Social Innovation Lab Kampuchea (SILK) program build on local efforts by technology-oriented civil society organizations using innovative technology and social media for development by formalizing a technology/social innovation lab--notionally named Social Innovation Lab-Kampuchea (SILK) Cambodia. … [Read more...] about USAID Request for Applications for Social Innovation Lab Kampuchea Cambodia
Proposal submissions announced for PEER Health collaborative research opportunities for child survival
Deadline- October 26, 2012 Countries/Region- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, … [Read more...] about Proposal submissions announced for PEER Health collaborative research opportunities for child survival
The Mercy Foundation Grants to End Homelessness
Deadline- 30 September 2012 Countries/Region- Australia The Mercy Foundation offers grants to contribute projects and research for goal of ending homelessness. Projects that focus on chronic homelessness and women who experience chronic homelessness are currently priority areas for funding. These … [Read more...] about The Mercy Foundation Grants to End Homelessness
YEN Marketplace’s What’s Working Competition in Youth Employment
Youth Employment Network (YEN) and Making Cents International have partnered up to create the ‘What's Working?’ Competition to find out what strategies and approaches are working and share them among the youth employment community. The What’s Working? Competition highlights success stories. … [Read more...] about YEN Marketplace’s What’s Working Competition in Youth Employment
Free Web-based Course on Participatory Democracy by The Transnational Institute
The Transnational Institute (TNI) in association with the Brazilian research centre CIDADE and the Latin American Programme for Distance Education in Social Sciences (PLED) is offering a free web-based course on Participatory Democracy, Urban Management and Crisis Capitalism. The course will begin … [Read more...] about Free Web-based Course on Participatory Democracy by The Transnational Institute
How NGOs can raise Funds in a Strategic Manner
NGOs often get lost when they have to start planning to raise funds for their projects and programs. As soon as one project ends, they quickly need to look around for more funding to sustain their work. But funding may not be immediately available for them to grab it. Besides, with so much … [Read more...] about How NGOs can raise Funds in a Strategic Manner
What is Resource Mobilization?
Link to the Main Page As fundraisers, we often come across the term ‘resource mobilization.’ Although technical in sense, it merely means mobilizing resources. Now resources can include many different things, not just money, for your organization. Apart from money, you can also raise support from … [Read more...] about What is Resource Mobilization?
How NGOs can identify different types of resources for raising support
Link to the Main Page In a fundraising strategy, the first and foremost activity to be carried out is identifying what kinds of resources are available or that can be mobilized for the organization. Identifying these resources can be easy but you can miss out many important sources of support if … [Read more...] about How NGOs can identify different types of resources for raising support
Tapping Potential Donor Agencies and Other Areas of Support
Link to the Main Page To start implementing your fundraising strategy, you can begin identifying potential donor agencies. One of the best sources of donor agencies is this website itself where you can look for latest funds for NGOs and a list of foundations. Remember that different donor agencies … [Read more...] about Tapping Potential Donor Agencies and Other Areas of Support
Call for Proposals- Pacific Regional Ending Violence against Women Facility Fund
Deadline- 12th September 2012 Countries/Region- Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu Proposals are invited for is a specialized regional facility to support Pacific Island governments and civil society organizations to prevent and respond to violence against women … [Read more...] about Call for Proposals- Pacific Regional Ending Violence against Women Facility Fund
