InfoDev has issued a request for proposals particularly for NGOs, CBOs and other voluntary organizations for Mobile Social Networking Activities in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The Mobile Social Networking Activities is part of the joint program called Creating Sustainable Businesses for Knowledge Economy undertaken by InfoDev in a public/private partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Finland and Nokia. The program is worth around €12 million for a period starting from 2010 up to 2012.
“This request for expressions of interest (EOI) concerns Track 1B of the program, on Mobile Social Networking Ac tivities in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As the implementing agency for the program, infoDev is looking to identify one or more organizations to sustain social networking hubs, or establish new ones, in the following cities:
- In Africa: Nairobi (Kenya), Kampala (Uganda), Maputo (Mozambique) and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania);
- In Asia: in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Kathmandu (Nepal)
- In Eastern Europe and Central Asia: (ECA) in Tbilisi (Georgia), and Kiev (Ukraine).
Typically, grants worth around US$35’000 will be awarded per hub (i.e. a total of around US$280’000), but infoDev retains discretion to change the number or precise value of specific awards. infoDev would welcome proposals that cover either all three regions, a single region; or a single city-wide hub. Although the call for EOI is open to all relevant proposals, infoDev is particularly interested in hearing from volunteer-based organizations, community-based organizations and non-governmental organizations.”
The deadline to submit the expression of interest is 3 September 2010. For more, visit this link.
