Community Toolbox, a global resource of free information on essential skills for building healthy communities is offering applications for its Out of the Box Prize 2010. The Prize has been established to honor innovative approaches to promoting community health and development worldwide. NGOs and … [Read more...] about Out of the Box Prize 2010 for Community Health and Development
Archives for 2010
The sixth round of funding now open to apply for the Tsunami Regional Trust Fund
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) had established the Tsunami Regional Trust Fund in 2005 in response to the destructive Indian Ocean Tsunami which occurred in December 2004. The Fund is the outcome fo the need for an effective regional disaster … [Read more...] about The sixth round of funding now open to apply for the Tsunami Regional Trust Fund
DAWN’s Training Programme on Building Capacities and Sustaining Movements of Young Feminists
The Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), a network of feminist scholars, researchers and activists from the economic South working for economic and gender justice and sustainable and democratic development is offering a training programme for building capacities and sustaining … [Read more...] about DAWN’s Training Programme on Building Capacities and Sustaining Movements of Young Feminists
Development Innovation Ventures: Development Innovation Fund from the USAID-1
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) to bring “together diverse innovators from academia, the private sector and NGOs to identify, develop, and transition to scale promising approaches to pressing development problems … [Read more...] about Development Innovation Ventures: Development Innovation Fund from the USAID-1
Development Innovation Fund –USAID-2
Under the Development Innovation Ventures (DIF), USAID will provide the Development Innovation Fund not only for evolving innovative ideas into practical projects by supporting their testing and experimentation, but also in scaling them up inside the country as well as to other countries as well. In … [Read more...] about Development Innovation Fund –USAID-2
Eligibility Criteria for applying to the Development Innovation Ventures-USAID-3
Applications from all types of organizations are accepted. These include U.S. and non-U.S. NGOs, faith-based organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. private businesses, business and trade associations, international organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. colleges and universities, civic groups, regional … [Read more...] about Eligibility Criteria for applying to the Development Innovation Ventures-USAID-3
Focus Areas for Fund Support Development Innovation Ventures-USAID -4
USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures’ (DIV) Development Innovation Fund can provide support to address critical challenges in development that will contribute towards the improvement of the lives of people in developing countries. “All projects must contribute to one or more development goals, … [Read more...] about Focus Areas for Fund Support Development Innovation Ventures-USAID -4
Submission of Applications for the Development Innovation Ventures –USAID -5
Initially, concept paper defining the basic information about the project idea and the organization has to be submitted for applying to any of the three stages of the USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures’ Development Innovation Fund. The concept paper should not exceed more than five pages. The … [Read more...] about Submission of Applications for the Development Innovation Ventures –USAID -5
Due Dates for Submitting the Applications for the Development Innovation Ventures –USAID -6
Applications for applying for the Development Innovation Fund under the USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) can be submitted anytime. However, as applications will be reviewed in batches, the deadlines have been fixed. Applications submitted before 15 August 2010 will be reviewed for … [Read more...] about Due Dates for Submitting the Applications for the Development Innovation Ventures –USAID -6
UN-HABITAT’s Call for Proposals for Micro-Grant Research Fund
UN-HABITAT launched the Micro-Grant Research Fund on 11 May 2010 to promote innovative research in the area of sustainable urban and regional development leading to the publication of working papers. The publication will part of UN-HABITAT’s Micro Research on Sustainable Urbanization … [Read more...] about UN-HABITAT’s Call for Proposals for Micro-Grant Research Fund
