Deadline: 26 January 2018
The United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Office of Public Affairs, has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Program entitled “Interethnic Reconciliation and Youth Program Youth Camps”.
This program supports initiatives with the primary goal of promoting interethnic and intercommunity exchange, collaboration, and joint projects. They are seeking projects and initiatives that clearly develop increased tolerance and cooperation between the ethnically and geographically diverse communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Proposals engaging youth (ages 11-25) who have had no prior access to similar initiatives are encouraged. The Embassy welcomes all innovative proposals aimed at promoting interethnic engagement, reconciliation, and cooperation.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $527,500
- Award Ceiling: $50,000
- Award Floor: $5,000
Priority themes
- Divided Communities: Bringing together neighboring or nearby communities that have had little contact since the war.
- Fractured Education/Two Schools Under One Roof: Working with segregated schools to address issues that divide students along ethnic lines. These projects should help remove obstacles to integration in education.
- STEAM projects: Using science, technology, engineering, arts, robotics, and mathematics to bring young people together across ethnic lines.
- Restoring Dignity to War Victims: Projects that involve youth in activities to restore dignity to victims of war and survivors of sexual violence and/or imprisonment camps from all ethnic groups.
- Marginalized Groups: Projects that promote cooperation among marginalized minority groups from different ethnic communities, including (but not limited to) displaced persons, persons with disabilities, socio-economically disadvantaged persons, LGBT persons, Roma, and others.
Eligibility Criteria
Non-profit organizations (including think tanks, civil society organizations, and NGOs), educational and cultural institutions, and independent media that are based and legally registered in Bosnia and Herzegovina are eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must send their applications at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
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