Deadline: 28 February 2018
The Regional Assistance Program 2 (RAP 2) is seeking proposals from prospective partners for the third round of its grant program to support civil society responses to urgent political developments. The objective of this program is to prepare local organizations to respond to snap local and national elections and other emergent political developments.
The purpose of this annual program statement (APS) is to identify the needs of civil society actors engaged in political developments at the local, national or regional levels, inform and help design RAP 2 interventions to respond to those needs, and shape, support and enable projects to achieve their desired objectives.
RAP 2 will provide assistance to civil society and non-governmental organizations working to respond to and participate in emergent and/or rapidly developing political processes and developments, including snap elections:
- Activities aimed at working with government stakeholders to improve laws related to political participation such as engaging constituencies, support for political party capacity building, and voter mobilization.
- Improving accountability functions
- Increasing access for hard to reach and marginalized groups and in post-crisis contexts for approved political activities.
- Election monitoring.
- Political reconciliation activities.
- Urgent time-sensitive or local needs not listed above, that are consistent with the priority area.
Grant Information
IREX plans to award up to a total of eight grants in 2017-2018 for amounts ranging between US$50,000-250,000 to qualified applicants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be civil society organizations or NGOs. Assistance will be to organizations, rather than to individuals, that are working in: Algeria, Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, West Bank, Gaza, and Yemen.
- IREX recognizes that licensing and registration procedures and regulations for NGOs vary from country to country across the region, and is therefore open to receiving applications from organizations that are not registered as NGOs per se, but that are not-for-profit and fulfill the mission of and operate as CSOs.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Regional Assistance Program 2.