Deadline: 31-Oct-20 As part of Azim Premji University’s efforts to strengthen and elevate the state of understanding of societal processes and outcomes, they are launching the fifth round of the Research Funding Programme. This program is designed to promote inquiry into areas of particular interest to the Azim Premji Foundation and to explore possible responses for some of them. The Research Funding Programme is designed to strengthen and supplement existing efforts in these areas. While … [Read more...] about Azim Premji University launches Research Funding Programme (India)
Latest Grants and Resources for Livelihood Development
2020 Seeding Grampreneur Seeders Fellowship – India
Deadline: 20-Sep-20 Dhriiti is inviting applications for the 2020 Seeding Grampreneur Seeders Fellowship to create enterprise based livelihood opportunities in India’s smallest and farthest districts. This is the time to seed village based enterprises, to create sustainable livelihood opportunities, to create home-based businesses that can create products that can be taken to the world. Dhriiti believes this campaign Seeding Grampreneurs will enable various stakeholders to join hands to … [Read more...] about 2020 Seeding Grampreneur Seeders Fellowship – India
UNDP Call for Proposals: Inviting CSOs and NGOs in Madagascar
Deadline: 17-Sep-20 UNDP has announced a Call for proposals at the site of a Civil Society Organization (CSO) supporting Women's Committees, the pilot program to support the return of households in Androy and the pilot program for diversification of livelihoods. The project "Responding to threats to peace and social cohesion linked to unchecked migration through support for the empowerment and promotion of women in Madagascar (REAP Project)" is financed by the Fund for Consolidation of … [Read more...] about UNDP Call for Proposals: Inviting CSOs and NGOs in Madagascar
UNDP: Livelihoods Restoration & Facilitation of Alternative Livelihood Opportunities for 2000 women from Vulnerable Communities in Bangalore
Deadline: 8-Sep-20 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking the services of a technical service provider to support restoration of Livelihoods restoration and facilitation of alternative livelihood opportunities for 2000 women from vulnerable communities in Bangalore Rural district, Karnataka. The objective is to provide support through provisioning of training on financial literacy, digital literacy, facilitating new market and financial linkage including e-markets and … [Read more...] about UNDP: Livelihoods Restoration & Facilitation of Alternative Livelihood Opportunities for 2000 women from Vulnerable Communities in Bangalore
Call for Proposals: Fostering Conservation of Biodiversity, Sustainable Livelihoods and an Empowered Civil Society in Lao PDR
Deadline: 20-Oct-20 This call for proposals, which is financed by The McConnell Foundation and implemented by IUCN, will support local NGOs and CSOs in Lao PDR in the areas of biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management. The programme is based on the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) model and makes use of CEPF systems and processes that are already in place. IUCN implements the CEPF in the Indo-Burma Hotspot, which includes Lao PDR. Thematic … [Read more...] about Call for Proposals: Fostering Conservation of Biodiversity, Sustainable Livelihoods and an Empowered Civil Society in Lao PDR
UNDP Call for Proposals: Livelihood Promotion through Landscape Conservation in Bhairabkunda under Udalguri district, Assam
Deadline: 4-Sep-20 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is kindly request to submit your proposal for “Livelihood promotion through Landscape Conservation in Bhairabkunda under Udalguri district, Assam”. In this context, UNDP is seeking to engage an expert agency to - roll out capacity building and resilience program to improve the awareness about COVID in the community, support livelihood of the migrant work force, create awareness on environmental conservation and facilitate … [Read more...] about UNDP Call for Proposals: Livelihood Promotion through Landscape Conservation in Bhairabkunda under Udalguri district, Assam
COVID-19 Global South Health and Livelihoods Challenge
Deadline: 10-Sep-20 Let’s design scalable solutions to support low- and middle-income families in the urban Global South, so they can adapt and thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. OpenIDEO is seeking innovative ideas for its COVID-19 Global South Health and Livelihoods Challenge that demonstrate a deep understanding of low- and middle-income families in urban areas in the Global South and of those who have been most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenge of COVID-19 for low- … [Read more...] about COVID-19 Global South Health and Livelihoods Challenge
Research Innovation Grant: Sparking Innovation in Land and Housing through Research – India
Deadline: 6-Sep-20 The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation and Omidyar Network India is inviting research proposals that will shed light on issues of land and housing and lead to breakthrough innovation. They believe that high-quality research that uncovers bottlenecks and opportunities in the land and housing ecosystem will help entrepreneurs, nonprofits, philanthropists and policy-makers develop meaningful interventions for the economically disadvantaged. Funding Information Up to … [Read more...] about Research Innovation Grant: Sparking Innovation in Land and Housing through Research – India
UNDP: Restoring of Livelihoods Amongst Rural Micro-Entrepreneurs to Combat COVID-19 (India)
Deadline: 28-Aug-20 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) kindly request to submit your proposal for “Building resilience and facilitate restoring of livelihoods amongst rural micro-entrepreneurs to combat COVID 19 through sensitization, capacity building, training on micro-entrepreneurship, business management, financial literacy and market access in districts of Haryana and Punjab." UNDP India is deeply concerned about the multifaceted problems informal sector workers and … [Read more...] about UNDP: Restoring of Livelihoods Amongst Rural Micro-Entrepreneurs to Combat COVID-19 (India)
The Noel Buxton Trust accepting Applications for 2020 Africa Grants
Deadline: Ongoing The Noel Buxton Trust is currently accepting applications for the 2020 Africa Grants. Purposes of Funding Trustees would like to focus their limited funds on economic development rather than service provision. Trustees favour work such as small business support and training, and microfinance in both urban and rural settings. Applications in support of initiatives that are building sustainable futures in the semi arid areas of Africa are especially welcome. Trustees … [Read more...] about The Noel Buxton Trust accepting Applications for 2020 Africa Grants
UNDP: Building Capacities of Women Entrepreneurs/Collectives to Enhance Income and Livelihoods in Fringe Areas of Reserved Forests (India)
Deadline: 24-Aug-20 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is kindly request to submit your proposal for “Building capacities of women entrepreneurs/collectives to enhance income and livelihoods in fringe areas of reserved forests”. In this context, UNDP is seeking to engage an expert agency to - roll out capacity building and resilience program to improve the awareness about COVID in the community, support farmers and producer collectives, and strengthen it to cope with supply … [Read more...] about UNDP: Building Capacities of Women Entrepreneurs/Collectives to Enhance Income and Livelihoods in Fringe Areas of Reserved Forests (India)
David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Conservation (ALC) Program
Deadline: 04-Sep-20 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Conservation (ALC) program is issuing a targeted request for research proposals that center an analysis of women and/or young people in integrated rural agriculture or forest-dependent livelihoods development and conservation initiatives in tropical forested regions. The ALC strategy builds upon the Foundation’s experience with climate and land use as well as the work in reproductive health. ALC … [Read more...] about David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Conservation (ALC) Program
UNDP Call for Proposals for Capacity Building MOALI – Myanmar
Deadline: 19-Aug-20 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a call for proposals for the provision of the Capacity building program for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation to strengthen extension services in Pauktaw, Mrauk U, Ponnagyun and Rathedaung”. UNDP's area-based program in Rakhine has a strong emphasis on promoting livelihoods and social cohesion for all communities in Rakhine State. Objectives UNDP's approach on livelihoods is … [Read more...] about UNDP Call for Proposals for Capacity Building MOALI – Myanmar
UNDP CFPs: Creating Awareness & Increasing Access to MGNREGA in Karnataka’s Bagalkot and Kalaburgi
Deadline: 6-Aug-20 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has requested to submit your proposal for “Creating awareness and increasing access to MGNREGA in Bagalkot and Kalaburgi districts of Karnataka”. The project will focus on delivery and access to social protection schemes in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak to poor and vulnerable households in the identified districts and blocks in Karnataka, mainly: Technical support to accelerate the opening of public works through … [Read more...] about UNDP CFPs: Creating Awareness & Increasing Access to MGNREGA in Karnataka’s Bagalkot and Kalaburgi
UNDP CFPs for Studying the Status and Potential of Natural Fibre Value Chains in Uttarakhand
Deadline: 31-Jul-2020 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a call for proposals for “Conducting a Study on Status & Potential of Value Addition and Strengthening of Value Chain of Natural Fibres in Uttarakhand”. Objectives The assignment aims to hire an agency for implanting 2 pilot projects for strengthening the natural fibre value chain. This assignment will include identifying key natural fibres with high growth potential and possible proposing policy … [Read more...] about UNDP CFPs for Studying the Status and Potential of Natural Fibre Value Chains in Uttarakhand
UK PACT’s Country Programmes for Colombia and South Africa
Deadline: Various South Africa-UK PACT: 7 August 2020 Colombia-UK PACT: 11 August 2020 UK PACT has launched a call for proposals for the Country Programmes for Colombia and South Africa. UK PACT Objectives Through its grants, UK PACT aims to improve the capacity and capability of key public, private and civil society institutions to reduce emissions and foster inclusive economic growth in partner countries. From an estimated start date of January 2021, all projects will … [Read more...] about UK PACT’s Country Programmes for Colombia and South Africa
UNDP: Capacity Building of SHGs on Livelihoods under USRLM – India
Deadline: 31-Jul-20 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently in the process of recruiting an agency for designing and implementing training programmes for the community cadre and SHG women for livelihood promotion. A minimum of 20 livelihoods sectors will be covered in the livelihood trainings, these sector and trades would be finalised on the basis of government consultations. Indicative list of Livelihood Trainings Dairy Agriculture Traditional … [Read more...] about UNDP: Capacity Building of SHGs on Livelihoods under USRLM – India
Call for Proposals: Strengthening Livelihoods & Food Security by improving the Management and Use of Natural Resources
Deadline: 31-Jul-20 The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) is seeking applications for Strengthening Livelihoods & Food Security by improving the Management and Use of Natural Resources. The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) is a corporate programme of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1992. SGP grant-making in over 125 countries promotes community-based innovation, capacity development, and empowerment through … [Read more...] about Call for Proposals: Strengthening Livelihoods & Food Security by improving the Management and Use of Natural Resources
Call for Ideas: 2020 Kakuma Innovators Platform (Kenya)
Deadline: 23 July 2020 The Lutheran World Federation Kenya Djibouti Somalia Program has partnered with Dan Church Aid to call upon individuals and youth groups to share innovative ideas and solutions to address the local problems in Kakuma, Kakuma refugee camp, and Kalobeyei refugee resettlement. This call will support and recognize innovative ideas that look at addressing local problems, better livelihoods, offer sustainable development, improve technology, and solve environmental … [Read more...] about Call for Ideas: 2020 Kakuma Innovators Platform (Kenya)
BALADI launches Request for Community Assistance Applications – Lebanon
Deadline: 24-Jul-20 The USAID Lebanon-funded BALADI program, implemented by Caritas Lebanon, has launched a Request for Community Assistance (RFCA 2020) to support vulnerable communities in Lebanon. Through the BALADI Program, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Lebanon is encouraging Faith-Based Organizations to submit well-designed community projects for possible funding from USAID BALADI program. These applications will be subject to the program’s technical … [Read more...] about BALADI launches Request for Community Assistance Applications – Lebanon
