Once the Strategy has been developed, the specific activities have to be listed under each of the components under it. For example: 1) Microfinance Strategy Promoting formation of self-help groups Promoting savings and credit activities in self-help groups Training the community members in … [Read more...] about Project Strategies for writing a project proposal for NGOs in a community livelihood development project
Monitoring & Evaluation for a Community Livelihood Development Project (Proposal Writing)
Monitoring & Evaluation is all about watching the progress of the project and every donor wants to know in advance as to how the fund-seeking organization would manage this. Meetings are critical for monitoring the progress of the project. The meetings could be project staff meetings or the … [Read more...] about Monitoring & Evaluation for a Community Livelihood Development Project (Proposal Writing)
The Results of Social Media Campaigning: Lessons from Greenpeace’s Kit Kat Campaigning for the Environment
Social media is about connecting and interacting with people around the world through available online resources such as blogs, internet forums, wikis, video sharing websites etc. Facebook and Twitter are two such examples of social media where internet users worldwide interact with each other for a … [Read more...] about The Results of Social Media Campaigning: Lessons from Greenpeace’s Kit Kat Campaigning for the Environment
A Way for Empowerment: Let Girls play soccer
Sports have been increasingly looked upon as a new medium for social change. They not only generate mass interest, but also work out to be an important tool for building confidence and overcoming mental inhibitions. Many NGOs and projects around the world are experimenting with this concept and have … [Read more...] about A Way for Empowerment: Let Girls play soccer
Human Rights Advocates Program: Tools and Knowledge for Grassroots Leaders working for the Promotion of Human Rights
The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) is an opportunity for those working for the realization of human rights and build the capacities of their organizations through skill-building, networking, advocacy and academic knowledge in the context of human rights. It is a unique and successful model … [Read more...] about Human Rights Advocates Program: Tools and Knowledge for Grassroots Leaders working for the Promotion of Human Rights
A Tool for NGOs to adapt to and assess Climate Change risks
The news about the tool for NGOs to adapt to and assess climate change risks has been circulating lately around the world. As attention for addressing climate change increases and more and more NGOs are expected to get involved, this tool can be very handy to understand climate change, environmental … [Read more...] about A Tool for NGOs to adapt to and assess Climate Change risks
Funding Opportunity for Prevention of Gender-based Violence Projects
This is the call for proposals from the US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) to provide funding for global programs “to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) in refugee and conflict-affected populations, including research and assessments to … [Read more...] about Funding Opportunity for Prevention of Gender-based Violence Projects
Freedom to Create Prize
“The Freedom to Create Prize celebrates the power of art to fight oppression, break down stereotypes and build trust in societies where the social fabric has been ripped apart by conflict, violence and misunderstanding. History shows that prosperous societies are founded upon creativity. Societies … [Read more...] about Freedom to Create Prize
Fellowship Opportunity from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the … [Read more...] about Fellowship Opportunity from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
GDN’s Global Development Awards and Medals 2010
Global Development Network - an international organization of developing and transition country researchers, policy and research institutes promoting the generation, sharing and application of policy of multidisciplinary knowledge for the purpose of development – has now launched the 2010 Global … [Read more...] about GDN’s Global Development Awards and Medals 2010
