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Interethnic Reconciliation and Youth Small Grants Program – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Deadline: 29-Mar-2024

The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Public Diplomacy Section, is pleased to announce a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Interethnic Reconciliation and Youth Small Grants Program.

Program Objectives
  • The desired result of the program is that more active youth of different ethnic groups are able to constructively interact across divides and contribute to a common goal in their local communities and BiH overall. This program also aims to strengthen young people of BiH both in their ability to envision and implement positive change in their communities through joint community-based projects as well as to be promoters of peace and reconciliation.
Priority Themes
  • Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Initiatives:  Projects bringing together members of neighboring or nearby communities of different ethnicities that have little contact with each other to teach participants skills designed to improve the economies of their communities.
  • Connecting Schools:  Projects that bring together educators, parents, and students in schools across entity/ethnic lines to build relationships, facilitate youth exchanges and improve their communities in areas such as inclusion, environmentalism, volunteerism, democratic school culture, safe schools and combating all forms of violence, and the like.
  • Inclusive Communities:  Projects that build cooperation among majority and marginalized minority groups to build inclusive communities, including (but not limited to) displaced persons, persons with disabilities, socio-economically disadvantaged persons, LGBT persons, Roma, and others.
  • Science, coding, and IT skills:  Projects 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:  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.
  • Uniting through Culture and Sports: Projects that can demonstrate the power of culture and sport in bringing young participants together, overcoming ethnic divisions and promoting greater appreciation and acceptance of diversity, trust, understanding and social inclusion.
  • Reconciliation and Countering Hate Speech: Projects that bring together participants from different backgrounds to promote reconciliation, counter hate speech and extremist rhetoric, and develop increased tolerance and cooperation between diverse communities.
Funding Information
  • Total Available Funding:  USD 500,000
  • Award Amounts: Awards may range from USD 1,000 to USD 50,000
  • Length of Performance Period: 12 months
  • Number of Awards Anticipated:  At least 10 depending on the amount of each grant
  • Anticipated Award Date: June/July 2024
Participants and Audiences
  • Civil society, youth, students, educators, athletes, artists, government, marginalized groups, media organizations, the public, etc.
  • All projects must bring together members of different ethnic groups and communities and be designed to address the issues of multi-cultural cooperation and dialogue and develop ties and understanding among different groups and communities. Special consideration will be given to projects that join communities across the inter-entity 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. Organizations may only submit one proposal per program.

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