Main Page: UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund
Small NGOs for whom UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund best suits may still find it challenging enough to write a competitive proposal to secure this funding for their projects. The application guidelines of the Fund itself provide sufficient information on how best the proposal can be presented. However, FUNDSFORNGOS.ORG has some tips given here to assist unskilled organizations in completing the application form. These are unofficial tips and they do not guarantee any extra mileage to win the funding and we advise readers to use discretion while using them. The information given below is only to provide understanding about the application form.
The application form and other documents can be downloaded from this link.
Part A. Applicant Organization This section seeks to gain maximum information about your organization and specifically tries to understand how relevant it is in responding towards youth needs.
Ignore the A1. Project Identification (To be filled in by UN-HABITAT)
The A2. Size of the grant is where you tick the total amount requested for your project under the Fund. The Youth Fund only allows small grant limited up to $5,000 and the large grant will be anything between $5,000 and $25,000. It is important to plan out your project activities and buget first before you decide which grant suits you best.
The A3. Name of the applicant organization is where you fill in the complete name of your organization including the acronym used.
The A4. Contact information application organization should first tick on the region from where you are applying from. Make sure that you send your application to the right email of that region (this section should correspond to the right email of the region to which you are submitting your application).
Following this, fill in the name of your organization (again) with complete contact address, email, website, telephone and fax number (if any).
The A5. Mission of applicant organization: You need to refer back to your organizational vision and objectives to fill in this part. Do not list objectives, but rather define your vision of running your organization within a word limit of 50 words. Remember! The Mission of your organization not just explains the need for change but also demonstrates your commitment for that change.
The A6. Profile of applicant organization is where you tick whether your organization is an NGO or CBO or other. A CBO can be a registered or unregistered group, cooperative or federation. Make sure you also specify the reach of your organization: whether it is just local, or works all over the state or province or has its presence nationally or internationally.
