The Civil Society Responsive Grants supports activities in four main areas:
- Culture
- Governance and Democracy
- Human Development
- Communities and Livelihoods.
Applicant organizations should justify that their activities fall in any one of these areas in addition to its significance to an international or intercultural exchange. Gender and youth are cross-cutting themes of the programme and this should also be highlighted in the proposal. Besides supporting exchanges, there is opportunity for funding voter education projects. However, such projects are required to complete another application form in addition to the standard application form under this programme.
Who can apply?
NGOs registered in a Commonwealth country can apply for the funding support. Their work should be relevant to the values, objectives and priorities of the Foundation, demonstrate accountability and transparency and should be in a position to obtain resources from other sources as well.
It is also important for the Foundation that the actual beneficiaries of the grant programme are both women and men, should be 35 years or less than that and should be skilled enough to transfer the learning.
Travel grant to attend international conferences or events can be made to the Foundation but the beneficiaries should be from developing countries and half of them should be women.
