Deadline: 24 January 2014 The Swedish Institute's Creative Force Programme has launched its first call for applications for the year 2014. The Programme provides funding seed and collaborative projects that aim to promote openness and democratic structures in the fields of culture, media and … [Read more...] about Swedish Institute’s Creative Force Programme: Seed Funding and Collaborative Funding
Middle East and North Africa Scholarship Program 2014
Deadline: 4 February 2014 The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has initiated a MENA Scholarship Program (MSP) and is accepting applications from professionals in governmental, non-governmental and private organizations and institutions for short term courses in Netherlands. Professionals … [Read more...] about Middle East and North Africa Scholarship Program 2014
USAID/Uganda Disability Grant 2014
Deadline- 8 January 2014 Applications are being accepted for Disability Grant Program which will be organized under U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). This program is being supported by Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG), within the Bureau of … [Read more...] about USAID/Uganda Disability Grant 2014
What Counts as Leverage: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
The most important part of GDA is to leverage private sector resources. USAID is not interested in subsidizing private sector investment but recognizes that private sector resources should promote their core interest. For example, a private company wants to invent a cost effective solution for a … [Read more...] about What Counts as Leverage: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
Application Process for the USAID’s Global Development Alliance
Global Development Alliance has four steps: Step 1 - Consult and Clarify. Step 2 - Submit a Promising Idea for Consideration and Development. Step 3 - Formulate Prospective Alliance Activities, Roles and Responsibilities with USAID. Step 4 - Finalize an Appropriate Alliance Agreement … [Read more...] about Application Process for the USAID’s Global Development Alliance
The Concept Note Form: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
1. Please see GDA APS Resources for a copy of the Summary Form. Please complete the summary with necessary information. It is very simple; you have to add some basic data about your project here. B. Description of Alliance Activity, Roles, Resources and Experience (5 pages in total, standard … [Read more...] about The Concept Note Form: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
Description of Proposed Activity: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
Activities are specific interventions to be undertaken during a project cycle in order to achieve results, to improve the immediate wellbeing of the project participants such as improved knowledge, skill, attitude etc. They are expressed in present tense. Activities describe the interventions to be … [Read more...] about Description of Proposed Activity: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
Outputs and Outcomes: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
Anticipated outputs, outcomes, results and intended impact of the alliance; In this section you have to describe anticipated outputs, outcomes, results and intended impact of the alliance. Outputs Outputs are deliverable, which are tangible products of the intervention such as goods, services, … [Read more...] about Outputs and Outcomes: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
Objectives and Roles: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
5. Interests, objectives, roles, level of effort, and responsibilities of the prospective partner organization(s); This section is also very important. Here you have to demonstrate that your project serves core business interests. In our project example one, Business objective: To get skilled … [Read more...] about Objectives and Roles: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
Sustainability: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
8. Brief discussion of how the key activity will be sustainable without continued USAID funding after the GDA program ends; Evaluators will give special attention on sustainability aspects of your project. So, you should carefully describe how you will ensure sustainability of your action. If you … [Read more...] about Sustainability: USAID’s Global Development Alliance Concept Paper
