Deadline: 10 February 2017
The Commonwealth Foundation is inviting entities for its “Pacific Islands Grant” to develop the capacity of civil society to act together and learn from each other to engage with the institutions that shape people’s lives, foundation’s focus being effective, responsive and accountable governance with civil society participation.
In addition to awarding grants to civil society organisations (CSOs), the grants programme will broker knowledge and ideas. It will support innovation, share replicable and sustainable models, and promote good practices across the participatory governance sector.
Programme Objectives
The grants programme has three objectives:
- To deliver an efficient and effective programme which is responsive to the development needs of CSOs across the Commonwealth.
- To complement the effectiveness of the Foundation’s projects by providing grants to CSOs beyond those supported through the programme work.
- To generate knowledge and understanding of participatory governance and its benefits in promoting effective, responsible and accountable governance within the Commonwealth by supporting models of good practice.
Funding Information
The grants up to £30,
Focus Areas
- Creative expression
- Capacity development
- Constructive engagement
- Learning and sharing
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant, the following criteria must be met:
- The applicant is a registered national or regional civil society organisation (CSO)
- The applicant is seeking £30,000 per year or less
- The applicant is applying for funding for one to three years
- The average of the applicant’s total income over the last two years is less than £3m
- The project must address one of the four focus areas
- The project will take place in an eligible Commonwealth Foundation member country
- The project has not yet started
- The application includes counterpart resourcing of a minimum of 10% of the total project budget. Applicants will be required to provide a detailed budget at full application stage where counterpart resourcing must be clearly reflected.
- The applicant does not have an existing grant from the Commonwealth Foundation at the time the application window is opened.
How to Apply
To apply applicants will need to complete an online application form via given website.
Eligible Countries: Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.
For more information, please visit Commonwealth Foundation.