Гранты

Гранты

Название:	international women’s program (iwp)
Организация:	Open Society Institute
Тип гранта:	Целевой
Профиль:	IWP invites proposals focusing on one or more of the following objectives: 1) Reducing discrimination and violence against women IWP seeks to support initiatives that improve the status of women by: §  Strengthening legal frameworks and enforcement mechanisms that focus on women’s rights §  Strengthening civil society’s capacity to hold governments accountable to implement laws §  Increasing women’s capacity to understand and claim rights 2) Strengthening women’s access to justice IWP seeks to support initiatives that strengthen judicial response to women and reduce the obstacles to access by ensuring: §  Legal aid, counsel and assistance is available and resourced §  Judges, lawyers and prosecutors understand and apply gender justice §  Transitional justice mechanisms are equitable and inclusive of women 3) Increasing women’s role as decision-makers and leaders* IWP seeks to support initiatives that encourage and increase women’s role as decision-makers in a number of arenas including the following: §  Peace and reconciliation processes §  Electoral and legislative processes §  Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), Security Sector Reform (SSR) and reconstruction programs Organizations can apply for general support grant or support for a specific project.  ‘General support’ grants are intended for organizations which focus on one or more of the listed objectives.  A general support grant supports unspecified organizational costs.  Such a grant is not awarded for any particular project or purpose.  The review process for this grant type will be exceptionally selective.  ‘Project support’ grants are intended to fund targeted initiatives related to one or more of the listed objectives. Preference is given to: §  Organizations managed and led by women §  Organizations that have a five-year plus track record and demonstrate sustainability §  Organizations that forge partnerships with other civil society groups working on similar issues §  Local/indigenous independent non-governmental organizations or initiatives that link local and international organizations
Целевая группа:	НКО
Требования к заявке:
Размер гранта:	Organizations can apply for one to three year grants ranging from $25,000 to $200,000 per year.  Please note multi-year proposals will require an annual assessment report prior to releasing the subsequent tranche of funds.
Крайний срок подачи заявки:
Контактные данные:	If your organization does not have email access, please fax or mail application to: International Women’s Program / Open Society Institute 400 West 59th Street New York, NY 10019, USA (Fax) 1.646.557.2601
Дополнительная информация:

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S PROGRAM

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION TEMPLATE

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Organization legal name; please indicate if the organization has a fiscal sponsor
What are you applying for? (please check only one box)	General support OR Project support – Project title:   Purpose of project: (no more than three sentences)
Organization contact information (mailing address, street address, telephone, fax, email, website)	Mailing address: Street address (if different):   Telephone (country code first):   Fax:   Email: Website:
Contact information for Signatory of grant and proposal contact; if the organization has a fiscal sponsor, please clarify which organization would be signing the grant agreement	Name: Title: Phone: Email:
Beneficiary country (if regional or international, please list all relevant countries)
Amount requested and grant period; if the request is multi year, please indicate the grant period of each request	Total amount requested:   Amount per year requested:   As general practice, grant periods will begin within one month of payment of the grant. If a specific grant period is preferred, please indicate in the space below. Start and end date of grant:   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For example: Total amount requested: $250,000 Amount per year requested: $125,00 Grant period: January 01, 2009 through December 31, 2010
Organizational details	Mission statement:   History of organization:   Organizational objectives:   Briefly explain programs and activities undertaken:   Achievements:   Capacity to carry out the work:   Organizational presence on ground (Does your organization have a local office with national staff? Please describe presence and/or intended plan regarding presence? If you do not have an office, what sort of networks and partners have you established and how link with those in your work?)
Other organizational support	What other donors or foundations support your organization?   If applying for a specific project, who else is supporting this project?
Provide brief bio information (no more than 3-4 sentences for each) for 1. Chair of the Board of Directors 2. Executive Director 3. Senior Manager (or Project Director if for a specific project) (Please do not attach or copy and paste CVs or resumes)
If applying for project grant, please provide the following information (if applying for general support grant please skip this section) Project Details	Goal (What do you hope to contribute to by undertaking this project?):   Objectives (What will your project achieve?):   Project activities (What activities will you undertake to achieve your objectives?):   Timeline (What is the timeline to achieve the said activities?):   What is the methodology or approach of the project:   Project partners: How do you envision working with local partners and/or how have you developed your relationships and partnerships with local partners? (Please include any information about duration of partnership, type of partnership, how they have been involved in the process from the inception phase of project development, etc.) Monitoring and evaluation (How will this be undertaken?):   National ownership of project (Please describe how your project will build or contribute to national ownership?)
Rationale for funding request and country context	Why is this funding necessary?   How has your organization or particular program determined the local demand for this intervention? Please briefly outline any in-country assessments, focus group discussions, consultations or other activities that articulated this demand and how participatory are the processes. Provide a brief summary of the country(s) context and the value added of your work as an international organization working in the intended country?
Budget Please submit only an organizational budget for general support grant OR Organizational budget and project budget for project grant; Please provide a clear breakdown of costs associated with research, publishing reports and other policy/advocacy type activities (if applicable to the proposal) (please submit as a separate Excel file)