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    Check list:

    A group of young people

    Lots of creative ideas

    A project

    Commitment

    Funds

    Willingness, creativity and commitment are usually not enough whencoming to implement an idea in a youth group context FUNDS areusually THE problem when coming to realize projects.

    Aware o such a constraint, the Euro-Med Youth Platorm took up

    the initiative to conduct a research with the aim to identiy undingopportunities or youth organisations, in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

    And YES unding opportunities DO exist. This FUND HUNT took usthrough a process o identiying programmes, oundations and entities

    which can provide unding and assistance. This handbook is meant to bea reerence point or young people, youth workers and/or youth lead erswho wish to embark on projects and are searching or support in order toimplement their ideas.

    The FUND HUNT results rom eedback given rom some organisationswhich shared sources rom which they were unded during some projectsthey conducted. Many thanks go to Miriam Teuma (Department o Youth& Community Studies, University o Malta) and Jason Zammit (ResearchAssistant) who compiled the detailed inormation and provided most othe sources or this publication.

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    The Euro-Med Youth Platform

    Based in Malta, the Euro-Med Youth Platorm (EMYP) Secreteriat is

    hosted within t he European Union Programmes Agency (EUPA). TheEUPA is responsible or the management and implementation o theYouth in Action Programe (YiA), the Lielong Learning Programme (LLP),the National Resource Centre or Vocational Guidance (Euroguidance),

    CEDEFOP Study Visits, Euro-desk and the European Fund or theIntegration o Third-Country Nationals.

    The Platorm aims at bringing young people rom the region togetherin an environment o tolerance and mutual understanding, acilitatingnetworking, increasing youth participation, sharing o relevant

    inormation, and exchanging good youth work practice.

    The objectives o the EMYP are the nurturing o democracy and itsestablished instruments, ostering mutual understanding as well asimprovement in the issues o racism, gender equality and minority rights.

    The Platorm contributes to the development o co-operation in the youthsector between thirty-ve countries, parties to the Euro-Mediterranean

    Partnership Agreement (Barcelona Declaration).

    The Euro-Med Youth Platorm believes that the FUND HUNT will be ahandy starting point o reerence or YOU. However, we encourage you to

    continue the search or more suitable unds or your project requirementsat youth inormation points, and on the internet amongst other placesthere are many more prospects out there!

    Good luck or your projectsand let us know about them.

    The Euro-Med Youth Platorm Team.

    URL: w ww.euromedp.org

    e-mail: [email protected]

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    THE FUND HUNT

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    PLEASE PROCEED

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    Aul H Sn

    ABDUL HAMEED SHOMAN is a oundation which supports andenhances scientic research and Arab humanistic creativity. It buildsbridges o dialogue and cultural communication and collects anddisseminates general knowledge by all easible means.

    Aims

    The main aims o the oundation are: to contribute, directly and indirectly,

    to Arab scientic research and to its enhancement through the eorts oinstitution committees or individuals, provided that it leads to an increasein knowledge and has practical benets to the Arab world; to contributeto bringing up a generation o Arab scientists, experts and scholarsin the elds o natural, basic, applied, technological, developmentalsciences; and helping them to develop their skills and expertise; to createthe proper climate or interaction among Arab intellectuals, scientists,educators and creative thinkers.

    Funding Programme

    Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation supports scientic research andencourages researchers, in particular the young ones, through AbdulHameed Shoman Fund or Supporting Scientic Research, in addition tovarious annual prizes or young Arab researchers, writers specialized inchildren literature, and translators.

    The value o nancial support considered by the Fund or a single

    research will be within the range o JD 15,000, and the level o undingwill be measured against the approved mechanism o the Fund withinthis ceiling. Financial rewards allocated to researches will be within theceiling o 30% o the approved unding or the research, provided thatit does not exceed JD2,000 or such research that requires one year orcompletion. Funding will be disbursed in instalments: 25% when undingis approved, 25% once the research is completed and results obtainedby the research are sent or publication and 50% once publication oresearch is approved. Financial rewards or researches that may takemore than a year to execute will be considered by the committee.

    Website: www.shoman.org

    Address: Abdul Hameed Shoman FoundationP O Box 940255 Amman 11194Jordan

    Tel: +9626 4633627Fax: +9626 4633565

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    The AGA KHAN FOUNDATION is committed to bringing lasting benetsto project participants. It is equally committed to bringing valuablelessons to the attention o policymakers and others whose decisionsaect the lives o the poor.

    Aims

    The Foundation shares what it learns with the public, raising awarenesso important issues acing disadvantaged sectors o the internationalcommunity. The Foundation ocuses on a small number o specicdevelopment problems by orming intellectual and nancial partnershipswith organisations sharing its objectives.

    Funding Programme

    With ew exceptions, the Foundation unds programmes in countries whereit has oces and local proessional sta to monitor implementation(South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Arica and the Middle East).

    Beore developing ull proposals, enquiries should be made to theFoundation oce in the country where the proposal originates or wherethe project would be executed; i there is no local AKF branch or aliate,enquiries may be addressed to the Foundation oce in Geneva.

    Website: http://www.akdn.org/agency/ak.html

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    ALERT is an independent und that supports progressive projects byyoung people. Alert wants youth to be heard and believe that youngpeople can make this happen. This is why Alert supports young peoplesactivities all around the world with small scale subsidies.

    Website: http://www.alertonds.nl/

    Address: AlertondP.O. Box 16122

    2301 GCLeidenThe Netherlands

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    Tiig Srv, Ic.AMERICA-MIDEAST EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING SERVICES, INC.(AMIDEAST) is a private, nonprot organization that strengthens mutualunderstanding and cooperation between Americans and the peopleso the Middle East and North Arica. Founded in 1951, AMIDEAST isheadquartered in Washington, DC with a network o eld oces in Egypt,Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia, United ArabEmirates, West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen.

    Aims

    AMIDEAST aims to provide English language and proessional skillstraining, educational advising, and testing services to hundreds othousands o students and proessionals in the Middle East and NorthArica. It supports numerous institutional development projects in theregion; and administers educational exchange programmes.

    Services and Funding Programmes:Educational advising and inormation servicesTest administration and supportEnglish language trainingScholarship and exchange programme administrationProessional trainingInstitutional developmentProgrammes or Americans.

    AMIDEAST partners with nongovernmental organisations (NGOs),government agencies, and international development donors to design

    and implement institutional development programmes throughout theMiddle East and North Arica.As a leading provider o educational services in the Arab world,AMIDEAST manages training and technical assistance projects orbilateral and multilateral development donors.

    Website: www.amideast.org/

    Address: 1730 M Street,NW, Suite 1100Washington, DC 20036-4505USA

    Tel: 202-776-9600Fax: 202-776-7000

    A.M. Qtn Fudn

    A.M. Q ATTAN FOUNDATION - An independent, non-prot developmentalinstitution working in the culture and education sectors targeting a varietyo social groups, particularly children, teachers and young artists.

    Aims

    It aims to empower ree-thinking and enlightened individuals to overcome

    the challenges o war and injustice while creating a fourishing and dynamicsociety in Palestine and the Arab World.

    Funding Programme

    Its unding programme ocuses on projects which oster critical thinking,research, creativity and the production o knowledge. Projects shouldadvocate cultural and educational development as an essential tool oresistance or a society aced by conditions o acute political instability andhumanitarian catastrophe. Programmes details are available rom:http://www.qattanoundation.org/pd/1953_33.pd

    Website: www.euromedalex.org/unding/am-qattan-oundation

    Address: Tower House, 226 Cromwell RoadLondon SW5 0SW, UK

    Tel: + 44 207 370 9990Fax: + 44 207 370 1606Email: [email protected]

    Address: PO Box 2276Ramallah, Palestine

    Tel: + 972 2 296 05 44Fax: + 972 2 298 4886Email: [email protected]

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    ANNA LINDH FOUNDATION is an organisation shared and resourced byover orty Euro-Mediterranean countries.

    AimsIt aims to bring people together as a way to promote dialogue betweencultures and respect or diversity. To ulll this objective, the Foundationleads regional initiatives in the Euromed space and support localactivities carried out by organisations based across civil society whichadvocate or a better understanding among people, religions and belies,and champion human rights and democracy.

    The Foundation is a central Actor o the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership,and a acilitator o the participation o civil society in the Union orthe Mediterranean. It works also as a Centre or Inormation andDissemination o this initiative, and as an Observatory o interculturaldialogue in the region.

    The Foundation coordinates a Euro-Mediterranean Network gatheringhundreds o social and institutional bodies which share the values o theFoundation and work to make dialogue, peace and prosperity possible inthe region.

    Funding Programme

    One way in which the Anna Lindh Foundation ullls its mission is by

    providing grants to civil society organisations, through an annual Call orProposals to select the best initiatives or intercultural dialogue. The Callis ocused on thematic issues in line with each years priorities. For urtherinormation visit: http://www.euromedalex.org/grants/call/guidelinesWebsite: www.euromedalex.org

    Address: Anna Lindh FoundationP.O. Box 732 El MansheiaAlexandria 21111, Egypt

    Tel: (+20) 3 4820 342Fax: (+20) 3 4820 471

    A Bri s CmCribe Fudn

    ARAB BRITISH CHAMBER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION was set up orthe advancement o science and education in Great Britain and the Arabstates, or needy young people and adults studying subjects o relevanceto the Arab states, and or any other charitable purposes or the benet othe community.

    Funding Programme

    The Foundation participates in the education process by contributingnancially to the support o many needy and academically deservingArab postgraduate students whilst they are undertaking specialisedstudies and research at British universities.

    Website: www.abcc.org.uk

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    ARAB HUMAN RIGHTS FUND (AHRF) is the result o a universal humanrights vision whereby everyone enjoys lie in reedom, equality anddignity, and is able to be a participant in the achievement o that vision.

    Aims

    The Fund is aimed at strengthening human rights activities in the Arab

    region in accordance with intrinsic needs and priorities, by providing therequisite nancial resources to individuals and organizations active in theprotection o all human rights, while also promoting and strengtheningsocial justice philanthropy in the region independently o any

    governmental, political, religious or other interests.

    Funding Programme

    AHRF ocuses its unding on the ollowing:Methods: approaches or tools or realizing human rights;

    Emergent opportunities: new and promising developments that havethe potential to promote the advancement o human rights.

    Opportunities o this sort may include the relaxation o government

    restrictions in a particular country; increased public engagement anddemands or respect or a particular human right; the ormation o a newnetwork o organisations to tackle a particular human rights issue; as

    well as other developments that oer organisations a chance to move ahuman rights matter orward.

    Through ongoing consultations with human rights practitioners and otheradvisors in the region, the Fund works to identiy developments in which

    targeted and timely unding can make a critical dierence in realizinghuman rights objectives. It relies on human rights organisations in theregion to draw the Funds attention to these via the projects they proposeor unding.

    Website: www.ahrund.org

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    ARAB YOUTH MOBILITY FUND SAFAR develops an environmentwhere Arab youth who are active within their communities experience ahealthy process o growth that permits them to develop their individual(and collective) experiences and knowledge, and provide them with thespace and opportunities to pursue their own learning paths.

    Aims

    The aim o Saar is to help youth pursue a healthy process o growth thatpermits them to develop their own experience and knowledge and hencetheir communities. It also provides the space and opportunities to pursuetheir own learning paths.

    The project intends to provide human, nancial and material resourcesor young people within the Arab world to search or their own learningspaces and pursue alternative learning opportunities; search or andresearch youth initiatives in the Arab world to provide inormationregarding individuals and institutions with which youth can link with theirlearning journeys and examples o inspiring youth initiatives; and spaceto engage in exploration and exchange o experiences, ideas, conceptsand understanding; provide inspiring examples i.e., make visible theless visible/invisible initiatives o young people (alternatives to dominantdiscourse o consumer culture); and ensure youth ownership in the choiceo their learning paths as well as the ormulation o Saar programmeitsel.

    Funding Programme

    Saar has many components:

    Travel Grants1.Regional Events2.Resources development3.Database development4.

    Please note that more inormation is available in the Arabic version o theweb site. The Saar travel grants consist o three dierent types:

    Apprenticeship grants (tajawor) to learn rom individuals with1.specialized knowledge and experience in a particular eld o work.The apprentice learns at rst-hand rom this individual.

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    Visitation grants (tazawor) are given to visit an institution, initiative or2.an inspiring youth group, in order to learn rom their experiences.Events grants are given to attend a meeting, event or workshop3.concerned with or which promotes the development o youthinitiatives.

    General rules:

    Travel grants will stay limited within the Arab World only and or Arabyouth living in Arab countries.Provision o an invitation letter rom the host and preerably acontribution too is a requirement.All aspects o the work will be documented in the orm o minutes aswell as refections o participants and sta.The applicants age should range between 15-35 except or thepartner organisations application that can exceed 35 o age i thepartner organization requested to have this person to be a trainer,acilitator or mentors or an apprenticeship.

    Costs Covered: 100% o ticket + transportation, accommodation andother learning tools i necessary.

    Website: www.saarund.org

    Address: The Regional Oce Amman Jordan6 Fares ALKhouri StreetShmesani P.O Box 94028611194 Amman, Jordan

    Tel: +96265687557Fax: +96265687558Email: [email protected]

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    ART MOVES AFRICA (AMA) is an international none or protorganisation aiming to acilitate cultural and artistic exchanges within theArican continent.

    Funding Programme

    AMA oers travel unds to artists, arts proessionals and cultural operatorsliving and working in Arica to travel within the Arican continent in orderto engage in the exchange o inormation, the enhancement o skills, thedevelopment o inormal networks and the pursuit o cooperation.AMA supports mobility within the Arican continent by providing thecosts o travel, visa and travel insurance or the duration o stay. AMAdoesnt support ees, accommodations, or per-diem. AMA allocates 60 %o its annual travel support to artists and cultural proessionals or trans-regional mobility and 40% are made accessible or travel within the sameregion.

    Website: www.artmovesarica.org

    Address: ART MOVES AFRICA (AMA) a.i.s.b.lKhadija El Bennaoui, Coordinator98, rue Antoine Dansaert, 1000Brussels, Belgium

    Tel: +32476676149Fax: +32 251 15 202

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    ARTos is a cultural and research Foundation was ounded by the artistsis a contemporary arts and science centre dedicated to research andcreativity.

    Aims

    Its aims are to unction as a multidimensional space, organizing andundertaking the production o multiaceted events rom the world otheatre, music, dance, cinema, visual arts, letters and sciences.

    Funding Programme

    Supported by ARTos Foundation, the European Ppinires Europennespour jeunes artistes programme has a mobility programme, oeringmore than 50 residency opportunities between in a diverse and widerange o artistic elds, aiming to reach new audiences. This programmeaddresses various artistic movements within a young generation oartists. It oers a wide range o opportunities or artistic residencies andis developed in partnership with a large number o partner organisations.The programme includes three types o residency projects: open artprogramme, art-share, and art-venture and is open to artists between 18and 35 years old, residing in one o the programmes member countries:Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus England Germany Estonia Finland France Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Luxemburg Malta Poland Portugal Qubec, Canada Romania Scotland Serbia-Montenegro Slovakia Spain Sweden

    The Netherlands. Candidates can only apply or one single residency. Thisresidency must be outside o their country o origin and/or residence. Forall the details concerning this programme and or access to the onlineapplication procedure, please visit the website : www.art4eu.net

    Website: www.artosoundation.org

    Address: 64, Ay. Omoloyiton Ave.1080 Nicosia

    Tel: +357 22445455Fax: +357 22818128Email: [email protected]

    Asok

    ASHOKA is the global association o the worlds leading socialentrepreneurs - men and women with system changing solutions or theworlds most urgent social problems.

    Aims

    Ashokas Middle East/North Arica programme (MENA) is activelyengaging North Arican and Middle Eastern leading social entrepreneursin all major elds o social concern education, health, womensempowerment, human rights, peace and confict resolution, democracy,environment, economic development, agriculture, water, disability, earlychild development and childrens rights.

    Funding Programme

    The Youth Venture Initiative (YV) is Ashoka Arab Worlds socialentrepreneur programme or the regions youth. It is committed to bringabout a mentality shit amongst Arab youth, one in which they are madeaware o their power and abilities to cause change themselves.Website: www.ashoka-arab.org/ashoka/

    Address: Ashoka Arab World Regional Oce93 Abdel Aziz Al Saud7th Floor, Apt # 1 El Manial,Cairo, Egypt

    Area Code: 11451Tel: (+202) 25328586 - 2365 5336 - 2531 4775 - 2531 4779Fax: (+202) 2365 4404

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    B Tru

    The BARAKAT TRUST is a UK registered charity which provides nancialsupport or the study and research o the material and visual cultures oIslamic societies. This assistance is granted to enable scholars to continueto add to the body o Islamic scholarship while enhancing the possibilitieso cross-cultural understanding and tolerance.

    Funding Programme

    Barakat operates exclusively or educational purposes, providingscholarships and grants in specic areas o study at accredited worldinstitutions. Exhibitions, conerences, conservation projects andpublications are also supported. Applications are considered once a yearby the Executive Committees o the Trust and Foundation, and eachapplication is considered on its own merit. Financial support awardedby Barakat varies depending on individual circumstances. To qualiy orsupport, proposed projects should show promise o genuine and useulcontributions to knowledge, and be consistent with Barakats overallaims. Support is given or a diverse range o projects, programmes andstudies. They include nancial assistance or:

    Conservation programmesDocumentation o archivesEvents, exhibitions and museumsLectures, colloquia and conerencesScholarships towards a Master o Studies course in Islamic Art Historyand Architecture at the University o OxordScholarships and grants or post-graduate and post-doctoral study

    and researchFellowshipsTravel and eld tripsArchaeological projectsPrizes to students at accredited schools and universities

    Website: http://www.barakat.org/grants.php

    Address: The Barakat TrustThe Oriental InstituteThe University o OxordOxord OX1 2LG, UK

    Tel: 00 44 (0) 1865 278069Fax: 00 44 (0) 1865 278228

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    Bris Cuil

    The BRITISH COUNCIL gives people around the world and in the UK theopportunities and networks to ulll their potential and work together.The British Council does this by teaching English globally and runninghundreds o projects supporting education, the arts, science and sport.

    Funding Programme

    The British Council can help you nd unding or your chosen coursethrough their own scholarship schemes and links to approved websites.Many scholarships only cover postgraduate degrees; others cover coursesees or specic subjects; while some are only available or specicinstitutions.

    For urther inormation visit: http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-unding-your-studies.htm?mtklink=corporate-homepage-unding-your-studies

    Website: www.britishcouncil.org/new/

    Address: British Council10 Spring GardensLondon SW1A 2BN, UK

    Tel: +44 (0) 20 7930 8466Fax: +44 (0) 20 7389 6347

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    The CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (CDS) is the largest singleprovider o Arabic language development-related services or non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the Middle East.

    Funding Programme

    Each month, CDS delivers 250 days o hands-on, practice-orientedtraining and technical assistance aimed at enhancing individual skills andinstitutional perormance.

    Research: Development planning requires inormation. The way inwhich inormation is collected and used determines how and to whatextent people participate in the events that will aect their lives andlivelihoods. The Center or Development Services wields a well-stockedarsenal o participatory, qualitative research techniques that encourageand acilitate the active involvement o community members in datacollection and decision making.

    Teaching and Learning Materials: The Center or Development Servicesmaintains an extensive, requently consulted collection o Arabic andEnglish language materials or development practitioners.

    Experienced, Dedicated Sta: The Center or Development Servicesdraws staers rom a wide range o disciplines; most are ull-time,mid-career proessionals with extensive eld experience who have alsolived, studied, or worked abroad. Teams o seasoned CDS proessionalsdeliver fexible, integrated services designed to help clients dene their

    developmental priorities and take meaningul steps toward sel-directed,sel-sustaining change.

    Website: www.neareast.org/main/cds/deault.aspx

    Address: c/o Near East Foundation Headquarters90 Broad Street, 15th FloorNew York NY 10004, USA

    Tel: +1 (212) 425-2205Fax: +1 (212) 425-2350

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    Of Egig CurCOOPERATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING COUNTRIES(COSPE EYGPT) is a non-prot association promoting interculturaldialogue, air, sustainable development and human rights. It operates inthe eld o international development co-operation and solidarity.

    Aims

    COSPE main elds o action are Human Rights, Income GeneratingActivities and Employment, Gender Policies and Equal Opportunities,Environment and Sustainable Development, Rehabilitation Aid andSupport to Reugees and Asylum Seekers, Communication and MassMedia, Intercultural Dialogue, Anti-Racism Awareness and DevelopmentEducation. COSPE works on educational programmes and believes in theright to education or all, equal opportunities or women and vulnerablegroups.

    Funding Programme

    COSPE is committed to both counter the partial and stereotypedrepresentation o ethnic minorities in the mainstream media and toincrease the opportunities and spaces or migrants sel representation.For ethnic minorities accessing the media and operating in media sectoron an equal basis represents a signicant step in the process o acquiringull citizenship. COSPE operates in Arica, Latin America, Asia, EasternEurope, Mediterranean and Middle East, with more than 80 projects in30 countries worldwide promoting economic, environmental and social

    development , supporting arming, crat and service industries throughtraining, technical assistance and credit unds, with special regards toincome generating activities aimed towards womens associations, youthgroups and local development organisations. For urther inormation onprojects visit: http://www.cospe-egypt.org/projects

    Website: www.cospe-egypt.org

    Address: 2, Taha Hussein St.7th foor, apt. 5 ZamalekCairo, Egypt

    Tel/Fax: (+202) 27371234

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    ERASMUS MUNDUS is a worldwide cooperation and mobilityprogramme.

    Aims

    It aims to enhance quality in higher education and promotes interculturalunderstanding. The Erasmus Mundus programme provides nancialsupport or institutions and scholarships or individuals.

    Funding Programme

    The Erasmus Mundus Programme 2009-2013 is open to higher educationinstitutions and to any organisation active in the eld o higher educationand research as well as to students, doctoral candidates, teachers,researchers and university sta (academic and/or administrative) romany part o the world. The unding opportunities are the ollowing:

    a) Higher education institutions organised into consortia/partnershipscan participate in:

    - Consortia to develop and implement joint masters/doctoralprogrammes (Action 1);

    - Partnerships (Action 2);- Consortia to develop and implement promotion projects (Action 3).

    b) Other bodies:1) Other bodies active in the eld o higher education and research an

    participate in:- Consortia to develop and implement joint masters/doctoral

    programmes (Action 1);- Consortia to develop and implement promotion projects (Action 3).

    2) Other bodies which could be particularly relevant or the

    objectives and activities o the programme can be involved in thePartnerships (Action 2). They play an active role in the action but theyare not beneciaries and may not receive unding rom the grant.

    c) Students and academics:Students in higher education can receive scholarships or:

    - Undergraduate studies (Action 2);- Masters studies (Actions 1 and 2);

    Doctoral candidates can receive ellowships or:

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    - Doctoral studies (Actions 1 and 2);- Post-doctoral studies (Action 2);

    Teachers and researchers can receive ellowships or:- Teaching and research periods (Actions 1 and 2);

    Other academic sta can receive scholarships/ellowships under Actions

    1 and 2.

    Institutions organised into consortia/partnerships, higher educationinstitutions and organisations active in the eld o higher education haveto apply centrally to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture ExecutiveAgency in accordance with the application conditions and timetabledened in the Programme Guide and the relevant Call or Proposals.

    There must be one co-ordinating/applicant institution that submitsthe application on behal o the consortium/partnership/network oparticipating organisations.

    Applicants must be located in an eligible applicant country as dened inthe Programme Guide.

    Consortia/partnerships selected under Actions 1 and 2 receive lump-sum amounts or the implementation o their activities and a number oscholarships to award to the best applicants. Proposals selected underAction 3 are co-unded up to a maximum o 75% o their costs.

    Scholarships and fellowships:Students, doctoral candidates, teachers, researchers and other academicsta should address their applications directly to the selected ErasmusMundus masters and doctoral programmes (Action 1) and to theselected Erasmus Mundus partnerships (Action 2), in accordance with theapplication conditions dened by the selected consortium/partnershipScholarship amounts can vary according to the level o studies/teaching/research, their duration (3 months to 3 years) and the grantees nationality(scholarships or non-EU individuals are higher than or EU individuals).For general inormation and enquiries about the Erasmus Mundusprogramme, please contact the Education, Audiovisual and CultureExecutive Agency.

    Website: ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc72_en.htm

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    Hun Rgh (EIDHR)

    Aims

    There are ve objectives or this und or the period 2007-2010:

    1) Enhancing respect or human rights and undamental reedoms incountries and regions where they are most at risk (ocuses on country

    or regional situations, where undamental reedoms are still to berealised or are at serious risk);

    2) Strengthening the role o civil society in promoting human rights anddemocratic reorm, in supporting the peaceul conciliation o groupinterests and in consolidating political participation and representation(implemented primarily through country-based support schemesor concerted action on local democracy and human rights issues oparticular concern in the countries listed);

    3) Supporting actions on human rights and democracy issues in areascovered by EU Guidelines, including on human rights dialogues, onhuman rights deenders, on the death penalty, on torture, and onchildren and armed confict;

    4) Supporting and strengthening the international and regionalramework or the protection o human rights, justice, the rule olaw and the promotion o democracy (aims at strategic support orinternational instruments);

    5) Building condence in and enhancing the reliability and transparencyo democratic electoral processes, in particular through EU ElectionObservation Missions.

    Website: ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/eidhr/

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    EUROPEAN COMMISSION (DGAIDCO EUROMED YOUTH IV

    PROGRAMME

    The Euromed Committee agreed about Euromed IV in September 2009.The nine countries programme is expected to start in 2010. This dependson bi-lateral agreement between the Commission and individual country.

    Exchanges and EVS

    Website: www.euromedyouth.net/emyp-iv,002

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    Yu in An Pgme

    Aims

    European citizenship;Participation o young people;Cultural diversity;Inclusion o young people with ewer opportunities.

    Funding Programme

    The und isorEU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey,the EU neighbours (Eastern Europe and Caucasus, the Mediterraneanregion, South-East Europe) and other partner countries in the world areall eligible or the Youth in Action Programme.

    The projects are submitted and, i selected, managed by promotersrepresenting the participants:

    a non-prot or non-governmental organisation;a local, regional public body;an inormal group o young people;a body active at European level in the youth eld (ENGO), havingmember branches in at least 8 Programme Countries;an international governmental non-prot organisation;a prot-making organisation organising an event in the area oyouth, sport or culture legally established in one o the Programme

    or Partner Countries.

    Participants and promoters rom Programme Countries can participate inall Actions o the Youth in Action Programme. Participants and promotersrom Neighbouring Partner Countries can participate in Action 2 andsub-Action 3.1 o the Programme. Participants and promoters rom OtherPartner Countries o the World can participate in Action 2 and sub-Action 3.2 o the Youth in Action Programme. Each project should alsoraise awareness about the opportunities oered by the Youth in ActionProgramme beore and during the implementation o their activities.

    This programme is there to promote young peoples active citizenshipin general and their European citizenship in particular; to developsolidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particularin order to oster social cohesion in the European Union; to ostermutual understanding between young people in dierent countries;

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    to contribute to developing the quality o support systems or youthactivities and the capabilities o civil society organisations in the youtheld; and to promote European cooperation in the youth eld.

    Action 1 - Youth or Europe (1.1 - Youth Exchanges; 1.2 - Youth Initiatives;1.3 - Youth Democracy Projects).

    Action 2 - European Voluntary Service.

    Action 3 - Youth in the World (3.1 - Cooperation with the NeighbouringCountries o the European Union; 3.2 - Cooperation with Other Countrieso the World);

    Action 4 - Youth Support Systems (4.1 - Support to bodies active atEuropean level in the youth eld; 4.2 - Support to the European YouthForum; 4.3 - Training and networking o those active in youth work andyouth organisations; 4.4 - Projects encouraging innovation and quality;4.5 - Inormation activities or young people and those active in youthwork and youth organisations; 4.6 - Partnerships; 4.7 - Support or thestructures o the Programme; 4.8 - Adding to the value o the Programme).

    Action 5 - Support or European cooperation in the youth eld(5.1 - Meetings o young people and those responsible or youth policy;5.2 - Support or activities to bring about better knowledge o the youtheld; 5.3 - Co-operation with international organisations).

    Overall budge t or 2007-2013: 885 million euros.

    Website: eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/unding/2009/index_en.php

    Aims

    The European Reugee Fund supports and encourages the eorts madeby the EU Member States in receiving, and in bearing the consequenceso receiving, reugees and displaced persons, taking account oCommunity legislation on those matters.

    The European Fund or the Integrationsupports the eorts made bythe Member States in enabling third-country nationals o dierenteconomic, social, cultural, religious, linguistic and ethnic backgroundsto ull the conditions o residence and to acilitate their integration intoEuropean societies. National, regional and local authorities, universities,NGOs, international organizations in all member states o the EU exceptDenmark are eligible or these grants.

    Funding ProgrammeThe European Reugee Fund: Up to 1.500.000 i the applicant is aNational Authority or the UNHCR and 500.000 or other applicants.Minimum unding is 200.000 or any applicant.

    The European Fund or the Integration: Funding per project will notexceed 500.000 nor be less than 100.000 .

    Website: ec.europa.eu/justice_home/unding/intro/unding_solidarity_en.htm

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    EUROPEAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION (ECF) was ounded in Geneva in1954 by the Swiss philosopher, Denis de Rougemont. At the heart o itswork is the notion that cultural cooperation and artistic activities whichcross boundaries are important actors in the integration o Europe.

    Aims

    ECF aims to support arts across Europe by investing in people andprojects whose work is innovative and border-crossing. This involvesgiving young people the chance to make the most o their creativityand have their work displayed and discussed in mainstream media. Itmeans encouraging open artistic exchange, through special collaborativeprojects and by unding the travel o artists and cultural workers.

    Funding Programme

    Funding possibilities or individuals: Grants or outstanding artisticprojects which show vision in illuminating the issues o diversity inEurope (organisations may also apply) and ECF mobility grants or artists,cultural operators, journalists, translators and researchers travellingwithin the wider Europe (including Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan).

    Funding possibilities or cultural organisations: Artistic projects& Making collaboration work. Gr ants or outstanding artisticprojects which show vision in illuminating the issues o diversity inEurope (individuals may also apply); and also grants which stimulate

    collaboration between cultural organisations. Applications rom Balkancountries are strongly encouraged.

    Website: http://www.eurocult.org/

    Address: European Cultural Foundation (ECF)Jan van Goyenkade 51075 HN AmsterdamThe Netherlands

    Tel: +31 (0)20 573 38 68Fax: +31 (0)20 675 22 31

    EURO-MEDITERRANEAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION contributesto respect or and promotion o the Guidelines o the European Union onHuman Rights Deenders and the United Nations Declaration on HumanRights Deenders, adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 53/144o December 9, 1998.

    Aims

    The EMHRF aims at promoting and enhancing a human rights culture andthe consolidation o a nascent democratic civil society within the South-Mediterranean region by providing a strategic nancial assistance andsupport to local, national and regional human rights non-governmentalorganisations and institutes as well as individuals who promote, support,protect and monitor the observance o human rights in the region.

    Funding Programme

    The EMHRF denes two categories o intervention, an emergency anda standard intervention, in order to eectively support projects orindividuals in the region according to their needs.

    Activities that are supported: The Foundation aims at providingnancial support to regional, national and local human rights NGOsand institutes as well as individuals who promote, support, protect andmonitor the observance o human rights in the South-Mediterraneanregion, in particular:

    Urgent relie o human rights organisations or members o humanrights organisations under pressure or attack: Funds to coverbasic costs and activities o organisations and groups that work incountries where explicit support by oreign donors may endangerthese vis--vis their own authorities.

    Funds to support innovative projects: Funds to build capacity oongoing (oten innovative) activities or the setting up o structuresby individuals or organisations who have not yet gained mainstreamdonor recognition or do not have the capacity to maintain relationswith these. When evaluating an application, the Foundation will takeinto account potential nancial support that could be obtained romother organisations or institutions involved at the national, regionalor international level. In such cases, the Foundation will endeavour toreer the applications to such potential unding partners, especially

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    concerning the ollowing elds: Physical Protection, Fellowships,Urgent Alert Legal and Political Protection and Solidarity Appealsand Interventions to intergovernmental mechanisms o the UnitedNations and regional instances (Europe, the Mediterranean andArica).

    The grant size and period o support grants are subject to a EUR40.000 ceiling and typically range rom EUR 1.000 to EUR 30.000.The period o support may not exceed 12-18 months and will includean evaluation based on criteria established beore providing thegrant to ensure the eective and optimal use o unds rom theFoundation.

    The support mechanism is aimed at deenders who pursue humanrights activities in the ollowing countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Palestine.

    Special attention is devoted to the countries o the region where theneeds are especially critical because o the regional context (Syria,Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt).

    Projects with positive spill-over eects outside the region (or example inEurope and the Persian Gul) may eventually receive unding i it is shownthat they can have a positive impact on the situation o human rightsdeenders in the region.

    Website: www.emhr.org

    Address: EMHRNVestergade 16, 2nd foorDK-1456 Copenhagen K Denmark

    Tel: +45 32 64 17 12Fax: +45 32 64 17 02

    EUROMED AUDIOVISUAL II is geared towards proessionals, institutionsand national organisations in the audiovisual eld rom the ollowingcountries and territories: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco,Syria, the Palestinian Authority, Tunisia and Turkey, in order to createsustainable networks between the proessionals o the two shores o theMediterranean.

    Aims

    The Programmes objectives are:

    To provide training and proessional development or lm andaudiovisual proessionals rom the MEDA countries and territories;To enhance and up skill those involved in lm development,promotion, distribution and exhibition in the MEDA region;To promote the visibility and exhibition, and maximize audiences orMediterranean lms in the MEDA region and the EU, and Europeanlms in the MEDA countries and territories;To reinorce the capacity o the South-Mediterranean regions publicauthorities to improve the organisation o the audiovisual sector andadopt measures to deal with new developments and new threatssuch as piracy.

    Funding Programme

    The programme ocuses on technical and legal assistance to South-

    Mediterranean authorities on audiovisual policy enhancement andadoption o measures to accompany the development o the sector andcombat threats to the sector including piracy, according to their needsand requests monitoring to ensure coherent implementation o the 12projects unded by the programme. Support or the establishment o aRefection Group on the uture o Mediterranean audiovisual cultureand on audiovisual policies in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

    Website: www.euromedaudiovisual.net

    Address: Euromed Audiovisual II Technical AssistanceIMED 84, Avenue Besme1190 Brussels

    Tel: + 32 2 539 35 55Fax: + 32 2 539 40 44

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    Aim

    Fulbright aims to cultivate mutual understanding by nourishing mutualeducational exchange. And doing it one Fulbrighter at a time, so that

    every Fulbrighter is better prepared to pursue what Senator Fulbrightcalled the essence o intercultural education: empathy, the ability to seethe world as others see it, and to allow or the possibility that others maysee something we have ailed to see.

    For details on programmes oered by the commission please visit: http://www.ulbright-egypt.org/programmes/view_programmestemplate.asp?T=4&C=5#prog77

    Website:http://www.ulbright-egypt.org/

    Address:21 Amer St.,Messaha,Dokki , 12311,Giza,Egypt

    Tel: + (202) 33359717 / 33357978

    Fax: + (202) 27957893

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    1818 FUND supports many community initiatives in health, welare, arts,culture, nature, environment and education.

    Funding Programme

    Fund in 1818 is a capital und that provides donations to oundationsand corporations or the public non-prot community projects. The Fundaims to contribute to a sustainable and viable society.

    Website: www.onds1818.nl/content/onds-1818-tot-nut-van-het-algemeen

    Address: PO Box 8952501 CWDen Haag

    Tel: 070 - 364 11 41Fax: 070-364 18 91Email: [email protected]

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    Fulbright aims to cultivate mutual understanding by nourishing mutualeducational exchange. And doing it one Fulbrighter at a time, so thatevery Fulbrighter is better prepared to pursue what Senator Fulbrightcalled the essence o intercultural education: empathy, the ability to see

    the world as others see it, and to allow or the possibility that others maysee something we have ailed to see.

    For details on programmes oered by the commission please visit:http://www.ulbright-egypt.org/programmes/view_programmestemplate.asp?T=4&C=5#prog77

    Website: http://www.ulbright-egypt.org/

    Address: 21 Amer St.,Messaha,Dokki, 12311,Giza, Egypt

    Tel: + (202) 33359717 / 33357978Fax: + (202) 27957893

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    FACILITYS SMALLGRANTS PROGRAMME

    Aims

    This programme aims to support activities o non-governmental andcommunity-based organisations in developing countries towardsclimate change abatement, conservation o biodiversity, protectiono international waters, reduction o the impact o persistent organicpollutants and prevention o land degradation while generatingsustainable livelihoods. NGOs, CBOs or a grassroots organization in LatinAmerica and Caribbean, Asia and the Pacic, Arica, Arab states, Europe

    and CIS with a proposed site or intervention corresponding to one o theGEF operational programmes.

    The principle objectives are to develop community-level strategiesand implement technologies that could reduce threats to the globalenvironment i they are replicated over time; to gather lessons romcommunity-level experience and initiate the sharing o successulcommunity-level strategies and innovations among CBOs and NGOs,host governments, development aid agencies, GEF and others workingon a regional or global scale; to build partnerships and networkso stakeholders to support and strengthen community, NGO andnational capacities to address global environmental problems andpromote sustainable development; to ensure that conservation andsustainable development strategies and projects that protect the globalenvironment are understood and practised by communities and otherkey stakeholders.

    Funding Programme

    Programme is administered by participating World Bank Country Oces.Priority is given to the organisations not supported by the Programme inprevious years.

    Maximum grant amount is US$50,000 and the average grant amount isaround US$20,000.

    Website: sgp.undp.org/

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    GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN

    GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN is a nonprot grant making oundation thatadvances womens human rights worldwide.

    Aims

    It aims to ensure womens ull equality and participation in society as oneo the most eective ways to build a just, peaceul and sustainable world.It values local expertise and believes that women themselves know besthow to determine their needs and propose solutions or lasting change.

    Funding Programme

    The Global Fund or Women supports womens groups that advance thehuman rights o women and girls. The organisation strengthens womensright groups based outside the United States by providing small, fexible,and timely grants ranging rom $500 to $20,000 or operating andprogramme expenses.

    Website: www.globalundorwomen.org/cms/#

    Address: Global Fund or Women222 Sutter Street, Suite 500San Francisco, CA 94108, USA

    Tel: 4152484800Fax: 4152484801

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    Funding Programme

    Belief and SocietyActivities in search o innovation through refection on sources o theChristian tradition and the message it tells. Activities which refect anopen attitude and deals cautiously and respectully with people odierent belies, paying attention to the inter-religious dialogue and thechallenges o a multicultural society. The applications should be aimed atthe uture, at openness, dialogue, communication and reconciliation.

    Peace & Human RightsActivities aimed at peace and a better understanding between thepeoples and which are also aimed at observance o the UniversalDeclaration o Human Rights. Projects that raise the matter or and actagainst violation o human rights and projects in the eld o educationand awareness.

    EnvironmentActivities aimed at conservation o the creation, at a cleaner environment,at nature conservancy and at sensible control o energy and naturalresources. Projects, both in and outside the Netherlands, aimed at a shitin attitude and which draw the attention to a livable planet or uturegenerations.

    Development CooperationSmall-scale projects or people rom the Third World and East Europewho cannot attend to their primary needs and or whom it is dicult toget support rom bigger organisations. Priority is given to projects aimedat the conservation o ones own culture and resources, clean drinkingwater and the improvement o the position o women. Easy access to acontact person in the Netherlands is required.

    Website: http://www.haella.nl/page.php?id=25Address: Halla Stichting

    Van Nassaustraat 1022596 BW Den Haag

    Tel: 31 (0)70 324 99 29Fax: 31 (0)70 328 22 10

    HALLA FOUNDATION

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    HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIMFOUNDATION

    The HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION (HFG) welcomesproposals rom any o the natural and social sciences and the humanitiesthat promise to increase understanding o the causes, maniestations,and control o violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority isgiven to research that can increase understanding and amelioration ourgent problems o violence, aggression, and dominance in the modernworld.

    Aims

    Particular questions that interest HFG concern violence, aggression, anddominance in relation to social change, the socialization o children,intergroup confict, interstate warare, crime, amily relationships, andinvestigations o the control o aggression and violence. Research with nouseul relevance to understanding human problems isl not e supported,nor arel proposals to investigate urgent social problems where theoundation cannot be assured that useul, sound research can be done.Priority is given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequateattention and support rom other unding sources.

    Funding Programme

    HFG awards research grants to individuals or individual projects anddoes not award grants to institutions or institutional programmes. Foradministrative convenience, a grantee may choose or the oundationto pay grant unds to an institution on behal o the grantee, ratherthan to the grantee directly. I the grantee so directs, the grant will

    be administered and accounted or by the institution on behal othe grantee in accordance with the budget prepared by the granteeand included with the application (subject to revisions approved bythe oundation). Applications must clearly speciy whether the undsrequested will be administered through an institution or will be paid tothe grantee directly. HFG ordinarily makes awards in the range o $15,000to $30,000 a year or periods o one or two years. Applications or largeramounts and longer durations must be very strongly justied.

    Website: www.hg.org

    HEINRICH BLLFOUNDATION

    HEINRICH BLL FOUNDATION is part o the Green political movementthat has developed worldwide as a response to the traditional politics osocialism, liberalism, and conservatism.

    Aims

    The main tenets are ecology and sustainability, democracy and humanrights, sel-determination and justice. Particular emphasis is placed ongender democracy, meaning social emancipation and equal rights orwomen and men. The oundation is also committed to equal rightsor cultural and ethnic minorities and to the societal and politicalparticipation o immigrants. Finally, it promotes non-violence andproactive peace policies.

    Funding Programmme

    The Heinrich Bll Foundation supports people and projects aroundthe world who are working or meaningul participation, solidarity andpeaceul change towards equality and justice in social and internationalrelations. In the Middle East, work is centered around our major axiso inquiry and intervention: Statehood and Participation, Power andIdentity, War and Peace and Sustainable Development. Under theseheadlines, and in cooperation with our local and regional partners long-term projects which aim at achieving an impact through interventionover a sustained period o time are supported.

    The Middle East Oce o the Heinrich Bll Foundation supports anumber o projects related to the main programme areas Statehood andParticipation, Power and Identity, War and Peace, Sustainable Developmentthat aim to achieve an impact through intervention over a sustainedperiod o time. Such projects may include lobbying campaigns, researchprogrammes, nancial support or periodicals, training cycles and thebuild-up and maintenance o social, cultural and civil society net works.Typically, such long-term projects will be implemented by a partner withan established institutional structure and a track record in the eld.

    Website: http://www.boell-meo.org/

    Address: 266, rue Gouraud,Gemmayz eh, Beirut P.O.Box 175 510

    Tel: +961-1-562926Fax: +961-1-562978

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    IThe HOLLINGS CENTRE promotes dialogue between the United Statesand Turkey, the nations o the Middle East, North Arica, and SouthwestAsia, and other countries with predominantly Muslim populations.

    Aims

    Its aims are to open channels o communication, deepen cross-culturalunderstanding, expand people-to-people contacts, and generate newthinking on important international issues.

    Funding Programme

    The Centre convenes conerences, typically in Istanbul, involving opinionleaders and experts in a variety o elds, and provides small grants andellowships to selected programme participants or collaborative projectsthat build on conerence recommendations. Thel grants and ellowshipshave supported travel to international conerences, exchange visits andjoint projects.

    Website: http://www.hollingscenter.orgAddress: The Hollings Center

    1331 H Street, NW, Suite 701Washington, DC 20005

    Tel: +1 202.833.5090 +1 202.833.5091Fax: +1 202 728 0657

    HOLLINGS CENTRE

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    International Youth Foundation envisions a world where all youngpeople achieve their ull potential and shape the uture with power andcondence.

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    IYF is passionate about making a dierence in the lives o young people.IYFs work is based on the notion that throughout the world successulprogrammes exist that are eectively meeting young peoples needs.In conjunction with Partners in countries around the world, it works toidentiy these programmes, strengthen their impact, and expand theirreach.

    Funding Programme

    IYF provides grants to its global network o partner organisations only. Itdoes not accept unsolicited proposals.

    IYF believes that support is best oered by those closest to local realities.For this reason, its grant making is directed at its global networko partner oundations/organisations who identiy promising andeective programmes and make grants to expand or adapt individualprogrammes. Each partner also works to strengthen the NGO sectorwithin their countries. Currently, IYF has active partnerships andprogrammes in over 70 countries and territories.

    Website: www.iynet.org

    Address: International Youth Foundation32 South Street, Suite 500Baltimore MD 21202 USA

    Tel: +1 410 951 1500Fax: +1 410 347 1188

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    MENTOR FOUNDATION

    The MENTOR FOUNDATION is a non-prot, non-governmentorganization with a mission to prevent drug abuse and promote thehealth and well-being o children and young people.

    AimThe ocus o Mentors work is to undertake, develop, implement,evaluate and disseminate best or promising practice in drug preventioninternationally. Mentor seeks to help those working with young peopleto nd the best possible ways to implement the most eective drugprevention initiatives. In other words it creates and undertakes youthoriented drug prevention programmes that are scientically sound to beimplemented on a national or international basis. Mentors project workcan be grouped into ve key areas:

    Inormation and Policy DevelopmentSchoolsFamiliesVulnerable GroupsMentoring

    Website: index.php

    Address: 5 Forest Road,Loughborough, LE11 3NWUnited Kingdom

    Tel: +44 1509 221622

    Fax: +44 1509 808111

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    THE MINOR FOUNDATIONFOR MAJOR CHALLENGES

    THE MINOR FOUNDATION FOR MAJOR CHALLENGES is a non-protoundation that supports inormation and public-opinion-orming aimedat limiting human induced climate change.

    The oundation gives support to inormation projects that aim to limithuman created climate changes. Any project whose objective is toinfuence public opinion and change attitudes to these problems iseligible or support.

    The oundation seeks innovative, experimental, untested measures andwill give priority to the media and tools that have the greatest impact atany time. Choosing between several small and ewer larger projects, thepreerence will be given to the larger projects.

    Website: www.minor-oundation.no

    MOSAIC FOUNDATIONMosaic Foundation

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    The MOSAIC FOUNDATION is an American charitable and educationalorganization dedicated to improving the lives o women and children,and to increasing awareness and understanding about the peoples o theArab World in the United States.

    Aims

    The oundation is dedicated to improve the lives o women and children

    through its support o local and transnational organisations andcharities by providing grants that build civil society and strengthen thesocial inrastructure o the recipient countries. The Mosaic Foundationpromotes awareness, understanding, and appreciation between thepeoples o the Arab World and the United States through its charitable,humanitarian, and cultural involvement in both regions.

    Funding Programme

    The Mosaic Foundation grants programme oers grants under threecategories:

    Major Benefciary: Each year, the Mosaic Foundation chooses anoutstanding educational or charitable institution or a compellingcause to be the recipient o its annual campaign.

    World Emergency Fund: The aim o this grant category is toalleviate suering, poverty, and oppression by assisting victims o

    major world disasters.

    Trustees Grants: Provides nancial support to encourage projectsthat demonstrate strong ties with the Mosaic Foundations missionto improve the lives o women and children and/or provide a deeperunderstanding between the people o Arab World and the UnitedStates.

    Website: www.mosaicound.org/home/home.php

    Address: Mosaic Foundation 730 11th St.NW Suite 302Washington, DC 20001

    Tel:. 202.388.0000Fax:. 202.388.0061

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    The aim is to strengthen democratic institutions around the worldthrough nongovernmental eorts. The Endowment is guided by thebelie that reedom is a universal human aspiration that can be realizedthrough the development o democratic institutions, procedures, andvalues.

    Website: www.ned.org/grants/discretionaryGrants.html

    Address: National Endowment or Democracy1025 F Street NW, Suite 800Washington DC, 20004 USA

    Tel: (202) 378-9700

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    OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE

    OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE works to build vibrant and tolerantdemocracies where governments are accountable to their citizens.

    Aims

    OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure greater airness in political,legal, and economic systems and saeguard undamental rights. Itimplements a range o initiatives to advance justice, education, publichealth, and independent media. At the same time, OSI builds alliancesacross borders and continents on issues such as corruption and reedomo inormation. OSI places a high priority on protecting and improving thelives o people in marginalized communities.

    Funding Programme

    For the application or grants, a wizard is available on the website(http://www.soros.org/grants) which will lead the applicant through theapplication process.

    The OSI Middle East & North Arica Initiative welcomes unsolicited grantproposal throughout the calendar year. Grant proposals should all withinthe ollowing ocus areas:

    Rights and Governance: supports local civil society groupsthat promote international human rights standards, the rule olaw, and government accountability, including budget work. It

    looks to support groups that conduct human rights monitoringand advocacy; legal reorm work, and human rights education.Grantmaking emphasizes projects that promote the rights o womenand migrant workers.

    Media and Inormation: supports innovative projects thatpromote ree media and the open exchange o inormation. Itlooks to strengthen content and build capacity or independentprint, broadcast, and online media and actively supports groups orinitiatives that promote the right to ree expression. Media projectsthat seek to oster the rights o women and migrant workers andthat attempt to engage youth in media production and inormationexchange are particularly welcome.

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    Youth and Knowledge: supports initiatives that engage youth inbuilding an open society. Programmes that promote early education,youth development, and youth engagement in civil society with thebroader aim o helping young people become productive citizens arewelcome.

    Website: www.soros.org

    Address: 400 West 59th Street

    New York, NY 10019, USATel: 1-212-548-0600

    OXFAM NOVIB

    OXFAM NOVIB is convinced o the power o people to solve their ownproblems themselves..

    Aims

    Oxam Novib supports counterparts in a variety o ways:

    Financially: Oxam Novib provides nancial support to counterpartsor the realisation o projects. These are usually projects with a termo between 1 and 3 years. Each project is evaluated ater it has beencompleted.

    Advice: counterparts are advised where necessary.

    Linking & Learning: because counterparts oten tackle similar problems,Oxam Novib regularly organises meetings between them. In this way,experiences can be exchanged per country or per region and successulmethods o working shared.

    Website: www.oxamnovib.nlAddress: Oxam Novib

    Postbus 309192500 GX Den HaagThe Netherlands

    Tel: +31 70 3421777Fax: +31 70 3614461

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    PRINCE CLAUS FUNDPrince Claus Fund for

    Culture and Development

    The PRINCE CLAUS FUND is a platorm or intercultural exchange.

    AimsThe Prince Clause und aims to reinorce the relations between cultureand development.

    The Prince Claus Fund has developed our themes o Culture andDevelopment:

    Zones o Silence1.Creating Spaces o Freedom2.Beauty in Context3.Living Together4.

    For urther inormation re unding visit:http://www.princeclausund.org/en/what_we_do/apply/index.shtml

    Website: www.princeclausund.org/en/index.html

    Address: Herengracht1017 CE AmsterdamThe Netherlands

    Tel: 31 020 344 9160Fax: 31020 344 9166

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    ROBERTO CIMETTA FUND

    ROBERTO CIMETTA FUND is an international association promotingartistic exchange and the mobility o proessionals in the eld ocontemporary perorming arts and visual arts within the Mediterraneanarea.

    Aims

    Arts mobility, travel, meeting with other proessionals are all aspectso artistic vitality. In a region where artists are oten conronted witheconomically dicult situations, the Roberto Cimetta Fund supportsand encourages travel which allows culture proessionals to nd theopportunities, partners and means to realise personal or collectiveprojects; thus acilitating networking, exchanges o experience andcultural and artistic cooperation.

    Funding Programme

    In collaboration with the European Cultural Foundation, the RobertoCimetta Fund has set up a programme or awarding individual travelgrants. These cover travel and visa costs or trips such as attendingproessional cultural network meetings, workshops, artists residences,estival, symposiums etc. The programme is intended to operate simply,fexibly and quickly. Selections are organised regularly (every 5 to 6weeks).

    Website: www.cimettaund.org

    Address: Funds Roberto Cimettac/o ONDA - Oce National de Diusion Artistique13 bis rue Henri Monnier75009Paris, France

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    SAMUEL H. KRESS

    SAMUEL H. KRESS Foundation devotes its resources to advancing thehistory, conservation, and enjoyment o the vast heritage o European art,architecture, and archaeology rom antiquity to the 19th century.

    Aims

    Its aim is to sponsor art programmes that ocus upon: the display andconservation o works o European art and architecture in museumsand in the eld, concentrating upon original context; the advancemento European art history and conservation through academic resources,publications, and conerences; and the development o the proessionalexpertise o art historians and conservators through Kress Fellowships.

    Funding Programme

    History o ArtThis programme area supports scholarly projects that will enhancethe appreciation and understanding o European art and architecture.Application guidelines at: http://www.kressoundation.org/uploadedFiles/grants/Grants_History_Art.pd

    ConservationThe Conservation programme supports the proessional practice o artconservation. Application guidelines at: http://www.kressoundation.org/uploadedFiles/grants/Grants_Conservation.pd

    Digital ResourcesThis programme supports the creation o important online resourcesin art history, including both textual and visual resources. Key interestsinclude digitization o core art history photographic archives and primarytextual sources. The programme urther supports eorts to integratenew technologies into the practice o art history, including classroomapplications and online publishing. Application guidelines at: http://www.kressoundation.org/uploadedFiles/grants/Grants_Digital_Resources.pd

    Responsive GrantsThis programme supports projects that advance the mission othe Foundation but all outside our three main programmematicareas. Application guidelines at: http://www.kressoundation.org/uploadedFiles/grants/Grants_Responsive.pd

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    Website: www.kressoundation.org/

    Address: Samuel H. Kress Foundation174 East 80th StreetNew York, NY 10075

    Tel: 212.861.4993Fax: 212.628.3146Email: [email protected]

    SAMUEL RUBIN

    SAMUEL RUBIN is a oundation dedicated to pursuit peace and justice.

    Aims

    The Foundations general purpose is to carry on the vision o its ounder,Samuel Rubin, whose lie was dedicated to pursuit peace, justice andsearch or an equitable reallocation o the worlds resources. TheFoundation believes that these objectives can be achieved only throughthe ullest implementation o social, economic, political, civil and culturalrights or the entire worlds people.

    Funding Programme

    A brie proposal o no more than 5 pages, together with a budget and theIRS tax-exempt determination letter, may be sent to Grants Administrator,at any time. No application orm is provided. (mailto:[email protected])There are no geographic limitations, and applications are accepted orgeneral operating expenses as well as or specic projects within anorganization. No grants are made to individuals or or building unds,endowments, or scholarships. The majority o the Foundations grants arein the $5-10,000 range.

    Applications orwarded by ax or e-mail will not be given consideration,nor will telephone solicitations.

    The Board o Directors normally meets three times a year. Application

    deadlines are the rst Friday in January, September, and May.

    The Foundation is small and is unable to acknowledge receipt o eachproposal received. Applicants are notied o the Foundations decisionwithin a week o its meetings, which are generally held at the end oFebruary, June and October o each year.

    Website: www.samuelrubinoundation.org/index.html

    Address: Samuel Rubin Foundation777 United Nations PlazaNew York 10017-3521, USA

    Tel: 212 697-894Fax: 212 682-0886

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    THE SCAIFE FOUNDATIONS

    THE SCAIFE FOUNDATIONS (Carthage Foundation and Sarah ScaieFoundation)

    Aims

    The oundation aims to address public policy questions concerned withnational and international issues.

    Funding Programme

    The Foundation does not make grants to individuals or any purpose or tonationally-organized undraising groups. Proposals or the ollowing areusually declined: event sponsorships, endowments, capital campaigns,renovations, or government agencies.

    Initial inquiries to the Foundation should be in letter orm signedby the organizations President, or authorized representative, andhave the approval o the organizations Board o Directors. The lettershould include a concise description o the specic program orwhich unds are requested, and a program budget and timetable.Accompanying inormation should include a copy o the latest auditednancial statements and annual report; current budget; list o ocersand directors and their major aliations; and a copy o the currentdetermination letter rom the Internal Revenue Service evidencingtax-exempt status under Sections 501 (c)(3) o the IRS Code. Additionalinormation may be requested, i needed, or urther evaluation.

    The Foundation meets in February, May, September, and November toconsider grants. However, requests may be submitted at any time and willbe acted upon as expeditiously as possible.

    Website: www.scaie.com/carthage.htmlwww.scaie.com/sarah.html

    SIDA

    SIDA is a government agency o the country o Sweden which channelsits resources through NGOs, multilateral cooperation, and the EU, amongothers.

    AimsIts aims are to promote the idea o international developmentcooperation to replace the one-sided giving indicated by the term

    assistance. Supporting over 2,000 projects in over 100 countries (over20 o them are specially designated as target countries), Sida seeks tocreate partnerships with companies, popular movements, organisations,universities, and government agencies or its development projects.Sidas geographic ocus is on countries in Arica, Asia, Latin America, andCentral and Eastern Europe.

    Funding Programme

    Sida seeks to contribute to projects that the partner countries haveidentied as important. It provides unding, skills, and other resources toaccomplish this goal. The primary opportunities or cooperation with Sidaare the ollowing:

    NGOs1. : Most o Sidas unding is channeled through Swedish NGOs.Sida is currently working in cooperation with over 300 o them.

    Multilateral Cooperation2. : Approximately 1/3 o Swedishdevelopment unds is given to international organisations includingthe UN, the World Bank, and several regional development banks.These unds are available either through partnerships with thecountries themselves or through the international body. Some undsare also donated to the EU.

    Grant and Credit Aid3. : This type o unding goes directly to partnersin the developing country requesting the unds.

    Contract-Financed Development Cooperation4. : Sida arranges orthe creation o a partnership between a Swedish organization withtechnical skills and a developing country at that countrys request.Sida nances and oversees the project.

    International Training Programmes5. : Swedish companies,universities, and government agencies arrange training programmeswith partner countries or the exchange o knowledge, experience

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    and skills. These take place in Sweden and are evaluated three yearsater their conclusion.

    Research Cooperation6. : Swedish researchers are given Sida grantsor work in development through one o the ollowing programmes:programmes or bilateral research cooperation with developingcountries (1/3 o unds), regional programmes (1/3 o unds),international research programmes including those o the WHOand CGIAR are unded (1/4 o unds), research work on developing

    countries conducted in Sweden (1/10 o unds).

    Consultant Trust Fund Programme7. : 10 consultant unds withregional or global operations are unding through internationaldevelopment banks and organisations.

    Website: www.sida.org

    Address: Sida105 25 StockholmSweden

    Tel: (+46) 8 698 50 00Fax: (+46) 8 20 88 64

    THE SIGRID RAUSING TRUST

    The SIGRID RAUSING TRUST was ounded to promote internationalhuman rights.

    Funding Programme

    The grant programmes are Civil and Political Rights, Womens Rights,Minority Rights, and Social and Environmental Justice. Each programmehas a number o sub programmes

    Main Grants vary in size between 15,000 and 850,000. Small Grantsare grants o up to 15,000. They are awarded throughout the year andare intended or small organisations, who nd it dicult to undraiserom international unding agencies. On exceptional base, advancementGrant can be awarded, only to existing grantees, designed to support amajor inrastructure step change or an organisation. Under exceptionalcircumstances, the trust can also provide. Emergency Funds, as aresponse to a sudden human rights crisis or in order to protect humanrights deenders.

    Website: www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org

    Address: Sigrid Rausing Trust,Eardley House,4 Uxbridge Street,London W8 7SY, UK

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    TEMPUS IV

    TEMPUS supports the modernisation o higher education and creates anarea o co-operation in countries surrounding the EU. Established in 1990ater the all o the Berlin Wall, the scheme now covers 27 countries in theWestern Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, North Arica and theMiddle East.

    Funding Programme

    Tempus nances two types o actions:

    Joint Projects are based on multilateral partnerships between highereducation institutions in the EU and the partner countries. They candevelop, modernise and disseminate new curricula, teaching methodsor materials, boost a quality assurance culture, and modernise themanagement and governance o higher education institutions.

    Structural Measures contribute to the development and reorm o highereducation institutions and systems in partner countries, to enhancetheir quality and relevance, and increase their convergence with EUdevelopments.

    Partnerships are made up o consortia o organisations includinghigher education institutions, businesses, ministries, NGOs, and otherorganisations working in higher education; both rom the EU and partnercountries.

    The latest phase o the programme, Tempus IV, started in 2008. The

    annual Tempus budget amounts to around 50 million, and individualprojects receive unding between 0.5 and 1.5 million. All conditionsand criteria to apply or Tempus unds are laid out in the text o the callor proposals which is available in English, German and French.

    The ongoing call or proposals is available on this

    Website: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus/unding/higher_education_institutions_en.php

    Address: Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive AgencyTempus ProgrammeAvenue du Bourget 1 (BOUR 02/017) B 1140Brussels Belgium

    Fax: +32-2-299.45.30E-mail: [email protected]

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    UNESCO

    UNESCO unctions as a laboratory o ideas and a standard-setter toorge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. The Organizationalso serves as a clearinghouse or the dissemination and sharing oinormation and knowledge while helping countries to build theirhuman and institutional capacities in diverse elds. #

    Aims

    UNESCO aims to create the conditions or genuine dialogue based uponrespect or shared values and the dignity o each civilization and culture.This role is critical, particularly in the ace o terrorism, which constitutesan attack against humanity. The world urgently requires global visionso sustainable development based upon observance o human rights,mutual respect and the alleviation o poverty, all o which lie at the hearto UNESCOs mission and activities.

    Funding Programme

    UNESCO/Bilbao Prize or the Promotion o a Culture o Human Rights: Thepurpose o the prize is to reward the eorts o institutions, organisationsand individuals that have made a particularly important and eectivecontribution to the promotion o a culture o human rights at regionaland international levels.

    UNESCO Prize or Peace Education:Promotion o all orms o actiondesigned to construct the deences o peace in the minds o men and toalert public opinion and mobilize the conscience o mankind in the causeo peace.

    UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize or the Promotion o Tolerance and Non-Violence:The purpose o the reward is to award outstanding activitiesin the scientic, artistic, cultural or communication eld aimed at thepromotion o a spirit o tolerance and non-violence, in conormity withthe Charter o the United Nations and the Constitution o UNESCO.The amount or such prizes varies romUSD 20.000 to 60.000, dependingon the prize.

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    For urther details on unding visit: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2014&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

    Website: portal.unesco.org/en

    Address: 7, place de Fontenoy 75352Paris 07 SPFrance

    Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00

    Fax: +33 (0)1 45 67 16 90

    UNICEF

    UNICEF is the driving orce that helps build a world where the rights oevery child are realized. It has the global authority to infuence decision-makers, and the variety o partners at grassroots level to turn the mostinnovative ideas into reality.

    Aims

    UNICEF aims to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty,

    violence, disease and discrimination place in a childs path.

    Funding Programme

    UNICEF is providing support or the presentation o the Alexander BodiniCharitable Foundation childrens awards, which will honour three child-led organisations that have successully and meaningully contributed tocreating a world t or children.

    For urther inormation visit: http://www.unice.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_4284.html

    Website: http://www.unice.org/

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    THE UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND (UNDEF)

    Aims

    The und aims to support civil society projects around the worldthat strengthen the voice o civil society, promote human rights, andencourage the participation o all groups in democratic processes.

    Funding Programme

    Applications rom all countries will be considered, strong preerence willbe given to applicants rom countries and regions where the challengeso democracy are more critical (countries emerging rom confict, newand restored democracies, the Least Developed Countries (as per theocial classication o the UN-OHRLLS), Low Income Countries (LowIncome Economies as per the World Banks ocial classication)and Middle Income Countries (Lower and Upper Middle-incomeEconomies).

    The priority will be given to projects working in the area o:

    Democratic dialogue and support or constitutional processes;Civil society empowerment, including the empowerment o women;Civic education and voter registration;

    Citizens access to inormation;

    Participation rights and the rule o law in support o civil society;Transparency and integrity.

    UNDEF unds projects starting at 50,000 USD and up to 500,000 USD.

    Website: www.un.org/democracyund/XApprovedProjects.htm

    USAID is an independent ederal government agency that receivesoverall oreign policy guidance rom the U.S. Secretary o State.

    Aims

    USAID aims to supports long-term and equitable economic growth andadvances U.S. oreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth,agriculture and trade; gl obal health; and, democracy, confict prevention

    and humanitarian assistance. It provides assistance in ve regions o theworld, Sub-Saharan Arica, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe,Eurasia and the Middle East.

    Funding Programme

    USAID awards approximately $4 billion dollars each scal year in ederalcontracts and grants. Contracts are awarded primarily or technicalassistance but also or commodities and/or equipment, transportationservices and occasionally, construction. Grants are awarded or a varietyo programmes - some recurring (e.g., Food or Peace grants and othergrant programmes exclusively or Private Voluntary Organisations) - andsome or unique non-recurring programmes. All contracts and grantsissued ultimately support objectives o that part o the U.S. oreignassistance programme managed by USAID.

    Website: http://www.usaid.gov/

    Address: Inormation CenterU.S. Agency or International DevelopmentRonald Reagan BuildingWashington D.C. 20523-1000, USA

    Tel: 202-712-0000 or 202-712-4810Fax: 202-216-3524

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    THE VIRTUAL FOUNDATION

    THE VIRTUAL FOUNDATION supports grassroots initiatives around theworld.

    Aims

    It aims to encourage private philanthropy among citizens rom all walkso lie, and to support local projects initiated by non-governmentalorganisations (NGOs) in their own communities. The purpose o the

    Foundation is to promote international philanthropy ocused upon smallscale projects.

    Funding Programme

    Projects submitted should be in one o the ollowing areas:

    EnvironmentHuman HealthCommunity Building and Sustainable Economic ActivityIncreasing the Capacity o Grassroots Organisations.

    Amount: Between USD 500 1500; proposals in the USD 2000-5000 rangemust be unusually strong, extremely well written, and documented withhighly appealing visuals.

    Website: http://www.virtualoundation.org/whatis/

    Address: The Virtual FoundationPO Box 268,Middlebury Vermont 05753, USA

    Tel: 1-802-623-807

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    THE WORLD BANKCIVIL SOCIETY FUND

    THE WORLD BANK CIVIL SOCIETY FUND is one o the ew globalprogrammes o the World Bank that directly unds Civil SocietyOrganisations.

    Aims

    The programme supports the organisations in their activities to enhancepartnerships and promote dialogue and dissemination o inormation

    on development, ocusing on civic engagement or the empowermento marginalized and vulnerable groups. By involving citizens who areoten excluded rom the public arena and by increasing their capacityto infuence policy and programme decisions, the bank helps a broadersector o society take ownership o development initiatives.

    Funding Programme

    The Civil Society Fund (ormerly known as the Small Grants Programme)is managed out o approximately 70 countries with upwards o 400grants being awarded annually. A grant - averaging $4,000 - providesseed unding or innovative activities that enable citizens groups toinitiate activities that enhance and infuence development outcomes.The programme also emphasizes activities that strengthen partnershipswith the public and the private sectors, as well as with other civil societyorganisations.

    The Small Grants Programme is administered by participating World

    Bank Country Oces. Not all Country Oces participate in the SmallGrants Programme. Guidelines and application orms are availablerom the participating World Bank Country Oce in January. The SmallGrants Programme makes decisions only once a year by June. Applicantorganisations should apply at least our to six months in advance o thedate o the grant activity. Applicants are advised to read the criteria andthe application orm careully beore submitting an application to theparticipating Country Oce.

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    For application procedures and guidelines please visit: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/EXTSMALLGRANTS