Deadline: Ongoing
The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) accepts grant applications from organizations, groups, associations, institutions working for the overall development of southern African people, throughout the year. The groups, networks, or organizations and institutions whose mission and programs align with that of OSISA can make grant proposals below $50,000 to support their projects or organizations.
Priority Areas
For the 2016 strategy year, OSISA invites proposals from civil society, community or state actors from our region for the following programme priority areas: –
- Human Rights, Access to Justice and the Rule of Law
- Democracy and Governance
- Social and Economic Justice
- Natural Resources Governance
- Youth Arts and Culture
- Women’s Rights
Eligibility Criteria
- OSISA invites proposals from civil society, community or state actors from Southern Africa, which are not formally registered entities.
- OSISA will consider concept proposals from such unregistered and informal groups and formations that, if approved, may then be further developed into fully-fledged grant proposals for consideration.
- Non-registered groups and formations may submit OSISA 2016 Concept Proposal Forms for consideration by OSISA.
How to Apply
- To apply, organizations and entities operating and registered in southern Africa need to complete and submit the OSISA 2016 Grant Application Form through the website.
- Applicants can also submit their applications via email, fax or post.
Eligible Countries
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
For more information, please visit OSISA Grant programme.