Deadline: 01-Oct-20
The INSTITUT FÜR AUSLANDSBEZIEHUNGEN (IFA) is seeking applications for the Zivik Funding Programme to support civil society actors worldwide in preventing crises, transforming conflicts, and creating as well as stabilizing peaceful social and political systems.
With their commitment, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) complement state actors by providing significant perspectives and activities. The zivik program is providing funding for international, national, or local NGO projects, which are dealing with civil conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts. This also includes measures in the context of transformation partnerships with countries in North Africa and the Middle East, as well as measures in the field of advancing and furthering democracy.
In addition to that, the program provides advice and networking opportunities for civil society actors and supports them in the project evaluation. The program is designed for NGOs from Germany and other countries that are planning a project to strengthen local capacities for crisis prevention, conflict transformation, and stabilization, for transformation processes, or for democratization processes.
Funding Information
- The project to be funded ends on 31 December 2021 at the latest, or on 31 December 2022 at the latest, subject to prior agreement on the project outline with the zivik team. The funding applied for does not exceed 400,000 EUR for twelve months.
- For applications from organizations that have not been funded in the past: The project to be funded will end no later than 31 December 2021. The funding applied for should not exceed 100,000 EUR.
What Does the Funding Include?
- Consultation and Financial Support for Projects
- Consultative support with regard to the concept design and the application.
- Application review and funding decision-making.
- Processing of funding disbursement requests and monitoring of project finances.
- Consultative assistance with regard to the implementation of the project and financial reporting.
- Review of the final report on the expenditure of funds and the formal closure of the project funding.
- Networking and Best Practice
- Exchange and networking among civil society actors and with experts in politics and sciences.
- Analysis of experiences and best practice examples.
- Providing support in evaluation and impact analysis.
Criteria
- The project to be funded is compatible with one of the following funding concepts set forth by the German Federal Foreign Office:
- International measures in the fields of crisis prevention, conflict resolution, stabilization and peace-building projects;
- Projects in the context of transformation partnerships with countries in North Africa and the Middle East;
- International measures in the field of democracy-building aid.
- The organization plans and reviews the project’s desired effects according to the manual ‘Monitoring of effects:
- The organisation familiarises itself with the principles of the German Federal Budget Code as the legal basis of the funding.
- The organization can prove the proper conduct of business by providing relevant documents
- Only funds for project-related expenses are requested for the project, provided that no own resources or third party funding is available.
Exclusion
- The organisation cannot provide evidence of state registration.
- Measures that have already been started or completed cannot be funded.
For more information, visit https://www.ifa.de/en/fundings/zivik/#section5