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Call for Proposals: UNDP Small Grants in Kyrgyzstan

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Deadline: 11-Aug-2025

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a call for proposals for NGOs operating in the Kyrgyz Republic to implement small grants projects. The initiative is part of a broader effort to prevent violent extremism in the country by engaging a wide range of stakeholders, including government bodies, local authorities, civil society, academia, media, and the private sector.

The small grants aim to enhance collaboration between youth committees or councils and local authorities, while supporting the implementation of local youth development plans. NGOs working at the grassroots level with youth in diverse sectors of public life are encouraged to apply.

Priority areas include youth engagement in socio-economic, cultural, educational, and humanitarian development, as well as promoting intercultural dialogue, tolerance, and diversity. Other focus areas are improving access to public and legal services for vulnerable groups, strengthening the rule of law and mediation, promoting environmental protection and economic opportunity to reduce social tensions, and advancing civic participation of women and youth in governance.

Further priorities involve implementing youth policies, supporting UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, addressing gender-based violence at the local level, and contributing to civil identity and religious harmony in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Grant recipients must work closely with local youth structures to implement their development plans and regularly monitor progress. They must report outcomes to UNDP and local authorities and prepare a success story for publication on relevant platforms.

Each grant may be up to US$6,000, with administrative costs capped at 20% of the total budget. Eligible applicants include all legally registered civil society institutions in Kyrgyzstan, particularly those working with youth and women in designated project locations—Cholpon-Ata, Kerben, Kadamjay, Osh, and Aleksandrovka in the Chui region. Activities must target one or more of the priority areas specified.

For more information, visit UNDP.

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