The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) is an excellent opportunity for NGOs of all types and sizes (from local, to regional, to national) to apply for funding to support democracy-related projects and programs. The UNDEF allocates 70% of its budget for projects in a country. This means that … [Read more...] about What are the chances of my organization receiving funding from UNDEF?
Steps to completing the UNDEF Application Form
Steps to Completing the UNDEF Application Form: UNDEF provides an example application form. You can use this form to complete your application off-line; then go online to the online application form and submit your application. You need to have a computer with an Internet connection to … [Read more...] about Steps to completing the UNDEF Application Form
Project Description, Objectives and Outcomes in UNDEF Application
PROJECT DESCRIPTION. In this section, describe the problem to be addressed by the project. Include such information as: the overall democratic context and underlying causes of the problem. Justify why this project is necessary. (Maximum number of characters is 1,000.) Giving a background of the … [Read more...] about Project Description, Objectives and Outcomes in UNDEF Application
Writing about Sustainability in the UNDEF Application Form
Section 3: SUSTAINABILITY: Describe how the achievements of the project will be maintained after the UNDEF funding period ends. (Maximum number of characters is 300.) “Sustainability” refers to what mechanisms the organization will put in place to continue the project once the UNDEF funding ends. … [Read more...] about Writing about Sustainability in the UNDEF Application Form
Best Practices for Creating a Successful UNDEF Application
UNDEF shares the following best practices to help you create a successful application: 1.) Presentation: High quality applications result in higher proposal scores. High quality applications: have all information completed, do not exceed character limits, provide accurate information, avoid jargon … [Read more...] about Best Practices for Creating a Successful UNDEF Application
How to use Social Media to Promote your NGO?
We all use Facebook and social media to tell the whole world about our smallest victory or share our sadness. So why not start using Facebook and more to sell your mission? Being an NGO, it’s difficult to get popularity just by word of mouth or by your website, so it is important to promote … [Read more...] about How to use Social Media to Promote your NGO?
Know How to get effective Fundraising Grants for Women and Girls’ Issues
Women and Girls have been struggling from the earliest of time to tackle the serious issues of discrimination and violence in the male dominant society. To address this problem, many NGO’s have come up to help women and girls to get their rightful position in the society. But for such a noble cause, … [Read more...] about Know How to get effective Fundraising Grants for Women and Girls’ Issues
Watch Training Video on How to raise funds from European commission?
NGO’s from all over the world can seek grants from one of the largest funding organization of the world, the European Commission. Although the amount of money to be raised is a huge amount and they can easily provide it to your organization but the competition to get the grant is high too. So for … [Read more...] about Watch Training Video on How to raise funds from European commission?
Download Resource Guide on Top 10 French Foundations supporting NGO Projects in Developing World
fundsforNGOs Premium stores foundations/donors from France, Germany, USA, UK, Australia, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and other developed countries focusing primarily in developing countries. It also has the local funders, government agencies and corporate donors meeting their … [Read more...] about Download Resource Guide on Top 10 French Foundations supporting NGO Projects in Developing World
Download A list of 10 Foundations Supporting Women’s Projects in Developing Countries
In patriarchal societies around the globe, women and girls are considered as the second sex. Most of the decisions about them (education, employment, marriage, reproduction) are done by male members of family. If a girl child does not learn to cook food, seniors in society tease her; if a boy child … [Read more...] about Download A list of 10 Foundations Supporting Women’s Projects in Developing Countries
