Deadline: 26-Aug-22
The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Public Diplomacy Section (PDS), is pleased to announce a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the BOLD (BiH Omladinski Lideri, Bosnia and Herzegovina Young Leaders) Small Grants Competition.
The BOLD network is a project of PDS that seeks to empower young people across BiH, age 18-35, through leadership opportunities and training, to implement projects for positive change in their communities.
Funding Information
- The goal of these small grants, up to $15,000, is to empower BOLD members to develop their leadership skills by implementing projects in their communities that will contribute to economic development or encourage increased civic engagement.
- Length of Performance Period: 16 months
- Number of Awards Anticipated: At least seven depending on the amount for each grant.
- Award Amounts: Awards may range from USD 1,000 to USD 15,000
- Total Available Funding: USD 83,275
Mandatory Components
- Applicants should propose a project that will improve a community in BiH in the areas of economic development or civic engagement. Outcomes of proposals can include developing a business or business plan that will involve more people in the economy or encouraging more people to be involved in community development or starting an initiative to address a specific problem in the community that citizens can work on together to solve.
- A community can be in one or more specific locations or can be a targeted group that the project brings together online. The proposal should clearly state who the audience is and the beneficiaries of the project.
- Applicants should present a plan for engaging the BOLD network in the planning, implementation, or the outcomes of the project. Applicants may solicit assistance or participation from other BOLD members or report out to the network about the progress, successes, and lessons learned throughout the project activities.
- Winning grantees will work closely with a mentor, provided by PDS, to fulfill all of the grant responsibilities and to report in interim and final narrative reports on the progress and implementation of the project to PDS.
- Grantees will also be required to regularly report to a mentor, provided by PDS on their key activities, by providing brief narratives about the implemented activity and a few photos, which will be used to inform BOLD community members and may be posted on the U.S. Embassy’s social media platforms.
Eligibility Criteria
Project proposals may be submitted by one BOLD member or a group of BOLD members and may be implemented in partnership with organizations, government authorities, or educational institutions. An approved grant can only be issued to one individual.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=342728