Call for Proposal to Evaluate Gender and Women’s Rights programming at the Open Society Initiative for southern Africa (OSISA) The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) is a regional Foundation that is part of a global network of the Open Society Foundations. Established in 1997, and based in Johannesburg, OSISA’s vision is the realization of a vibrant Southern African society in which people, free from material and other deprivation, understand their rights and responsibilities and participate democratically in all spheres of life. In pursuit of this vision, OSISA’s mission is to initiate and undertake advocacy work (and support initiatives by others) that seek to establish the ideals of open society in the region. Please download the document below to read it all and follow instructions therein. The Deadline for submissions is close of Business on Friday 06 August 2010. 
Application Guidelines Art Moves Africa (AMA) aims to facilitate cultural and artistic exchanges within the African continent. AMA offers travel funds to artists, arts professionals and cultural operators living and working in Africa to travel within the continent in order to engage in the exchange of information, the enhancement of skills, the development of informal networks and the pursuit of cooperation. Geographical area of focus: Art Moves Africa supports all artists and cultural operators living and working in Africa for travels within and between the African regions. These regions are Central Africa: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tomé and Principe East Africa: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Application process: To request a travel support, applicants must fill in an application form and explain the objectives of their travel. This application form has to be sent by email to info@artmovesafrica.org. Please do not send any other attachments. Once every four months, a selection committee reviews and selects the applications. The committee is comprised of professionals working in the cultural sector in Africa, with knowledge of diverse artistic fields in the different regions. The applications are evaluated based on their individual merits but referring to established criteria (see below). The applicants are replied to after six weeks of the deadline. Art Moves Africa supports the costs of travel, visa and travel insurance for the duration of stay. AMA will not support fees, accommodations, or per-diem. Art Moves Africa supports the travel of artists and cultural professionals working in the following artistic fields:
If an application has been selected for support, the applicant will be asked to sign a contract with AMA. After the contract has been signed, the money will be transferred to the applicant’s bank account. However, AMA reserves all the rights to book and pay the flight tickets for the grantees through its own travel agent, for some specific cases where grantees are not able to find cheaper flights. More details will be communicated to the grantee on the procedures to follow. Stipulated in the contract is an agreement that obliges applicants upon return to the resident country to send receipts of all expenses of their trip to AMA’s office and write a short report about the experience. Some of these reports will be placed on AMA’s website to present them to a wider audience and showcase personal stories and experiences. Adherence to contract obligations is considered an important criterion when reviewing future applications by individuals who were previously accepted for support. Art Moves Africa encourages individuals to continue applying even if previously rejected. Application deadlines: 1 January (before midnight GMT) : for the travels starting from 1st March 1 May (before midnight GMT): for the travels starting from 1st of July 1 September (before midnight GMT) : for the travels starting from 1st of November As a rule, specified projects should begin at least EIGHT weeks after the announced deadline. Assistance: If you have further questions, please contact Ms Khadija El Bennaoui, Coordinator info@artmovesafrica.org www.artmovesafrica.org Source: www.artmovesafrica.org/index.php?id=9 MMMF Educational Grants for Women 21/06/2010
GRANT PURPOSE: To support the education of women from developing countries who are committed to improving the lives of women and children in a developing country.For students from developing countries who are currently studying in the United States or Canada, the MMMF awards annually grants of approximately $12,000 each; grants are not renewable. Please follow the application procedure below. GRANT CONTRACT: Grant recipients are required to sign a contract agreeing to the following:If an MMMF grant recipient receives a grant from the World Bank Graduate Scholarship program in the same calendar year in which she receives an MMMF grant, her MMMF grant shall be rescinded.The MMMF expects grant recipients to return to their home countries or another developing country within approximately 30 months after receiving their grants and then to perform at least two years of service in her country or another developing country.As a condition of the grant, the recipient will agree to make a payment, equal to the full amount of her grant, to the MMMF if:a.the recipient does not return to her country or another developing country within 30 months of receiving the MMMF grant, or after completing her studies in the country the grant was awarded, orb.the recipient does not complete the two years of service within 54 months of receiving the MMMF grant or after completing her studies in the country where the grant was awarded. Grants Programs are currently available: AFRICA: Women from developing countries enrolled in South Africa at either University of Pretoria or University of Cape Town are elligible and will be able to apply in June 2010. More info at: http://go.worldbank.org/NHTV9DP3M0 Antonio Banderas judge; winning images to be exhibited during world leaders’ Millennium Development Goals Summit in September Johannesburg, South Africa— The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Foundation, launched the second annual Picture This photo contest today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The contest, titled Picture This: We Can End Poverty, seeks to show the inspirational work that is being done in many countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals agreed on by world leaders to halve extreme poverty by 2015. “Through the photo contest this year we want to show that the MDGs can be reached, even in the poorest and most disadvantaged countries,” said Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, at the launch of the contest. “We hope that the contest will bring much needed attention to the quickly approaching deadline for achieving the MDGs, and motivate people and governments in developed and developing countries to redouble their efforts in the fight against extreme poverty.” This year’s competition is particularly important, as it coincides with the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals to be held in September in New York. The Summit will bring together world leaders to boost progress against poverty and commit to a concrete action agenda to achieve the MDGs by 2015. UNDP Goodwill Ambassador and internationally-acclaimed actor Antonio Banderas is one of five judges who will choose the winning photos. “We are at a defining moment in the fight against poverty. The challenges of achieving the MDGs cannot be overcome by a single person, organization or government. All sectors of society need to be mobilized in a call to action for the big push to 2015. This photo contest is the type of initiative that will bring all these different groups together in order to bring attention to the urgency of achieving the MDGs.” An exhibit featuring the winning photos will be held during the Summit to put a human face on the MDGs. The contest is open to amateur and professional photographers worldwide. Contestants may submit up to three different photographs, focusing on progress towards one of the eight MDGs, preferably in a developing country. The eight goals are:
The other four judges who will choose the winning photos are professional photojournalists: Alexandra Avakian and John Isaac, both award winning photographers, as well as Mark Garten, Head of UN Photo and Paola Messana, AFP Bureau Chief in New York. In addition to three winners in each of the professional and amateur categories, there will be one “People’s Choice” award. The winner of this category will be selected by the public, who can vote on the photo entries displayed on the Picture This website. The top rated three photos in each of the professional and amateur categories, as well as the “People’s Choice” winning image will be displayed on the sponsors’ websites and shown in at least two exhibitions in Japan and the United States. The first prize winners in the professional and amateur categories and the “People’s Choice” winner will be flown to an awards ceremony and launch of an exhibition in September in New York. “The AFP Foundation is once again very pleased to support this photo contest,” said Robert Holloway, Director of the AFP Foundation. “We believe it will give an opportunity to amateur and professional photographers everywhere to show the world how ordinary people around the world are dealing with achieving their most pressing development challenges.” President of Olympus, Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, said from Tokyo, “We hope that through this initiative, people around the world will be inspired by images showing that the simplest of actions, no matter who you are or where you live, can make a real difference in the effort to halt extreme poverty. The time has come for the world to realize that we all have a role to play to achieve the Goals, and that regardless of where we live or what we do, we all have the potential to contribute to human development in our countries, communities and villages.” The 2009 Africa-centred Picture This: Caring for the Earth competition resulted in an international traveling exhibit (Geneva, Johannesburg, New York, Osaka, St Louis in Senegal, and Tokyo), and extensive media coverage for the contest itself, its winners and participants, as well as the issue of climate change and environmental degradation in Africa. Picture This: Caring for the Earth. For more on the 2010 Picture This: We Can End Poverty photo contest, visit: http://picturethis.undp.org Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa (THRiVE) Applications are invited for a new programme of PhD and post-doctoral fellowships run by a Wellcome Trust-funded consortium of East African Universities (Makerere University, Gulu University, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and the National University of Rwanda) and Research Institutes (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya (ICIPE), the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) at Mwanza in Tanzania, and the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), together with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the University of This new scheme is aimed at supporting the most promising young East African scientists who wish to undertake rigorous research training. Successful applicants will develop their potential to become research scientists within a structured and mentored training environment. The focus of the programme is on research training relevant to East Africa, and research projects will be carried out in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya or Rwanda. Research areas within the broad field of health research will be considered (including, but not limited to, basic or clinical science, epidemiology or social science). Fellowships allow for sandwich attachments in the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and University of Cambridge, UK. PhD fellowships will be for four years, with up to one year overseas. PhD degrees will be undertaken at one of the four East African Universities in the consortium. Applicants will be expected to hold a Masters degree in a relevant discipline. Post-doctoral fellowships will be for two years, with up to eight months overseas. Applicants will be expected to have recently completed their PhD and projects should be designed to develop the applicant’s potential to compete, in future, for international research funding. Applicants for both PhD and post-doctoral fellowships must show a commitment to pursuing an academic, research career in East Africa. Support includes a stipend or salary, fees (for PhD fellowships), research expenses, and travel costs. Applications must be submitted through the consortium website: www.thrive.or.ug and should consist of the completed preliminary application form with address, e-mail address and daytime telephone contact number; and supporting letters from two professional referees, together with their telephone numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses. Closing date for the receipt of applications is 18th June 2010. Further particulars can be obtained from the Administrator of the THRiVE consortium at Makerere University (hnambooze@gmail.com, +256 414 530021) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing institution that invests the world’s money to save lives. To date, it has committed US$ 19.3 billion in 144 countries to support large-scale prevention, treatment and care programs against the three diseases. Funding proposals submitted to the Global Fund are reviewed by a 43-member Technical Review Panel (TRP). The review takes place about once a year for two weeks, which current members have described as 'a unique and memorable experience'. Because proposals focus on the fight against the three diseases and related health systems strengthening, members of the TRP need to have wide range expertise. In addition to having sound technical knowledge and extensive program experience in HIV/AIDS, TB or malaria, it is also important that they understand broader health systems and development 'cross-cutting' issues. These include capacity-building, governance and macroeconomics, as well as topics such as budgeting and financial management (value for money), gender, sexual orientation and gender identities, human resources, procurement and service delivery, community systems strengthening – to name but a few. For this reason, we do not recruit people with very narrow expertise. For this important task, experts must be able to review large volumes of documentation under considerable time pressure and work effectively in small groups and large plenary sessions to reach consensus on funding recommendations. They must also be able to present their findings in a clear and concise way, in English, to the full panel, as well as in written form to be communicated to the Board and applicants. TRP members can serve for up to four rounds of review. In addition to the two weeks of on-site proposal review, experts will also need to be available, by email, for the following six months to clarify any technical or programmatic issues. This adds up to about five more days of work each year. TRP members receive an honorarium of US$ 9,000 per round for the proposal review and subsequent clarification process. The Global Fund supports programs in a diversity of situations and country contexts. We therefore want to attract a good balance of men and women with experience from all regions of the globe; experts with knowledge of public and private sectors and civil society; and people who are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, TB and/or malaria. Use the links on the right to download the application form, TORs and further information. Completed application forms should be emailed to globalfund.trp@hlsp.org to arrive no later than 31 May 2010. Source: http://www.hlsp.org/Home/Jobs/GlobalFundTRP/tabid/1926/Default.aspx 3rd International Youth Training Dec 2010 - Jan 2011 Dakar, Senegal Mobilizing Youth on Public Policy Monitoring: Accountability for Economic and Social Rights The Young Women’s Knowledge and Leadership Institute (YOWLI) is one of the 3 Flagship programs of AWOMI. The other flagship programs are the African Women Economic Education and Empowerment Fund (WEFU) and the Accountability Tracking Program (ACT). YOWLI was set up to enable young women and men of African descent to widen their leadership horizons, enhance their knowledge base and actively engage in monitoring and fighting for social justice. YOWLI is a space that supports innovative ideas that challenge anti human rights strategies and propel organizing for social transformation. This memorable event brings together every other year, during a one month training event in Senegal, young women and gender sensitive young men from Africa and its Diaspora. These young people are selected on the basis of their recognized Leadership in their communities. YOWLI participants include groups that are often excluded in international gatherings. There are representatives that are able to engage in informed discussions on different issues that hinder the growth and development of young Africans today. They include the physically challenged, those living with HIV, Human Rights activists, and young people from rural settings and informal urban settlements and those youth coming from armed conflict zones. After each YOWLI conference, one or two YOWLI graduates among those displaying the strongest leadership capacity is selected by AWOMI to join the Dakar office to contribute in the planning and organization the next YOWLI. In order to keep the momentum and support youth movement building, AWOMI supports post YOWLI activities in terms of research, information sharing, outreach and networking. AWOMI also supports YOWLI graduates in their employment search, school application and career development. Several YOWLI graduates have joined AWOMI as intern or staff members. AWOMI hereby invites applications for the 3rd edition YOWLI to be held for 3 weeks, Dec 2010 to Jan 2011 in Senegal. Given the challenges of the global financial and economic crisis and the food and energy crisis, we hope that this program will bring together young activists interested in or and working on social justice issues including young economists, for an intensive skills development on accountability tracking and movement building towards social transformation. Focus will be on the human rights framework for economic and social, in particular the Beijing platform for Action and the International Conference on Population and Development; skills for setting up social justice in youth organizations; advocacy and organizing; cultural networking and entertainment. COST OF ATTENDANCE: For participants who will be fully funded by the program, the following will be provided: economy round trip air travel, accommodation during the course and the conference, meals during the course and the conference, course materials and conference materials. Participants who will fund themselves will cover all the above at a cost of (7,500 USD) which is the total cost for attending the training. However, applicants will be supported in mobilizing resources for their participation. Eligibility Criteria:
Citizenship, Belonging and Political Community in Africa As demonstrated by the battles over inclusion and exclusion which have animated recent elections in Africa, struggles over citizenship are increasingly central to African political life. Yet though engagement with the concept of citizenship often privileges its character as a legal category relating the individual to the territorial nation-state, citizenship can also be historicised as simply one prominent conceptualisation amongst others of “belonging” to a political community, and so as part of a wider set of frameworks through which shifting and competing modes of political life have found articulation. Thinking historically and comparatively about citizenship and belonging calls for a reconsideration of important themes in African history and politics, including nationalism and ethnic identity, vocabularies of political accountability and claim-making, the limits and possibilities of liberal thought, and the relationship between individual and community. The theme of the 2011-12 Fellowship programme will allow scholars from a variety of disciplines to explore issues related to the nature of citizenship, belonging, and political community in Africa, both in the past and in the present. Applicants should note that for security reasons neither applications nor references can be accepted via email and should make arrangements accordingly. The closing date for completed applications is 1 October 2010 and applications received after this date will be declined. The appointments will be made by the beginning of March 2011 and all applicants will be notified of the result. The University follows an equal opportunities policy and does not discriminate according to race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. All documents must be written in English Click the following link to download and read the full ad for further details: www.african.cam.ac.uk/pdfs/applicationpackage.pdf Africa Youth Trust, in partnership with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, will conduct the Training Program on The Equal Status and Human Rights of Women in East Africa. This joint Program is sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Target countries: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Dates of Training: May 3– 14, 2010 Venue: Naivasha, Kenya. Get your Application Form You may send in an Application to participate in this Regional Training Program using either one of two available methods: Download .DOC Version OR Download .PDF Version Closing date for applications is April 12, 2010. Applications received after this date will not be considered. For more details, download the Call for Applications and the EAHUWO Brochure or kindly visit www.africayouthtrust.org/eahuwo or www.rwi.lu.se or send an email to the Program Administrator on eahuwo@africayouthtrust.org Marie Antoinette Carlier Fund - Call Support for Civil Society Networks Content The Marie Antoinette Carlier Fund was established to contribute to the further development of the African continent. It will therefore give financial support to a number of African civil society networks working for, and with, youth from throughout the continent in the field of education, water and health. To identify which networks to support, the Carlier Fund is launching a first call. Applications will be considered admissible only if they comply with the procedure, respect the conditions and are received before the 9th of April 2010 at the right e-mail address. Submission and selection Any African civil society network that fulfills the conditions can directly submit an application for financial support. The Management Committee of the Carlier Fund will do a first preselection of the networks. The managers of the preselected networks will then be invited to send further information to the Management Committee, who will make a final selection by the end of 2010. Amount The Management Committee of the Fund will determine the precise amount of funding. The maximum amount of support available for a network will be 30.000 € a year. The funds allocated must be entirely invested in the African network. Target group Any African civil society network with a chair on the African continent, supporting activities in the fields of education, health and water, and working for, and with, youth from throughout the continent, can apply for financial support. Timing Launching the call: 15/02/2010 Deadline for submisson of application forms: 09/04/2010 Announcement of the selection by an independent jury: 01/10/2010 Selection criteriaAfrican civil society networks can directly submit applications, provided they fulfill the following conditions: - The applicant must be an existing civil society network. - The network must have a chair in Africa. - The network must be active in at least 2 African countries. - The network must target young people. - The network must be active in at least one of the Fund’s three areas of activity, i.e. education, health or water. Financial support from €10.000 until €30.000 Documents 2010_Carlier_ProcedureNetworks-en (pdf, 18 KB) How to submit an application form? You can download an application form here (doc, 101 KB) Please send your application form to: gmt@kbs-frb.be If you cannot fill in the application form, you can ask our contact center to send you a printed copy (070-233 065 or proj@kbs-frb.be). In this case, you can return your completed application form by postal mail: King Baudouin Foundation, GMT, rue Brederodestraat 21, 1000 Brussels Contact For general information: Contact Center - 070-233 065 For specific details: Stefanie Biesmans - 02-549 02 21 Linked information Linked project calls: Marie Antoinette Carlier Fund – Project Call Related Funds: Carlier (Marie Antoinette Carlier Fund) | |||||