Deadline: 25-Feb-22
The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Office of Public Affairs, is pleased to announce a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Interethnic Reconciliation and Youth Camps Grants Program.
This program supports initiatives with the primary goal of developing peacebuilding, interethnic and intercommunity exchange, collaboration, and community/relationship building among members of different ethnic group. They are seeking projects and initiatives that enable young people to build ties and understanding through activities related to a particular theme while cohabitating for at least 4 consecutive nights in a camp setting.
Essential to the projects is that they use the camp to clearly develop increased understanding and community among the ethnically and geographically diverse peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Proposals should engage youth who have had no prior access to similar initiatives, belonging to at least one of two specific age ranges:
- ages 10-17 or
- ages 18-25.
Priority Themes
- Science, coding, and IT skills: Camps that bring together members of neighboring or nearby communities that have little contact with each other to teach participants skills meant to spur their interest in and prepare them for increased involvement in science, coding and IT-related activities or employment.
- Social Media Savvy: Camp projects that bring young people together across ethnic lines to develop critical thinking skills related to social media such as how to know what is true online, how to determine if a profile/account is real, how to deal with online trolls and bullies, and how to identify bias in order to have a positive, community building experience on social media.
- Inclusion of marginalized Groups: Camp projects that develop understanding and inclusion among majority and marginalized minority groups including (but not limited to) displaced persons, persons with disabilities, socio-economically disadvantaged persons, LGBT persons, Roma, and others.
- Dealing with Bullying/Peer Violence: Camp projects that teach conflict avoidance and non-violent skills to deal with peer violence and bullying as they build ties and understanding among members of different ethnic groups. These projects should address self-confidence, insecurity and issues that lead to bullying and peer violence.
Funding Information
- Length of Performance Period: 12 months
- Number of Awards Anticipated: At least 4 depending on the amount of each grant
- Award Amounts: Awards may range from USD 5,000 to USD 50,000
- Total Available Funding: USD 193,750C
Project locations: All projects must bring together members of different ethnic groups and communities and be designed to develop ties and understanding among them. Special consideration will be given to projects that join communities across the interentity boundary line and to projects that involve smaller, rural communities.
Eligibility Criteria
Non-government, non-profit organizations (including think tanks, civil society organizations), educational and cultural institutions and independent media that are based and legally registered in Bosnia and Herzegovina are eligible to apply. American or other country organizations and individuals are not eligible for grants under this program. Grants are generally awarded only to organizations.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337022