Deadline- 8 November 2013
Making All Voices Count has announced its First Call for Proposals for Grand Challenge for Development. Main purpose of this program is to focus on global attention on creative and cutting-edge solutions, including those that use mobile and web technology, to ensure that the voices of citizens are heard and that governments have the capacity, as well as the incentive, to listen and respond.
This program is supported by Department for International Development (DFID), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Open Society Foundations (OSF) and Omidyar Network (ON), and is implemented by a consortium consisting of Hivos (lead organisation), the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Ushahidi.
Objectives-
- tools to enable citizens to give feedback on government performance
- stronger incentives for, and greater capacity within, governments to respond to citizens’ feedback
- incentives and the capacity for citizens to engage with government to improve their policies and services
Eligibility-
For the upcoming First Call for Proposals, proposals with a direct impact in 8 out of the 12 countries will be eligible: Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
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