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Asia Foundation’s Civil Society Fund: The South Asia Water Governance Program to Support Transboundary Water Issues

Deadline: 22 March 2016

The Asia Foundation is seeking proposals from eligible non-government (NGO) and civil society organisations (CSOs) for Civil Society Fund (CSF) of the South Asia Water Governance Program (SAWGP) that will support civil society and community engagement on transboundary water issues in the South Asia region.

The CSF seeks to promote regional cooperation in the management of the Himalayan river systems in order to deliver sustainable, fair, and inclusive and climate resilient development of water resources. It aims to deliver regional benefits and therefore proposed projects must involve engagement between two or more countries in the region.

Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan

Focus Areas

  • Implement innovative transboundary water initiatives that seek to engage directly with communities living in transboundary water environments.
  • Collaborate, share knowledge, experiences and best practices on transboundary water issues.
  • Build CSO awareness of the impacts and implications of transboundary water governance decisions and build their capacity to engage in transboundary water decision making processes.

Grant Information

Grant activities will be funded for 12-16 months and up to 20 grant awards will be awarded in two lots.

  • Lot 1: Up to $ 150,000 – $ 450,000- 5 Awards
  • Lot 2: Up to $ 150,000– 15 Awards

Eligibility Criteria

  • Type of organisation: Grants will be limited to not-for-profit organisations. ‘Not-for-profit organizations’ include international and national civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-government organisations (NGOs), consortia, networks, federations and membership bodies, think tanks, academic institutions etc. but exclude government bodies (national, regional or local) and individuals.
  • Registration: Applicants must be based in one of the CSF focused All CSOs/NGOs applying must be registered under the applicable CSO/NGO laws of the country in which they are located. All CSOs/NGOs must be eligible to receive foreign donor funds.
  • Experience: Applicants must have a strong track record of work on water governance and management, with at least three years of programming on such issues in at least one of the following CSF focus countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan. This experience should be documented in the organization’s proposal. Applicants must have a track record of working directly with or supporting community engagement and participation.
  • Geographic scope: Initiatives funded through the CSF must be transboundary in nature. Therefore, proposals must involve work in two or more CSF focus countries.
  • Consortia: Applications from consortia, partnerships or networks of two or more CSOs are preferred. For all consortia, a lead organisation must be declared, and all consortium partners should be not-for-profit organisations.
  • Capacity: Applicants must have demonstrable financial and human resource capacity to execute large donor funded projects, and in the case of INGOs, in multiple countries.

How to Apply

Interested applicants can download the application forms via address given on the website.

For more information, please visit Civil Society Fund.

Millennium Challenge Account-Zambia: Innovation Grant Program for Private Sector!

Deadline: 5 February 2016

Millennium Challenge Account-Zambia (MCA-Zambia) is pleased to announce the second call for concept notes for its Innovation Grant program (IGP) which is a competitive pro-poor grant program to engage the private sector in innovative partnership opportunities in water supply, sanitation and drainage (Solid waste management).

MCA-Zambia has been established under the laws of Zambia as a company limited by guarantee, designated by the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) as the Accountable Entity to implement the Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage Project. This has been funded by the United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Objectives

  • To improve water use, sanitation and hygiene
  • To reduce blockage of sewer/drainage systems
  • To expand opportunities for entrepreneurship and income generation activities related to WATSAN and drainage
  • To ensure access for women and vulnerable groups to project benefits

Focus Areas

  • Improved water supply services
  • Improved sanitation & hygiene
  • Solid waste management

Grant Information

  • Total Grant Portfolio: $6.25 million
  • Small Grants: Minimum $30,000 to $100,000
  • Large Grants: $100,001 to maximum grant size $1.5 million

Eligibility Criteria

  • For-profit companies, non-government organizations, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, universities, research institutions, and foundations
  • Zambian or non-Zambian, provided that non-Zambian organizations comply with Zambian regulations for performing business or related activities in the country.
  • Small organizations seeking grants are encouraged to affiliate with larger organizations that have the capacity to formulate a work plan and manage grant funding

How to Apply

Interested applicants can submit either hardcopy or electronic version of their application forms at the address given website.

For more information, please visit Millennium Challenge Account-Zambia.

12th Annual Meeting of the International Water Resource Economics Consortium (IWREC)-Call for Papers

Deadline: 31 January 2016

World Bank in Washington, DC is inviting applicants for its 12th Annual Meeting of the International Water Resource Economics Consortium (IWREC) which will held on 11th-13th September, 2016.  The overall theme of the meeting will be “Water Security in a Changing World.”

The International Water Resource Economics Consortium (IWREC) was established in the early 1990’s with the goal of forming a platform for water economists that would promote economic work on water resources, exchange of information and research findings, initiate joint research, disseminate individual and joint work, and create a core of experienced teachers that may provide support for training and short courses, both at the academic and policy levels.

The goal of the IWREC is the promotion economic work on water resources, the exchange of information and research findings, initiation of joint research, dissemination of research results, and the creation of a core of experienced teachers that can provide support for training and short courses, at both the academic and policy levels.

Focus Topics

Submissions of papers are now being accepted on the following topics:

  • Addressing the food-energy-health environment and water nexus
  • Assessing large- and small-scale irrigation investments
  • Moving toward integrated urban and basin management
  • Dealing with groundwater depletion
  • Ensuring environmental flows
  • Managing floods and droughts and their economy-wide impacts
  • Improving transboundary water management

Within these topics, papers with a focus on economic growth and/or poverty linkages are encouraged.  Papers on other topics that fall under the theme of the meeting will also be considered.  The papers should be policy-oriented and analytically rigorous.

Eligibility Criteria

The Organizing Committee will consider only papers submitted by members of IWREC.

How to Apply

Interested candidates can apply via given website.

For more information, please visit International Water Resource Economics Consortium.

Water and Sanitation in Urban Settings: Research Grant for Innovative Projects

Deadline: 31 March 2016

The Project “Water and Sanitation in Urban Settings” of The Coca-Cola Department of Regional Water Studies at TERI University with the support of USAID is inviting applicants in order to offer scholarships to final year graduate and post graduate students who are interested in showcasing their ingenuity in the field of managing water and sanitation.

India, as other South Asian countries, is heading towards freshwater crisis mainly due to improper management and use of water resources and environmental degradation. Depletion and overexploitation of fresh water resources is threatening the very existence of life on earth. There is an urgent need to make society responsible partners in solving the problems related to water – with youth and teachers in young countries of South Asia being an extremely important constituency for this movement.

For protecting valuable drinking water from contamination, one of the key steps is to break the vicious cycle of inadequate water supply and concentrated water pollution through proper collection, treatment and hygienic disposal of sewage. If sewage is eliminated, bacteriological contamination would end and so would water borne diseases, subsequently risk to health may be reduced. Therefore, these two aims- water supply and sanitation- need to be synchronized by planners at policy formulation as well as at operational levels.

Grant Information

The student shall be awarded a research grant amount of maximum up to two lakhs for a period of one academic year consisting of two academic semesters (July-December, 2016, January-June, 2017) or a research grant amount of a maximum of fifty thousand rupees for a period of six months (July-December, 2016 or January-June, 2017).

Thematic Areas

  • Health and hygiene in informal settlements-establishment of sanitation-health risk nexus, development of Mobile Apps for WASH determinable, risk identification, development of water borne disease surveillance system, especially in known disease hubs.
  • Compendium of toilet designs.
  • Sludge management of decentralised toilets, social acceptability, attitude on public, shared and private toilets.
  • Groundwater management interventions -focus on sub-surface hydrology.
  • Restructuring urban water hydrology towards alternative management of rain water and reduction in water logging.
  • Sanitation plan for smart cities, study of water contamination episodes in unplanned urban settlements – devising of response plans to deal with contamination.

Eligibility Criteria

All final year students studying in Indian institutions are eligible for the research grant, regardless of the nationality of the student.

The project proposal can be submitted for grant by final year graduate and postgraduate students from the following disciplines:

  • Engineering/Architecture/Urban Planning
  • Physics/Chemistry/ Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Mathematics/Zoology/Botany
  • Economics/Anthropology/Geography/Statistics

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply by submitting their proposals electronically at the address given on the website.

For more information, please visit Water and Sanitation in Urban Settings.

Nominations Open for Stockholm Water Prize 2016

Deadline: 25 September 2015

The Stockholm Water Prize sponsored by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is open for nominations.

SIWI provides and promotes water wise solutions for sustainable development .It aims of a world which is aware that it would not survive without cherishing water, as the fundamental resource underpinning economic and social development and as a human right.

Thematic Areas

  • Water Governance
  • Transboundary Water Management
  • Climate Change and Water
  • Water, Food and Energy
  • Water Economics

Prize Categories

  • Policy and Practices
    • human rights, conflict resolution, influence on policies, and international cooperation with application in the water sector
    • sustainable and safe management of water resources
    • provision of water supply and sanitation services
    • development and application of appropriate technologies
  • Research
    • natural, physical and/or technological processes
    • the functioning of complex systems
    • development or improvement of economical, legislative, institutional or administrative principles for efficient, equitable and sustainable water management and service provision.

Eligibility Criteria

Any woman, man or organization that have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and protection of the world’s water resources and to improved health of the planet’s inhabitants and ecosystems can apply for the nominations.

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply through SWP online nomination system via given website.

For more information, please visit Stockholm Water Prize 2016.

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NGOs invited to apply for the International ReSource Award: $150,000 grant opportunity

NGOs, private, scientific or public institutions and similar bodies are invited to apply for Swiss Re’s 2014 International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management which provides grants of up to US $150,000 to projects in developing and trainsition countries.The award is a result of Swiss Re’s commitment to water protection projects in the face of a grave need for sustainable access to clean water supplies in developing and emerging countries.

The ReSource Award acknowledges initiatives which are dedicated to raising public awareness of the ecological, social and economic significance of water sources and watersheds in developing and emerging countries.

Prize money totalling US$150,000 will be allocated either in total to one project, or distributed across several projects.

Entries should aim to ensure that water will remain a readily available, clean resource in the future. Prize money is awarded strictly for project implementation activities.

The jury of the International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management comprises an independent, international panel of water experts from NGOs and governmental institutions, as well as knowledge managers from Swiss Re.

The award’s valuable contribution to watershed management is also supported by an international panel of patrons, who have kindly agreed to mobilise their worldwide networks to promote the award and its winning projects to as broad a range of interested parties as possible.

The deadline for initial submissions for the ReSource Award 2014 is 30 April 2013.

For more information, visit this link.

How to Write and Submit a Nomination for the Nestle Prize in Creating Shared Value

The Nestle Prize in Creating Shared Value (CSV) is founded in 1866 because Nestlé has always been concerned with its impact on the surrounding environment and community, which is considering that for a company to be successful in the long term and creating value for its shareholders, it must also create value for society.

The Nestle Prize is calling for nominations for its 2014-15 CSV from individuals or organizations including NGOs, and is trying to help innovative, commercially viable, and high impact initiatives to achieve social scale and financial sustainability. The maximum three laureates will receive an investment of minimum USD $53,000, and the total of the three prizes is $530, 000, in order to scale up or replicate the winning project. The nomination submission deadline is March 31, 2013.

Applicants may be from any country of the world, but the initiative must be implemented in a low or middle income country, and some countries are excluded. You will need to choose one of the three specific fields for your nomination:

  • Nutrition – Improving access to food and nutrition; food fortification and technology; nutrition education programs; and innovations in healthcare; etc.
  • Water – Improving access to clean water; protection and conservation of water resources; wastewater management; and water sanitation and hygiene; etc.
  • Rural development – Developing local agricultural value chains and integrating smallholder farmers in the supply chain; sustainable agriculture; and agricultural extension services; etc.

These are some specific evaluation criteria for the nominated project:

  • Bringing improved nutrition to populations suffering from nutritional problems;
  • Improving the access to and management of water;
  • Improving the lives of farmers and rural communities.

No registration is needed for the submission, and you may submit it online. It is recommended that you download the form and prepare it before the formal form filling, and you can click on the “Nomination Form” shortcut in the 2nd paragraph of the website to download the Microsoft Word form. When you finish the preparation, you need to go back to the same website to fill the online form within one time, because you cannot save the filled form online. It is required that you read the Nestle Prize Official Rules and the Frequently Asked Questions to notice that if you fully agree with the Rules of the Prize before you decide to submit your nomination.

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What are the Problem and the Objectives in the Project Description? Nestle Prize in Creating Shared Value

The problem statement is critical in the project because it is the place where you try to convince the reviewers that the project is worth doing. The problem must come from one of the three specific targeted fields, and you can give a precise description of the problematic situation by using quotes, live examples, references, research data and published articles which would be very helpful. You also need to explain how the ideas and solutions to the problem have been culturally informed and were designed to address the needs of nutrition, water or rural developments. Giving evidences and facts from local will greatly support your nomination.

This is an example of problem statement: The natural water sources in the rural areas of Lira of Uganda are limited and lack of water purification system. Local populations (indicating the number of people affected here) had been living without sufficient and clean water sources for many years, and thus infections and other related diseases were very popular. The nominee and the NGO worked together to establish an affordable and effective water system to supply sufficient and clean water to improve the qualities of local lives and to enhance the developments of local business.

The objectives of the nominated project are required to be written, which are several targets of the goal as a long-term aim. For example, if the goal of the project is clean water, the objectives are targets which could be achieved to reach the goal, such as to improve living qualities, and to enhance business developments. The objectives are required to include the expected number of beneficiaries, i.e., how many people and areas will be beneficial by the nominated project. These are suggested objectives by the CSV prize:

  • Being built on a sound and viable business model;
  • Having proven its worth on a pilot or small-scale basis;
  • Being judged to be feasible on a broad-scale basis or replicable in other settings or communities;
  • Having high promise of a social impact, through either improving access to nutrition, rural development, or having a significant impact on water management or access to clean water.

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How to Write the Implementation and the Innovation in the Project Description? Nestle Prize in Creating Shared Value

The implementation section is about those activities having been implemented or taken in the nominated project which requires 1,500 characters with spaces. Activities are the detail work of the solutions solving the problem, and you need to convince the reviewers that the solutions are innovative locally, and have solved the problem with high-efficiencies. The activities can be described as concrete steps that the project has already implemented to meet its objectives. The activities should include how the community and other organizations are engaged or represented in. For example, if the project supports clean water, it could be demonstrated that how affected populations were beneficial and their involvements to the project. The CSV prize intends to support those projects with innovations and sustainability.

You may refer to those activities that have been performed successfully by previous winner to help you to develop your descriptions, and a standard and formal description of the past activities and implementations will help convince the reviewers. You may use a list to save spaces if the volume of the information is bigger than the available space, but not chart since chart cannot be loaded to the online form. The following is an example of a list of implementations:

1. 2006 – 2008: a clean water system set up in one village, beneficial population 300;

2. 2008 – 2010: several water systems set up in one town, beneficial population 12,500;

3. 2008 – 2012: the set up water system enhanced local business booming from 5 companies to 15; etc.

The innovation section requires 2,000 characters with spaces (less than 350 words), and the project must represent an innovative approach to the problem it sought to solve. Innovations may result from the use of new methods, new models, new technologies, or nomination of old methods, models or technologies in a newer and innovative way. You need to describe how the project is innovative and how it differs from existing approaches or similar approaches in the local area or country. For example, it could be a new clean water solution or system, or a new food chain, or a new rural development strategy, which has been applied to the local community successfully.

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International training programme-Technology for Integrated Water Management 2013 now open

Deadline- 1 February 2013

Integrated Water Management announced International training programme “Technology for Integrated Water Management” focuses on understanding the water system and on applying technology to enhance integrated water management and –policy. The programme aims to improve the understanding of concepts and systems and enhances knowledge regarding tools and technologies. This will enable innovative planning and action from a new perspective and approach.

This programme exists of 3 parts:

  • The first part is focusing on the current state of knowledge regarding global water problems, integrated water management and integrated risk assessment.
  • The second part focuses on technologies for industrial and ecological water usage.
  • The third part offers an integration of all gained knowledge and confronts the student with several modelling aspects in a river basin management framework. The integrated approach demonstrates the inter dependencies between the different subsystems which allows the student to think in river basin scale including all its aspects.

Eligibility & Criteria-

  • Applicants are a resident AND national of one of the countries listed in website
  • Applicants must not older than 45 years
  • Applicants must hold a master degree (or equivalent) in sciences, applied sciences, applied biological sciences or nautical sciences.
  • Applicants must have the required English proficiency. Applicants need a proof of at least 1 year of comprehensive English-based instruction at a university or recognized equivalent. If not, a TOEFL test is required with a minimum total score of 550 on the paper based test (PBT), or 79 on an internet based test (IBT); or an IELTS test with a minimum overall band score of 6,5; or a proof of another test of similar level as TOEFL or IELTS.
  • Applicants should be working preferably in the field of water management, water purification or water treatment. The candidates should have a good overview of water issues in the area they are living or working in.
  • Applicants  must be currently employed or have a written (future) employer’s guarantee of (re)integration in an organisation where the acquired knowledge and skills will be immediately applicable. Applicants (future) employer should state his support with an official letter.
  • Applicants do not apply for more than one VLIR-UOS scholarship a year. Applicants are only admissible for a training programme scholarship if applicant have not received a VLIR-UOS scholarship for a training programme before.
  • Only for employees of a university that currently receives support from VLIR-UOS through the IUC programme: applicant need a letter from the IUC coordinator stating that their department is not involved in IUC.

Required Documents-

  • curriculum vitae
  • university degree
  • transcript of academic records
  • A document explaining the grading system
  • A document proving the applicant’s knowledge of English
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • A recent employer’s certificate
  • One recent passport size photo
  • A signed declaration by the Flemish IUC coordinator
  • A photocopy of your international passport
  • Documents in English, French and Dutch are accepted

For more information, visit this link