fund Call for Proposals for sustainable food security through climate change adaptation The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy believes in the fact that some of the most ingenious and practical ideas for developing cleaner, sustainable energy solutions come from communities in the developing world. In this context, it seeks to award small enterprises in Africa, Asia and Latin America and bring in their sustainable . . . → Read More: Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2011 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs communities, developing countries, element, employment, energy, sustainability, training The Green Awards 2010 for creativity in sustainability seeks to recognize creative work that communicates the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainable development and ethical best practice in any sector and across any marketing discipline. There are over 15 categories under the 2010 Green Awards and these will be open for entries from . . . → Read More: Green Awards for Creativity in Sustainability Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs corporate social responsibility, creativity, sustainability To apply for the King Abdullah II Award for Youth Innovation and Achievement, individuals should be between the ages of 18 and 30 years; they should be citizens of an Arab country; and they should be the founders of an existing project that has 6 months of 3 years of demonstrated social impact . . . → Read More: King Abdullah II Award for Youth Innovation and Achievement for Young Arabs -2 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs Arab, impact, projects, sustainability, young people, youths Artemisia and Ashoka’s Changemakers have launched a new global competition, Leveraging Business for Social Change: Building the Field of Social Business.” The competition is “a global search for model initiatives and ideas that help build the emerging field of social business.” Individuals and organizations (charities, NGOs, private and public entities etc) can apply for this . . . → Read More: Changemakers’ Social Business Competition Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs Ashoka, Changemakers, competition, impact, innovation, social business, sustainability Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers with its corporate headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, annually announces the International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management as part of its corporate responsibility programme. It identifies water as a crucial resource necessary for the wellbeing and health of humans and nature, but it continues to . . . → Read More: Swiss Re International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year – Africa 2010 is an open competition for organizations demonstrating innovation, sustainability, direct social impact, reach and scope and replicability in their efforts. It has been established “to recognize outstanding social entrepreneurs around the globe, an initiative of The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.” . . . → Read More: Schwab Foundation’s Open Competition for the Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 – Africa Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs competition, entrepreneurship, impact, innovation, research, Schwab Foundation, sustainability, World Economic Forum The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines the term, “sustainability” as (the ability to) “keep (something) going over time or continuously.” In context of a community-based service delivery program, it can mean to be the ability of the program to provide the services continuously or for over a longer period of time. . . . → Read More: Sustainable Development The biennial Dubai International Award for Best Practices (DIABP), organized by the Dubai Government and UN-HABITAT, has a total grant amount of US $480,000 for NGOs, CBOs, research organizations, bilateral, multilaterals, foundations and even individuals working on best practices that “demonstrate a positive and tangible impact on improving the living environment of people . . . → Read More: Award for Best Practices in Sustainable Development of Human Settlements Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs award, best practices, Dubai, environment, poverty, sustainability The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water is given to organizations (and scientists and inventors) making exceptional and innovative contributions towards the “the sustainable availability of potable water and the alleviation of water scarcity, particularly in arid regions.” There are five branches of the Prize: 1- Creativity Prize 2- Specialized Branch . . . → Read More: Nominations are invited for the International Prize for Water Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs, Scholarship Funds for NGOs creativity, international, prize, sustainability, water |
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