Deadline: 15 April 2020
The Asia Foundation has announced a call for proposals for the South Asia Small Grants Program (SASGP).
The SASGP will provide small grants to eligible civil society organizations (CSOs) in five South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Thematic Areas
Designed as a flexible mechanism to respond to existing contexts and emerging opportunities, the open grant window will support CSOs to work on critical governance challenges around four core themes:
- Increasing public sector accountability and transparency;
- Strengthening the rule of law;
- Promoting civil society participation and media in these efforts; and
- Strengthening democratic insitutions and practices.
Driven by the broader goal of creating a free and open South Asian region, the SASGP will strive to increase CSO-led policy reforms, constructive engagements, and social accountability in core areas of governance; open up and enlarge the space for civil society to engage with and influence key democratic institutions in the region; and increase the capacity of CSOs to effectively pursue longer-term reform in the governance sector.
The SASGP will help build the capacity of civil society actors to respond to governance and capacity challenges and provide expertise, mentoring, and concrete tools to sub-grantees to apply in promoting good governance and developing their organizations.
Funding Information
Applicants can apply for grants with a floor level funding of USD 25,000 and a ceiling of USD 75,000 in equivalent local currency.
Duration
The implementation period for grants cannot be shorter than 6 months or longer than 15 month.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants will be limited to national not-for-profit organizations. ‘Not-forprofit’ organizations include national civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations, consortia, networks, federations and membership bodies, think tanks, universities etc., but exclude government bodies, for-profit entities, and individuals.
For more information, visit https://asiafoundation.org/2020/03/15/the-asia-foundation-announces-call-for-proposals-for-the-south-asia-small-grants-program/