Small Grants Program to Boost Civil Society Development in Belarus

Deadline: 2 February 2020

U.S. Embassy in Belarus is currently seeking proposals for its Small Grants Program.

The goal of the Small Grants Program is to support civil society development in Belarus.

Funding Information

Grants amount is sized upto $25,000.

Areas

• Promotion and support of public interests;
• Development and strengthening of local communities;
• Development of entrepreneurship;
• Development of tourism;
• Environmental education and awareness.

Priorities

• The Small Grants Program only funds proposals that contain accurate and well-developed implementation plans and clear explanations of how the project goals will be achieved, where those goals address the Program’s themes and priorities;
• The Program prefers supporting complete projects instead of individual activities, such as one-time conferences, publications, or round tables. A complete project involves a sequence of coherent events, logically interwoven and linked in time;
• The Program designed to achieve specific goals within a particular time frame, and focusing on target audiences. The time frame for the project should be appropriate to the project activities and should not exceed 12 months.

Eligibility Criteria

• Competition is open to registered Belarusian non-governmental non-profit organizations;
• Applications from governmental, international, political party organizations or religious organizations will not be considered;
• Projects can only be submitted by organizations and not by individuals.

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Potential to contribute to the development of the priority areas above;
• Feasibility and financial soundness of the proposal supported by a project monitoring and evaluation plan;
• Concrete and measurable results that will directly benefit the local community;
• Creative approach in working with target audiences;
• Past experience in successfully organizing and completing planned activities.

For more information, visit https://by.usembassy.gov/education-culture/u-s-embassy-small-grants-program/