Although the areas or fields of their contributions have not been specified, CNN offers the following information for nominators to help them make the nominations:

* “Think about what makes your hero special. Ask yourself: What makes my nominee unique? What specific accomplishment has he or she achieved that is truly remarkable? What impact has their work had on others? We encourage you to watch videos of previous CNN Heroes to familiarize yourself with the achievements of the inspiring individuals we honor as “everyday people changing the world.”
* Take a look at our nomination form. We suggest you review the information requested about yourself, your nominee and their work before filling out your submission.
* Tell us about your hero! Take your time and write from the heart. Remember: What you share — in your own words — is the most important factor in advancing a nomination for further consideration. You can enter your answers to the essay questions directly on the form, or write them first in a word-processing document and “cut-and-paste” them into each answer field. Please note that the information you provide will be used in accordance with our privacy policy.”

This competition is open to only individuals (13 or more than 13 years of age) and their accomplishments should have occurred on or after 26 November 2009. There is also a “Young Wonder” category in this award where nominees who are 25 years old or less than that. Organizations or groups are not eligible. Also, individuals from voided countries cannot be nominated or can be awarded here. The list of voided countries and others is given at the below link.

Self-nominations are not accepted. To submit nominations, the online form at the CNN website has to be filled and submitted. The selection process will include judges who will narrow the submissions in the first round. Following this, there will be an independent panel of Blue Ribbon judges to select 10 potential finalists and in the final round there will be an online viewer vote which will finally decide “the Winner.”

The deadline to submit nominations is 1 August 2010. For more information, visit this link.

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The current call for applications is focused upon: “faculty and students’ managing, making the most of and regulating their time in online educational environments, especially, via mobile devices; immersive environments and emerging technologies, tools and platforms in the framework of open social learning; and leading and organizing e-learning, paying special attention to sustainable and effective integration of ICTs in higher education.”

To apply for the positions, researchers should have distinguished record of research and innovation in at least one of the proposed areas. They should have a position at a university or research center and should be fluent in English and/or Spanish.

Grant support includes providing compensation equivalent to two-thirds of the current gross salary received by the applicant. There will also be support for covering one round trip from the applicant’s current location to Barcelona by economy travel. To apply for this opportunity, applicants should submit a complete CV, three letters of recommendation from experts in the proposed areas and a brief research project (5 pages maximum) describing their intended activity in Barcelona.

The deadline to apply is 15 May 2010. For more information, visit this link.

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“Overview of the window

The window operates through a two stage process:

1. Implementing agencies are invited to submit interventions to be evaluated. A panel of policy experts will select up to six of these proposals to be evaluated with 3ie grant finance. The review criteria are listed in Annex 1.

2. A separate international competitive bidding process is run for each of the selected proposals. Bids are reviewed by a technical team of reviewers, including a representative from the implementing agency. The review criteria are listed in Annex 1.

Final approval of awards is made by the Board of 3ie, which will meet in the second half of October, 2010.

Review process and timeline

Applications must be submitted on the appropriate application form before the deadline, along with any supporting materials. Applications should be submitted to (email hidden: see the source link below/next page). Any submissions not on the correct form, or sent to other 3ie email addresses, may not be considered under this call.

The deadline for submissions is 11.55 pm Delhi time, June 11th 2010. The proposals will be reviewed by a panel of international policy makers. The selected proposals for evaluation will be announced by June 28th 2010.

The international competitive bidding process for the selected proposals will be launched in the first half of July, with a submission deadline of August 25th 2010. Successful awards will be announced in the week beginning 25th October 2010.”

Role of national researchers/evaluators

The study team will include national researchers. These will be selected in one of three ways.

The usual means are either that: (1) the national research team is the lead agency in the bid, or (2) the national research team will be part of a bid in a collaborative partnership with an international research team. National teams may participate in more than one bid for the same contract, which international team members may not.

In exceptional circumstances, the implementing agency may indicate the preferred national team. In such cases, 3ie will determine the most appropriate way of handling the bidding process.

Evaluation process

For each study, a steering committee will be established, comprising a representative from each of the (1) the implementing agency, (2) the parent government agency, if not the implementing agency, (3) the national study team, (4) the international study team, (5) the two independent experts appointed by 3ie to act as peer reviewers, and (6) a 3ie staff member to act as secretary. The steering committee will review all major products produced by the study team.

Conditions

In submitting a proposal, the submitting institution agrees to the following conditions:

1. 3ie reserves the right not to commission an evaluation if there are no proposals of sufficient quality.
2. Report findings will be disseminated locally and published on 3ie’s website. There will be a period of internal consultation prior to publication. A ‘management response’ can be included in the final report if requested.
3. The implementing agency will submit a report to 3ie on how it plans to utilize the recommendations and findings that ensued from the study, within 3 months of the dissemination of the results.
4. Data collected with 3ie financing are required to be placed in the public domain, being available for use by other researchers, 12 months after the completion of data collection.

More information at this link.

“Each year, the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award is awarded to one individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of democracy or human rights in Asia through peaceful means. As the first national democracy assistance foundation in Asia, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy is committed to supporting courageous individuals and groups who build democracy, stand up for justice and defend human rights, especially those in our home region.

The Award consists of a sculpture and a US$100,000 grant from the TFD to support the ongoing work of the laureate, to be presented at an official ceremony in Taipei on December 10th, International Human Rights Day.

Nominations are open to the public, and TFD Chairman Wang Jin-pyng invites you to send nomination for the 2010 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award.

To submit a nomination, please download the official 2010 ADHRA Nomination Form and refer to the enclosed instructions. An explanation of the selection criteria and review process is available here. All nomination materials are due no later than June 30, 2010.”

For more information, visit this link.

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The winner of the challenge will receive a grant of US $20,000 and the second and their finalist will receive a grant of US $10,000. The grants can be used by the winners for their own use and furtherance of their enterprise only. In addition to this, the winners will also have the opportunity to attend the ceremony to receive the grants. This ceremony will be held in the Netherlands and it will be filmed and telecast on the BBC World News channel.

Nomination rules specify that the innovative projects nominated should demonstrate the innovative use of technology or an invention; the projects should increase investment into the local community; and should take a responsibility approach towards their environment. All projects nominated should fall under any of these categories: community welfare and enterprise; health & education; sustainable farming; energy; water; and environment.

To make the nominations, the nomination form at the World Challenge website has to be completed along with the project description of no more than 250 words and the contact details of the nominated project. Only one entry can be submitted. The deadline to submit nominations is 13 June 2010. For more information, visit this link.

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Although projects from all geographical regions are invited, 80% preference will be given to proposals from least developed countries, low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries.

A total amount of US $500,000 has been allocated under this call for proposals and each project may propose funding support between $30,000 and $50,000.

UN.GIFT aims to The following activities have been identified as priority lines for the current Call for Proposals:

* The empowerment of vulnerable groups and communities
* Direct victim support
* Cooperation between NGOs from countries of origin and destination
* Collection of evidence-based knowledge

There is online grant application form and a full project proposal to be completed under the application process. UN.GIFT will accept only the first 300 applications received on or before 5 April 2010. For more information, visit this link or download the application at here.

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There are focal areas under which the funding will be given: (1) climate friendly economy (2) adaptation to climate change (3) preservation and sustainable use of natural carbon sinks / REDD. Technology transfer, policy advice, research cooperation, capacity development and training and elaboration of studies and strategies will be some of the activities to be covered under the project.

NGOs, international/multilateral agencies, government organizations, research institutes, universities and private institutes from all around the world are invited to submit proposals. They should have previous experience and expertise in the field. The selection criteria for selecting projects for funding are:

•    relevance for one or several of the focal areas of the International Climate Initiative
•    innovative character (technologically, economically, methodologically, institutionally)
•    sustainability of project effects
•    possibility of duplicating results, visibility and multiplier effect
•    transferability of projects to the level of international climate cooperation in the context of the UN climate negotiations
•    integration in national strategies, in international cooperation and synergies with other projects and sectors

For applicants intending to implement projects in (second half of) 2010 have to submit their applications before 15 April 2010. For projects to be started during the first half of 2011, the proposals should reach IKI before 31 December 2010. For more information, visit this link.

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The Prize is currently seeking nominations to honor an NGO or charitable organization “making extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world.” The eligibility criteria for nominees are as follows:

* Nominees must be organizations, not individuals.
* Nominees must be established, non-governmental, publicly supported charitable organizations. U.S. Internal Revenue Service tax-exempt status—or the equivalent for international organizations—will determine eligibility. (International nominees will be contacted by the Foundation for appropriate documentation.)
* Nominees must be legally established for at least five years (established prior to January 2005) in order to be considered.
* Nominees must have an operating budget (expenditures) greater than U.S. $500,000 in their most recent (audited fiscal) year of operation.
* An organization that has received a single grant of $1.5 million or more from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation must wait 3 years before being eligible for nomination.

The nominator should have the direct knowledge about the organization for which he or she is nominating, but should not an officer or employee or any other individual receiving remuneration from the organization for any of its services and also should not be a family member of any officer or employee of that organization. An independent international panel of jurors will make the final selection and the evaluation criteria can be based upon the criteria such as “extraordinary contributions towards alleviating human suffering, established record of achievement, innovation in program design, organizational capacity and administrative efficiency and demonstration of long-term impact.” To make the nomination, the Identification Sheet available at the Foundation’s website should be completed and the nominating letter should give details (no more than 5 pages) about the reasons for the nomination.

The last date to submit the nominations is 30 April 2010. For more details, visit this link.

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The application form and other documents can be downloaded from this link.

Part A. Applicant Organization This section seeks to gain maximum information about your organization and specifically tries to understand how relevant it is in responding towards youth needs.

Ignore the A1. Project Identification (To be filled in by UN-HABITAT)

The A2. Size of the grant is where you tick the total amount requested for your project under the Fund. The Youth Fund only allows small grant limited up to $5,000 and the large grant will be anything between $5,000 and $25,000. It is important to plan out your project activities and buget first before you decide which grant suits you best.

The A3. Name of the applicant organization is where you fill in the complete name of your organization including the acronym used.

The A4. Contact information application organization should first tick on the region from where you are applying from. Make sure that you send your application to the right email of that region (this section should correspond to the right email of the region to which you are submitting your application).

Following this, fill in the name of your organization (again) with complete contact address, email, website, telephone and fax number (if any).

The A5. Mission of applicant organization: You need to refer back to your organizational vision and objectives to fill in this part. Do not list objectives, but rather define your vision of running your organization within a word limit of 50 words. Remember! The Mission of your organization not just explains the need for change but also demonstrates your commitment for that change.

The A6. Profile of applicant organization is where you tick whether your organization is an NGO or CBO or other. A CBO can be a registered or unregistered group, cooperative or federation. Make sure you also specify the reach of your organization: whether it is just local, or works all over the state or province or has its presence nationally or internationally.

The A7. Youth-led development  is a very important section of the application  form as it will define the relevance of your organization for youth-focused work. UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund prefers to fund organizations led by young people between 15-32 years. But this can also mean that if young persons are actively represented in the governing/management board of the organization, it is still eligible to apply for the funding support. The Fund also encourages adults above the age of 32 years to work in partnership with youths (if organizations are headed by a senior person but has an active organizational board comprising of young people between 15-31 years, there are still high chances of participating in this competitive process). After ticking ‘yes’ in this section, make sure that you clearly define the process as to how young people are involved in running the organization.

The A8. Gender equality signifies that it is not just enough to have young people running the organization. They should also be equally represented by gender. This also needs to be explained as to how both young females and males contribute towards running the organization. There may be cases where an organization is run only by females focused on girls and young women. In such a case, this should specifically be justified as to why such an organization has been established.

The A9. Legal registration seeks information about when the organization was founded and registered. The years have to be mentioned in yyyy/mm format. The Fund is also open to receiving applications from organizations that are not legally registered. In such cases, they can collaborate with another legally registered organization and submit the proposal. More information about such a collaboration is sought later in the application form.

The A10. Bank account should be filled in with complete and accurate banking details for SWIFT transfer of funds and authorized account holders should also sign in this section.

The A11. Facilitating organization will specify whether the applicant organization, if unregistered, is collaborating with another registered organization to facilitate the grantmaking process. If this is applicable, then the following Part B. Facilitating Organization has to be filled in with details about the name, contact information, mission, profile, registration and back account. It seems that it is not necessary for the Facilitating Organization be to be youth-focused in this regard.

The Part C section of the application form seeks information about the project that is being proposed for funding support. The C1 – C3 sections of the project seek basic information  such as the project title, project location and the project duration. The location of the project should preferably be in a city or town with a population of not less than 10,000 people. The project duration should not be less than 12 months and the starting date should be proposed six months after the date of the submission of deadline of Youth Fund.

The C4. Requested grant will have the exact figure of the total budget proposed for the project. Please keep in mind that it should be either small grant less than $5,000 or large grant between $5,000 and $25,000.

The C5. Goal of the project should explain within 50 words as to the broader, overall, long-term aim to be achieved in the implementation of the project. Remember to present the goal with a focus on urban youths. While writing the goal, always remember that you are contributing towards a broad, long-term development. This could be “Empowering the urban youths” or “Mainstreaming youths in politics” or going by the application guidelines, “alleviating poverty among youth.”

In relation to the focus of your project, you can tick the relevant priorities of the Urban Youth Fund listed in C6:

* Promoting youth participation in urban governance
* Piloting innovative approaches to adequate shelter and secure tenure for youth
* Promoting entrepreneurship and employment for youth
* Supporting the development of youth networks on sustainable urban development
* Promoting partnerships between youth organizations and the local government or the private sector
* Promoting gender mainstreaming in urban youth development
* Documenting best practices in urban youth-led development

The C7 section demands the specific target groups and their numbers. If your project is about building the vocational skills of urban youths, then specify the number of youths to be trained in your project. Also, it is necessary to specify the age-group of these youths and how they are represented by gender. If the project works only with disadvantaged groups such as youths from minorities or economically backward class or disabled youths, this can also be specified and explained in this section.

If your project is about building the livelihood skills of the youths with vocational trainings, then the C8 section should be filled by specifying how many jobs will be created for youths.

The D1. Project summary  under the Part D. Project Description will have a concise but clear description of your project. Within 250 words, you need to explain what the project is. Ideally, you can summarize your project goal, objectives, location, duration in months, beneficiaries, activities and strategies. Do not list them out, rather write them in a flowing and connecting manner.

Under D2. Problem analysis, you need to explain as to why this project is necessary. In other words, you need to list out the problems or issues you have identified for young people in your area and on which you wish to implement the proposed project to address them. For example, if your project area has a large number of youths migrating to other places for low-skilled and low-paid jobs, you can highlight the lack of employment opportunities. If your project area is prone to conflict, then you can explain the problem of youths getting involved in excessive violence.

The D3. Outcomes will have the immediate changes that the project will bring about due to the intervention made by your organization. If your project is focused on improving the livelihoods of youths in your area, then the outcome can be highly skilled youths emerging out of vocational training classed carried out. If youths are to be involved in mainstream politics, then youths gaining increased understanding of politics and demonstrating interest to work constructively for advocacy. If youths are to be involved in non-violent activities, then the outcome will be the youths understanding peacebuilding tools and techniques in the area. Indicators can be used to evaluate the outcomes like number of youths participating in the training programmes.

The D4. Activities will list out the activities to be implemented under the project like baseline studies, training manuals to be developed, trainings to be carried out, awareness campaigns to be launched, youth interactive sessions etc.

D5. Outputs will list out the results achieved after implementing the activities. Please note that this section is different from D3. Outcomes and it could include the training manuals produced, reports documented, constructive activities undertaken by youths such as businesses set up by youths in a livelihood-oriented project, youth networks established in a youth mainstreaming project or peaceful negotiations led by youths undertaken in a conflict prevention project.

D6 Organizational capacity will explain how skillful your organization is to implement this project. This section should explain any previous experience of the organization to have worked on a similar project earlier. It can also list out the experienced staff and resources available with the organization to deliver the project.

D7. Risks will narrate the potential problems that can arise while implementing the project. In most cases, these risks or problems are external to the project and the organization has no control over them. For example, if the project is being implemented in a conflict-prone area, there are chances of social disturbances occurring from time to time and hindering project activities. The proposal has to explain how the project will overcome these problems.

D8. Innovation seeks information about the uniqueness of the project. This is important to ensure the high quality of your proposal. You need to specify how differently you are going to work this time and what kind of new experiment you will undertake to implement your project unlike previously or unlike other projects.

D9. Sustainability should demonstrate your planning for the continuation of the project activities after the end of the grant support. This can mean that you will raise additional resources from other donors to continue the project activities for some more time or it can also mean that you have strong established the project activities that they can sustain on their own like an economic activity.

D10. Partnerships, if applicable, will specify the local collaborations with governments, private agencies or other organizations to implement the project.

D11. Additional financing, if applicable, will give details about any other sources of funding for the project. It can include any other donor support or it can also include any contribution from the organization or the beneficiaries

The Part E. Background information should list out the previously implemented projects with details of donors, year of completion and the outputs achieved in addition to other details at E2 and E3.

“The application must be dated and signed by the project coordinator, legal representative of the applicant organization and legal representative of the facilitating organization (if applicable). A scanned copy of the signature page must be submitted as an attachment to the application. All compulsory documents for the applicant organization and facilitating organization (if applicable) must be attached for the application to be accepted.”

Logical Framework

The application guidelines of UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund have given an example to help applicants develop the logical framework.

“The logical framework should provide an overview of the project’s goal, outcomes and key activities, the outputs of each activity, the timeframe for completing each activity and potential problems that must be overcome for each activity to be completed within the timeframe.

Example:

A youth organization is applying for a small grant from the Urban Youth Fund to alleviate poverty among young people. The organization plans to select 25 young people from an informal settlement and train them in entrepreneurship and help them register and set up small businesses.”

Budget

UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund application guidelines have given an example that can be referred to while developing the project budget:

“The project budget should provide a detailed description in USD of how you plan to spend the grant for the proposed project. Each activity identified in the project’s logical framework should have a separate entry in the budget, clearly indicating the costs associated with the activity. Funding from other sources should also be clearly indicated. The breakdown of costs should indicate the different expenditure within each category and provide an overview of the total share of expenditure according to category.

Example:

A youth organization is applying for a small grant from the Urban Youth Fund to alleviate poverty among young people. The organization plans to select 25 young people from an informal settlement and train them in entrepreneurship and help them register and set up small businesses.”

Once the application form is complete and ready for submission, make sure that you have put in all the documents and completed all requirements as mentioned below:

“Compulsory attachments

Before submitting your application to the Urban Youth Fund, please make sure that the following documents are attached to the application:

Applicant Organization

* A signed and stamped official cover letter from the applicant organization
* A valid registration certificate;
* A detailed project budget in accordance with funding rules;
* A logical framework outlining the structure of the project
* A profile of the applicant organization including a description of the organization’s history, mission, management, membership and activities;
* A list of board members and management indicating their full name, age, gender, education and profession;
* A one-page CV of the project coordinator;

Facilitating Organization (if applicable)

* A valid registration certificate;
* A profile of the facilitating organization including a description of the organization’s history, mission, management, membership and activities;
* A letter of agreement between the applicant organization and facilitating organization indicating the roles and responsibilities of both parties.

Please name each attachment according to its content to ease the processing of your application.”

Download the complete application guidelines of the UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund from this link.

This is an open call for proposals and NGOs, nonprofit institutions, government organizations, private entities and cooperatives or credit unions can submit proposals. Small organizations can collaborate and put up joint proposals for this call. Grants of up $250,000 will be provided per project. For projects that promote mobile banking and mobile transfers thematic window, a maximum amount of $500,000 has been fixed.

The call for proposals has been announced by IFAD in partnership with the European Commission (EC), the Government of Luxembourg, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAE) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).

The FFR is a US $18 million multi-donor facility. It has been established for the purpose of increasing economic opportunities for the rural poor by supporting, developing and improving various innovative, cost-effective and easily accessible remittance services internationally as well domestically. FFR is working towards linking NGOs and nonprofit organizations with remittance systems and operators so that rural people in developing countries are able to use and apply tools and techniques that not only help them access remittances easily but also use them for sustainable development. In this context, a whole range of services and networks are integrated like private entities, banks, financial intermediaries, money transfer operators, microfinance institutions, financial cooperatives, non-financial institutions, postal networks and philanthropic organizations.

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