Posted by Share-Net Burundi on June 23, 2016 at 4:44 pm
Call for Proposals – Burundi – 2016
Share-Net International, the Knowledge Platform for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, initiated by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to ensure that knowledge relevant for achieving improved SRHR is identified, shared, generated and used to achieve international development goals.
Alongside a research programme, coordinated through NWO/WOTRO in three focus countries (Bangladesh, Burundi and Jordan), a smaller allocation of research funds has been made available through the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This has partly been used to establish a small grants facility providing funding for knowledge generation, identification, translation and dissemination initiatives by member organisations of Share-Net International.
A call for proposals is released during each year of operation of Share-Net International. Work which is funded under this call needs to be completed by August 31st 2017.
Activities proposed by members must contribute to achieve the knowledge related aims of Share-Net International, as specified in the Programme Document: Knowledge Platform on SRHR:
“The Knowledge Platform will aim to ensure that knowledge relevant for achieving improved SRHR is identified, shared, generated and used to achieve international development goals. The Knowledge Platform aims to understand and facilitate the complex processes by which evidence informs policy, both in the Netherlands and in partner countries, and to facilitate learning and collaborative exchange among those participating.”
Activities should also increase learning related to the 4 core areas of Dutch policy regarding SRHR, namely;
Grants will be awarded for any of the following activities:
2016 Small Grants Call
Funding Available
The total amount available for awards in Burundi is 75,000 euros.
The upper limit per grant is 25,000 euros.
Eligibility
All members of Share-Net Burundi are eligible to apply for this funding.
Although members can apply for any number of projects, organisational and individual members can be awarded a maximum of 1 grant, as lead, per funding call. In addition, all members may be partners in other proposals.
Proposals which demonstrate strong local partnerships are encouraged and therefore non-member organisations can be involved, but not as lead. Members have the final responsibility in terms of output delivery and monitoring.
Eligibility criteria
Thus, in sum, the application must:
Assessment and selection criteria for comparison (Equally waited):
Award decisions will also take into account that projects be spread across themes, types of activities and countries/geographical areas.
Timeframe and process
All applications must be made using the accompanying form and can be submitted in French or English.
The closing date for applications is 25th July 2016, 17.00. Completed application forms should be sent to the Share-Net International Coordinator, Colin Dixon – C.Dixon@kit.nl
For the sake of transparency and accountability, all correctly completed applications will be assessed based on the above criteria by a group of three, representing the Share-Net International Steering Committee, the Share-Net Netherlands Core group and the Secretariat of Share-Net International, respectively. Conflicts of interest will be identified and relevant people removed from specific discussions and decisions. The Share-Net team in Burundi will advise on all decisions.
All applicants will be informed of the decision by the 10th August 2016 with the aim of having contracts signed, and for work to begin, from 1st September 2016. All activities relating to the grant must be completed by August 31st 2017.
Any questions regarding the call can be addressed to:
Colin Dixon, Share-Net International Director – C.Dixon@kit.nl
Find application Form here-under :
Small-Grant-Application form 2016-translated-1
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