The information in this donor newsletter series is based on data from the Both ENDS database of donor- and organisation profiles. Maintenance of this database is part of the ongoing services of Both ENDS to environmental organisations in the South and in Central and Eastern Europe.
This donor newsletter is the third in a new series of three issues regarding funding opportunities in the field of development and environment. This issue features small grant facilities and programmes.
This series of publications is made possible by grants of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG International Cooperation (DGIS).
Background:
The
AWDF, established in 2000, is the first Africa-wide fundraising and
grant-making fund, which aims to support the work of organisations working to
promote women’s empowerment in Africa.
Description:
To
support the African Women’s Movement through grant-making and technical
assistance; to invest in the efforts of African women who are engaged in
innovative efforts to develop their communities; to increase the amount of
resources available to women’s organisations and women’s projects in
Africa; to strengthen the capacity and infrastructure of women’s
organisations; to advocate with other donors and policy makers, for resources
for African women; to establish alliances and build relationships with other
grant-making institutions within and outside Africa, individual donors and
organisations committed to promoting and protecting women’s rights.
The
AWDF prioritises programs, which develop and promote women’s leadership and
advocacy across all wide range of themes (poverty reduction, income generating
activities & economic empowerment, environmental education, women’s
human rights; education & vocational training, health, population issues,
political participation, peace building, appropriate technology).
Financial
information:
Budget
2004/2005: US$ 519,369 and 728,128 respectively. Small grants range from US$
500 to US$ 2,500.
Geographical
focus:
Africa
(including Northern Africa)
Contact
information:
Contact
person: Ms Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi and Ms. Stella Kofie-Yariga, stella@awdf.org
Visiting
address: 25 Yiyiwa St. Achimota Forest, Ablenkpe
Postal
address: P.M.B CT 89, Cantonments, Accra - Ghana
Phone:
+233-21-780.477; Fax: +233-21-782.502
E-mail:
awdf@awdf.org or grants@awdf.org
Internet:
www.awdf.org
Grant
application guidelines: www.awdf.org/grantmaking/application_guidelines.html
Information collected 2005/08
Background:
The
A.J. Muste Memorial Institute has, as part of its program work, the funding of
projects that promote the principles and practice of non-violent social change.
The
Institute provides direct grants to a particular project or organization. The
Muste Institute also administers several special funds, including the
International Nonviolence Training Fund (INTF) and Sheilah's Fund East,
renamed in 2006 as the NOVA Fund.
Grant
programs:
Direct
Grants:
The Institute makes direct grants for projects which promote the principles and practice of non-violent social change, and which speak to the issues to which A.J. Muste dedicated his life: peace and disarmament; social and economic justice; racial and sexual equality; and the labour movement. From its regular grant program, the Institute makes about 20 to 30 grants annually to international, national and local projects in the US and around the world, giving priority to those with small budgets and little chance of funding from more traditional sources. There are no geographical restrictions. The maximum grant amount is $2,000. The Institute funds projects which seek to advance non-violent grassroots education and action for social and economic justice. The Institute does not make grants for general support of ongoing operations.
INTF
grants:
The
Fund offers small grants to projects, which seek to build training capacity
and leadership development for non-violent social change. Non-violence
trainings seek to help people develop and improve the skills they need to
confront systemic injustice through organized, principled, non-violent action.
Trainings promote the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies, through
which activists can become more effective at using non-violent action in their
struggles. Groups applying for funding must be small, community-based and with
little likelihood of funding from other grant making institutions. Projects
eligible for support include those which build capacity and leadership among
people engaged in non-violent struggles; those which prepare participants for
specific non-violent actions or campaigns; and those geared to "training
the trainers," in order to expand and multiply non-violence training
throughout a targeted community. Preference is given to those projects, which
involve trainers from the local area or region, where such trainers are
available.
NOVA
Fund grants:
The
NOVA Fund supports active non-violence work. Grants are made on the
recommendation of a fund advisor. Unsolicited applications are not generally
considered.
Geographical
focus:
Direct
grants are issued to international, national and local projects in the U.S.
and around the world. The INTF supports non-violence training projects outside
the United States, and within Native nations in the U.S. The NOVA Fund primarily
funds projects in Latin America.
Financial
information:
Direct
grants of up to US$ 2,000 are issued to a particular project or organization.
The INTF small grants range between US$ 500 and US$ 3,000. NOVA Fund grants
range from US$ 1,000 to US$ 10,000.
Contact
information:
Contact
person: Jane Guskin, Program Associate
Address:
339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012 – United States
Phone:
+1-212-533.4335; Fax: +1-212-228.6193
E-mail:
info@ajmuste.org
Website:
www.ajmuste.org
Guidelines: direct grants: www.ajmuste.org/GUID2006.rtf INTF grants: www.ajmuste.org/guidintf.htm
Information collected 2006/11
Background:
The
Allachy Fund for Livelihoods from Wild Plants (a.k.a. Allachy Awards for
community-based Conservation of medicinal plants) has been established to
provide small grants for capacity building in community-based plant
conservation of medicinal plants in developing countries. The Fund is
administered by Plantlife International as part of its Medicinal Plants
Conservation Initiative whose aim it is to build capacity for the conservation
and sustainable use of medicinal plants.
Description:
The
Allachy Awards for community-based Conservation of medicinal plants are to
build capacity for the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants.
Projects should be concerned with community-based approaches and designed to
contribute systematically to the building of national or regional capacity.
Evidence
should be provided that the matters being addressed have been identified as
conservation priorities through cross-sectoral consultation, or alternatively
that such consultation will form part of the project. The outputs of projects
should include contributions to toolkits of information, which Plantlife can
use more widely under the Medicinal Plants Conservation Initiative to create
awareness, share lessons and serve as resources for capacity-building.
Applicants
should be organisations that can demonstrate a long-term commitment to plant
conservation. Applications during an initial phase of the award scheme (to
December 2006) will normally be assessed in batches at 3-month intervals (31
December 2005, 31 March 2006, etc.). Thereafter, procedures may be revised.
Awards can be for periods of up to 3 years.
Financial
information:
The
maximum size of award is £ 10,000.
Geographical
focus:
Applications
are welcome from all regions, but synergy between applications will be
considered in deciding which projects to support, as well as the potential to
use the awards to build more substantial proposals. Applications are
especially welcome from East Africa and the Himalayas.
Contact
information:
Contact
person(s): Alan Hamilton
Address:
14 Rollestone Street, SP1 1DX Salisbury - United Kingdom
Phone:
+44-1722-342.730; Fax: +44-1722-329.035
E-mail:
enquiries@plantlife.org.uk
Website:
www.plantlife.org.uk/international/plantlife-med-plants-allachy.htm
Application
form: www.plantlife.org.uk/international/assets/med-plants/allachy/application-for-allachy-award.doc
Information collected 2006/05
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Australian
Relief & Mercy Services Ltd. (ARMS) |
Background:
Australian
Relief & Mercy Services is the mercy ministry arm of Youth With A Mission
Australia. ARMS is a registered Australian Charity (since 1988). The purpose
of ARMS is reaching out to the poor and the needy of the world wherever they
may be found. ARMS runs projects in Australia and overseas.
Description:
ARMS
fundraises for, and gives financial assistance to and initiates projects
amongst the poor. ARMS also provides emergency aid, in the form of small cash
grants and the provision of personnel and resources to disaster and emergency
situations. ARMS provides support and a limited number of small grants to
projects outside of Australia that are serving the poor and needy.
In
order to this ARMS firstly ascertains that each project is bona fide and works
with the project leader in order to try and define the needs of the project
that ARMS will be able to assist with. ARMS then fund raises on behalf of that
project making its needs known to a wide range of perspective donors, moneys
are collected and the funding of the project commences.
Financial
information:
Funds
to overseas projects 2005 AUS$ 260,947.
Geographic
focus:
Eastern
Africa & Southeast Asia.
Contact
information:
Contact
person: David
Skeat, national director
Address:
1 Kent Rd, Surrey Hills, Vic. 3127 - Australia
Phone:
+61-3-9831.2406; Fax: +61-3-9836.9231
E-mail:
info@arms.org.au
Website:
www.arms.org.au
Information
collected 2006/10
Background:
CANARI
is an independent technical and research organisation, which analyses and
promotes the participatory management of natural resources in the islands of
the Caribbean. CANARI seeks to create avenues for the equitable participation
and effective collaboration of Caribbean communities and institutions in
managing the use of natural resources critical to development
At
the core of the Institute’s philosophy and vision is that the participation
of all parties concerned with natural resources and their use is essential for
development that is equitable and sustainable.
CANARI’s
programme, which spans the entire insular Caribbean, comprises three main
elements - research, analysis and advocacy on the methods and institutions
required for participatory management. Themes include: approaches to protected
area management; capacity building for participatory management; collaborative
natural resource monitoring; and, locating livelihood strategies in natural
resource management.
Description:
Capacity
Building and Technical Assistance for Participatory Management: CANARI
actively stimulates and supports local, national, and regional initiatives
that foster stakeholder participation in resource management. One of the ways
in which this has been done is through technical assistance, which includes
advice on programme design and implementation and an associated small grant
scheme.
Financial
information:
Small
Grants Scheme: Only 2-3 grants are given a year. Grant awards will range from
US$ 2,000 to a maximum of US$ 8,000.
Geographical
details:
Caribbean
region.
Contact
information:
Address:
Fernandes Industrial Centre, Administration Building, Eastern Main Road,
Laventille - Trinidad & Tobago
Phone:
+868-626.6062; Fax: +868-626.1788
E-mail:
info@canari.org
Website:
www.canari.org
Information
collected 2005/12
Background:
Conserve
Africa Foundation is a registered non-profit environmental organisation set up
by a group of NGOs, public institutions and individuals in Africa and in the
North, who are involved in the issues pertaining to sustainable development
and conservation in Africa.
CAF
aims to promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by: the
preservation, conservation and protection of the environment, and the prudent
use of natural resources; the relief of poverty and the environment of the
conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities; and
the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and
regeneration. Furthermore it aims to advance the education of the public in
subjects related to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement
and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in
such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are disseminated
to the public at large.
Description:
Support
is provided to a wide range of community-based initiatives that protect the
environment in the most undeserved and threatened regions in Africa. Grants
are given to grassroots groups with well-organised local campaigns where a
small amount can make a significant difference.
Grant
information:
CAF makes small grants of about US$ 500 to US$ 5,000.
Note:
grants are made to pre-
selected
organisations recommended by national advisory committees comprised of local
environmental leaders.
Geographic
concentration:
Central
and East Africa.
Contact
information:
Address:
1st Floor, 36 The Market Square, Edmonton London N9 0TZ - United Kingdom
Phone:
+44-20-8807.8000; Fax: +44-20-8803.6611
E-mail:
info@conserveafrica.org
or caf@conserveafrica.org
Website:
www.conserveafrica.org
Information
collected 2006/10
Background:
The
Communities Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, or CORE Initiative, is a
five-year, US$ 50 million global program supported by the U.S. Agency for
International Development. The CORE Initiative's overall mission is to support
an inspired, effective, and inclusive response to the causes and consequences
of HIV/AIDS by strengthening the capacity of community and faith-based groups.
The CORE Initiative is made up of a consortium led by CARE in partnership with
the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), the International HIV/AIDS
Alliance, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for
Communication Programs (CCP), and the World Council of Churches (WCC).
Description:
CORE’s
Small Grants Programme aims to provide resources, alongside organisational and
technical capacity building, to organisations that demonstrate the ability to
apply good practices and innovative approaches with measurable results. These
small grants are awarded to organizations working in their communities to
prevent HIV/AIDS, reduce stigma, or provide care and support for those living
with HIV or AIDS, including orphans and vulnerable children.
Financial
information:
Small
grants of up to US$ 5,000.
Geographic
focus:
Southern,
Central and East Africa; Southeast Asia and India; Armenia.
Contact
information:
Address:
888 17th St. NW, Suite 310, Washington, DC 20006 – United States
Phone:
+1-202-861.2673; Fax: +1-202-861.0398
E-mail:
info@coreinitiative.org
Website:
www.coreinitiative.org
Information
collected 2006/11
Background:
The
non-profit EPF was founded in 1978 by the travel organisation JOURNEYS. This
organisation has accepted a responsibility to preserve the resources we enjoy
and over the years has supported numerous projects and ongoing programs. EPF
was the first wholly traveller-funded conservation organization in the United
States.
The
Earth Preservation Fund works to preserve local cultures and natural habitats
around the globe.
Description:
All
EPF supported projects are small-scale and community initiated. The EPF looks
to support smaller projects where a small contribution can make a significant
difference. All activities of EPF are guided by its code of ethics: Adapt and
fit-in with the local culture; act directly to accomplish conservation;
support sustainable businesses; and embrace diversity.
Financial
information:
Small
grants of up to US$ 500.
Geographical
focus:
Currently
the EPF is supporting a traditional cultural school in Nepal, a reforestation
project in Tanzania, and a traditional weaving project in Peru amongst a host
of others around the world.
Contact
information:
Address:
PO Box 7545, MI 48107 Ann Arbor - United States
Phone:
+1-800-255.8735; Fax: +1-734-665.2945
E-mail:
info@earthpreservation.org
Internet:
www.earthpreservation.org
Application
form: www.earthpreservation.org/application.html
Information collected 2006/10
Background:
EEJP
is an initiative of the Just Environment Charitable Trust set up in 2004 with
the aim of helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the
area of environmental justice by catalysing grassroots initiatives, triggering
new imagination and perspectives, encouraging crossover linkages and providing
greater opportunities to connect to the environmental thinking.
EEJP
pursues the mission of strengthening environmental justice movement by
supporting research, environmental advocacy, policy development, dissemination,
education and training, and practice.
Description:
The
Environmental Small Grants allows the EEJP program to assist worthy grassroots
organisations engaged in environmental work through support of small projects
that are of special importance to those applicants and their communities. The
focus is on supporting organizations that identify and work on the root causes
of problems and that approach issues with a commitment to long-term change.
The programs should have a clear agenda for change and a strategic plan for
achieving the organization's goals.
The
priority is given to groups that:
-
are new and emerging but possess a great potential to strengthen the
environmental movement in their areas/communities;
-
are working on challenging issues that are yet are critical to the
realization of environment justice;
-
are geographically located in a region that has limited access to
funding resources;
-
actively seek to include the perspectives of those served by or
benefiting from its activities;
-
are planning to take up activities that would be significantly enhanced
by small grants.
Financial
information:
Budget
2004/2005 US$ 61,000. Small grants range up to US$ 5,500
Geographical
focus:
The
Environmental Small Grants is open to registered CSOs in India.
Contact
information:
Contact
person: Upasana Choudhry, EEJP coordinator
Address:
H–2 (ground floor), Jungpura Extension, New Delhi 110014 – India
Phone:
+91-11-2432.0711 / 2432.8006; Fax: +91-11-2432.1747
E-mail:
Upasana@eejp.org or grants@eejp.org
Internet:
www.eejp.org
Application
form: www.eejp.org/formats/SmallGrants_ApplicationForm_print.doc
Information collected 2006/10
Background:
UNESCO’s
World Heritage Centre (WHC), the United Nations Foundation (UNF), and Fauna
& Flora International (FFI), supported by technical advice from the World
Conservation Union (IUCN), have established a Rapid Response Facility (RRF) to
provide timely and flexible resources to address threats and emergencies
affecting Natural World Heritage Sites and surrounding areas of influence.
Description:
The
RRF aims to provide small grants for rapid responses to immediate threats and
responses to emergency situations. Types of eligible expenditure include:
equipment and materials; communications; salaries and operating costs (where a
site's normal funding mechanisms are blocked e.g. by civil disturbance);
targeted information campaigns; technical/ expert assistance to deal with a
specific problem; assessment of threats and medium- to long-term needs and
planned solutions.
Geographical
focus:
Grants are to be restricted to developing
countries that are eligible for Official Development Assistance according to
the Development Assistance committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Financial
information:
Grants
of US$ 5,000 to US$ 30,000 over a six-month period. Emphasis primarily on
rapid responses, holding threats at bay and assessing threats. Applications
can be submitted at any time and decisions are made on a rolling basis. Small
Grant application booklet and Small Grant application form are downloadable
from the FFI-site.
Contact
information:
Contact
person: The RRF Coordinator
Address:
Great Eastern House,, Tenison Road, Cambridge CB1 2TT – United Kingdom
Phone:
+44-1223-571.000; Fax: +44-1223-461.481
E-mail:
rrf@fauna-flora.org
Internet:
www.fauna-flora.org/rrf/rrf_sg.html
Information collected 2006/12
Background:
This
small foundation was founded in 2001. Filia shares the vision of a just and
diverse world, based on respect for human dignity, where women play a decisive
role. Filia especially aims to improve the role of women who face
discrimination not only due to gender, but also because of the colour of their
skin, their origin, religion, or their sexual orientation.
Description:
Filia
supports women's projects worldwide, it wants to use money as a means of
empowering women and girls. Filia is committed to empowerment by investing in
the special strengths of women and girls. Its aim is to help them improve
their economic perspectives and social conditions by assisting them in taking
their lives into their own hands.
Financial
information:
The
average grant is about € 3.500 to € 4.000.
Geographical
focus:
Asia
(India & Mongolia), Central & Eastern Europe (Czech Rep., Slovakia,
Ukraine), South-eastern Europe (Croatia, Serbia incl. Kosovo).
Contact
information:
Contact
person: Christiane Grupe, executive director
Address:
Am Felde 2, 22765 Hamburg - Germany
Phone:
+49-40-333.100-14; Fax: +49-40-333.101-56
E-mail:
info@filia-frauenstiftung.de
Internet:
www.filia-frauenstiftung.de
Information collected 2005/08
Background:
The
Tropical Forest Program of the Flemish Ministry of Environment, which was
created in 2003 for the duration of five years. The objectives of the Tropical
Forest Program are ‘to support small and medium-scale activities that can
contribute to the conservation and sustainable management of the tropical
forests’.
Description:
Activities
in following domains can be financed: sustainable forest management and
certification; (primary) forest reserves (support could be given through
research projects, training, inventories, GIS/Mapping, control and management
of forest reserves, development of buffer zone activities with local people,
ecotourism, etc.); afforestation and restoration of degraded lands (including carbon
registration).
Objectives
with providing small grants: to better living conditions of local communities;
and to improve the conditions of the local natural resources.
Financial
information:
Budget
2004 € 1.000.000 and 2005 € 400.000. Grants range between € 30.000 and
€70.000 (for 18 – 36 months).
Geographical
focus:
Beneficiary countries for the coming years are: Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Surinam (applications from Brazil are temporarily not accepted). Project proposals in other countries than the ones mentioned above are not eligible.
Contact
information:
Contact
person:
Hilke Evenepoel, project assistant, hilke.evenepoel@groenhart.be
Address:
Geraardsbergse Steenweg 267, 9090 Gontrode-Melle – Belgium
Phone:
+32-9-2649056; Fax: +32-9-2649092
Website:
www.groenhart.be
Information
collected 2006/10
Background:
The
Fund for Global Human Rights, established in 2002, is founded on the belief
that securing basic freedoms worldwide requires effective, frontline
organizations challenging abuse wherever it occurs. Thus the Fund for Global
Human Rights works to ensure a strong, effective human rights community
worldwide.
Description:
The
Fund raises and distributes resources to human rights organizations in places
with great need and minimal access to funding. The Fund is seeing human rights
activism through to its next phase, where human rights groups around the world
amass the skills, experience and financial resources to establish themselves
as a countervailing force to abusive actors.
The
Fund’s purpose is to support local, national, and regional human rights
groups and networks abroad in becoming stronger, more effective, and better
funded. To accomplish this, the Fund focuses in five regions and has
identified specific regional strategies designed to make the most impact with
limited funds and resources.
Financial
information:
Budget
2005: US$ $2.2
million respectively. Grants
range between US$
5,000 and US$ 30,000.
Geographical
focus:
The
Fund will make grants in 2006 in a particular set of countries. The current
Request for Proposals (Fall 2006) is for groups based and working on the human
rights situations in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Morocco, Tunisia, or Algeria
only. For groups based in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Uganda, Mexico, or Guatemala, a separate Request for Proposals
will be available in late 2006. The Fund will not consider proposals from
organizations in any other countries at this time.
Contact
information:
Contact
person: Mona
Khan
Address:
1634 I Street,
NW, #1001, Washington, DC 20006 – United States
Phone:
+1-202-347.7488; Fax: +1-202-783.8499
E-mail:
mkhan@globalhumanrights.org
Website:
www.globalhumanrights.org
Information
collected 2006/12
Background:
The
Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) is a network of civil society
organisations promoting openness in the International Financial Institutions,
such as the World Bank, the IMF, the European Investment Bank and Regional
Development Banks.
The
GTI believes the people have a right to information from public institutions
and a right to participate in the development policies and projects that
affect their lives. In IFI-supported activities, transparency can help reduce
corruption; identify potential social, environmental and economic risks and
benefits; and avoid damaging communities and sensitive ecosystems.
Description:
The
GTI offers small grants for the following types of activities:
-
Case studies/Audits: Small grants of US $ 500 to US $ 3,000 will be
made to research and write case studies about the negative consequences of a
lack of transparency by IFIs or the positive effects of transparency by such
institutions, in specific instances. These case studies are intended to
supplement the policy debate by providing real world examples. Some priority
will be given to high profile subjects. Emerging or ongoing situations are
eligible. Thorough research and precise descriptions will be required.
Bringing a situation to life with interviews and personal stories is advisable.
This grant will be available to cover staff costs as well as the production
and distribution of the individual case studies. (Proposals for case studies/audits
must also include a writing sample of approximately 200 words).
-
Advocacy: Small grants, up to US $5,000, will be available for key
advocacy activities which are congruent with the program goals of the GTI and
promote accountability of IFIs, greater public participation in policy making
and access to IFI information. The GTI seeks to improve the transparency of
IFI's by influencing the disclosure policies and standards of these
institutions. This grant is available to individuals and civil society
organizations, from developing countries in particular, who are involved in
precedent setting transparency issues within the context of specific campaigns.
-
Translations: Small grants, up to US $1,000, will be made to translate
case studies, transparency audits and other relevant documents produced by
civil society that discuss issues dealing with transparency within a country
context or within the operations of the international financial institutions (IFIs).
This grant is available to members of civil society who produce timely
analytical pieces on transparency at the IFIs or on national freedom to
information legislation. Individuals or organizations can apply to this fund
to request the translation of their product(s) into one or more languages.
Grants for translations can be done in conjunction with the production of a
GTI-funded case study or audit. Grants from this fund are also available for
civil society correspondence and interpretation at meetings around
transparency issues.
Remarks:
Organisations
and individuals already involved in IFI transparency issues and interested in
playing an active role in the GTI are eligible to apply.
Financial
information:
See
Description.
Geographical
focus:
Worldwide.
Contact
information:
Visiting
address: GTI project secretariat: Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA),
PO Box 1739, 8000 Cape Town - South Africa
Phone:
+27-21-467.5600; Fax: +27-21-461.2589
E-mail:
gti@idasact.org.za
Website:
www.ifitransparency.org
Grant
Proposal Form: www.ifitransparency.org/doc/smallgrantsapplication.doc
Information collected 2006/11
Background:
The
Harambee Project, conceived by the Association for Progressive Communications,
Bellanet and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and funded by
Connectivity Africa and Hivos, is designed to support increased capacity among
a range of Africa-based networks and communities to coordinate and facilitate
the interactions of their respective constituencies.
The
aim of the Harambee small grants fund is to provide a mechanism to supply
immediate funding for capacity development and innovation in sectors with
existing networks pursuing ongoing activities. This fund provides an
opportunity for support to a number of sectoral based networks and communities
(in, for example, health, education, agriculture, etc.) – and to those with
the capability to facilitate knowledge sharing, communication and
participation of those networks and communities in a variety of fora – and
in so doing will help to enhance awareness of, and expertise in, processes and
technologies in support of collaboration on the continent as a whole. This in
turn will ensure that African organisations will be better equipped to
participate in determining strategies adopted to confront their development
challenges.
Description:
The
following types of activities are examples of SGF projects that fit within the
theme of strengthening existing networks and collaborations in Africa:
-
Increasing network coordinators' and members' access to relevant
training and support for knowledge - and ICT-related capacity development.
This could include, for example, receiving training in the strategic use of
ICTs and/or Knowledge Sharing techniques;
-
Raising awareness within African networks of the potential for
processes and technologies in support of collaboration to strengthen their
collective capacity to effect change;
-
Undertaking research that can serve as a valuable resource on a variety
of techniques, conceptual frameworks, indicators, etc., relating to
facilitation, knowledge sharing, communication and other collaboration-related
issues such as gender considerations;
-
Building expertise in the design and implementation of collaborative
processes, including facilitation or conflict resolution/mediation processes;
-
To increase the profile as well as knowledge and networking base of
Harambee and Harambee partners.
Financial
information:
Grants
to be awarded range in value from US$ 1,000 up to a maximum of US$ 5,000.
Geographical
focus:
Preference
will be given to networks with an institutional base in Africa.
Contact
information:
Address:
PO Box 29755, Melville 2109, South Africa
E-mail:
harambee-sgf@dgroups.org
Internet:
http://wikis.bellanet.org/harambee/index.php/SGF_Call_for_Applicants
Information
collected 2006/11
Background:
ICCO,
founded in 1964, is rooted in the Dutch Protestant-Christian tradition and is
partner in various national and international ecumenical networks. In 2000
ICCO merged with SOH (Dutch Interchurch Aid - DIA) and Service Abroad (DOG). ICCO
is a co-financing organization, which supports various small project funds all
over the world
Description:
ICCO
supports small project funds (delegated funds), because:
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It is seen as a way to reach grassroots organizations and small
organizations, which ICCO is not able to reach directly due to administrative
reasons and geographical distance;
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It is a concrete step in the delegation of responsibility to the
regions where ICCO works;
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It could be an instrument in order to identify new Organizations, which
could amplify ICCO’s network in the region. New Organizations, in the first
place supported through small grants funds could grow and become stronger in
order to finally be able to receive direct funds by ICCO;
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ICCO sees small grants funds as an instrument in order to analyse the
context in the regions where ICCO works. Because of their strong connection
with grassroots Organizations and local movements, the funds should have a
large knowledge of trends and necessities on grassroots level.
Financial
information:
Range
of Grants: various.
Geographical
focus:
ICCO
has most experience in the support to small project funds in the region of
Latin America.
Contact
information:
Contact
persons: Ilse
van Gulik, Desk Officer Latin America Department, ilse.van.gulik@icco.nl
or Petra Hamers, Desk Officer Latin America Department
Address:
Joseph Haydnlaan
2a, 3533 AE Utrecht - Netherlands
Website:
www.icco.nl
Information
collected 2006/10
International
Community Foundation (ICF)
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Background:
Established
in 1990, the ICF now has assets over US$ 1 million and 36 funds, and is
committed to fostering lasting philanthropy to benefit international
communities throughout the Americas and Asia in the areas of education,
community development, health, the environment and cultural endeavours.
Description:
The
ICF is committed to fostering lasting philanthropy to benefit needy
communities and non-profit organizations throughout the Americas and Asia.
Thematic
priorities are environment, education, health, culture, and sustainable
communities.
Financial
information:
Grants
range between US$ 300 and US$ 300,000.
Remarks:
Since
most grants are made upon the advisement of donors, there is no set format or
timetable for grant applications. Interested non-profit organizations should
send a brief letter of inquiry via email. If the program meets the criteria
and goals of one of the funds, a more detailed proposal will be required. For
more information: www.icfdn.org/grantseekers/grantseekers.htm
Geographic
focus:
The
Foundation in particular seeks to increase charitable giving and volunteerism
across U.S. borders to benefit non-profit organizations and communities
primarily in Baja California, Mexico. Furthermore projects and activities are
funded in Argentine and Guatemala, as well as in China. Last but not least
tsunami-related projects are funded in Indonesia, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
Contact
information:
Contact
person: Amy Carstensen, Program Officer amyc@icfdn.org
Address:
11300 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 115, CA 92121 San Diego - United States
Phone:
+1-858-677.29.13; Fax: +1-858-677.29.18
E-mail:
rkiy@icfdn.org
Website:
www.icfdn.org
Information
collected 2005/08
IREX
(International Research & Exchanges Board)
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Contact
person: Astrid Aafjes, a.aafjes@mamacash.nl
Address:
PO Box 15686, 1001 ND Amsterdam – Netherlands
E-mail:
info@mamacash.nl
New
Field Foundation (NFF)
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Background:
The
Ramsar Small Grants Fund was established by Ramsar COP4 in 1990 as a mechanism
to assist developing countries and those with economies in transition in
implementing the Convention and to enable the conservation and wise use of
wetland resources. The Convention's mission is the conservation and wise use
of all wetlands through local, regional and national actions and international
cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development
throughout the world.
Description:
Suitable
project proposals are those which contribute to the implementation of the
Convention's Strategic Plan 2003-2008 for the conservation and wise use of
wetlands; provide emergency assistance for Ramsar sites; or provide 'preparatory
assistance' to allow non-Contracting Parties to progress toward accession.
Remarks: