Deadline: 20-Jun-20
The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) funds small scale short-term initiatives in Nigeria that focus on building bridges between diverse religious, ethnic, political and regional communities.
Grants must address one of the following three areas of activity including:
- enhancing the role of interreligious dialogue (IRD) in promoting public health and responding to the COVID-19 outbreak;
- countering & preventing hate speech in the name of religion, including through advocacy for policy changes;
- fostering social cohesion by building bridges between diverse religious, ethnic, political and regional communities.
Funding Information
Grants range from 500.000 Naira to 2 Million Naira.
Selection Criteria
Successful project proposals will fulfill most of the following requirements:
- Implementation and networking capacities of the applicant: Priority will be given to applicants who have the required capacities at the technical level, as well as the networking capacities, to implement projects on the ground;
- Level of alignment with KAICIID’s mandate (mission and strategic aims): All projects must be focused on interreligous dialogue for peace and reconciliation, as well as with the specific objectives of the call for proposals;
- Priority consideration will be given to proposals which entail collaboration across religious lines;
- Impact of the project: Number of people reached or impacted by the project;
- Clarity, feasability and practicality of the proposal (regarding its objectives and deliverables);
- Sustainability, replicability & scalability of the project: Proposals that are sustainable or potentially replicable will be prioritized;
- Gender sensitivity: Priority will be given to proposals that equally target men and women as beneficiaries or target groups.
In addition to the above criteria, due consideration will be given by the committee to the following:
- Geographical scope: According to the country specifics, the focus can be placed on projects taking place in a specific region within the country or on initiatives aiming at a national impact;
- Categories/types of projects: The selection committee might decide to allocate the available resources to different categories of proposals, to have a good balance between them. The categories that could be taken into consideration include, for e.g., advocacy, capacity-building, publications, media and communication, awareness-raising, social media campaigns, etc.
Organizations must be registered under Nigerian law in order to qualify.
Grants will be transferred in Euros to selected organizations and to bank accounts in the name of the organization only.
For more information, visit https://www.kaiciid.org/what-we-do/peace-and-reconciliation-through-interreligious-dialogue-nigeria/nigeria-call-grant