amfAR TARGETED Request for Proposals

-By Development Network- "Building a Fundraising Board" Date: September 19, 2012 Timings: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT Last Day left! Get to know some really useful tips and ideas for involving your board in raising funds for your organization. This webinar offers you with information on training and motivating your board members to successfully raise funds...[more] http://www.fundsforngos.org/?p=34924 amfAR TARGETED Request for Proposals GMT Initiative Community Awards Deadline: 18 October 2012 Africa amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research has launched a new grant opportunity through its TARGETED Request for Proposals under the GMT Initiative Community Awards  for innovative projects that focus on advocacy and policy efforts and/or...[more] http://www.fundsforngos.org/?p=37011 The African Social Venture Prize Challenge 2012 Deadline: 21 September 2012 Africa The African Social Venture Prize Challenge 2012 edition  aims at promoting social innovation for development, to information and communication technologies, through financial and management support to new businesses...[more] http://www.fundsforngos.org/?p=36947 The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives 2012-2013 launched Deadline: 26 September 2012 Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua The Embassy of Canada to Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). The program is directly managed by the Canadian mission in San José, and seeks to support development by financing small scale, short-term initiatives...[more] http://www.fundsforngos.org/?p=36994 -For more Articles and Information  :  http://www.developmentnetwork.co.nr/

UN Women Call for Proposals to build the Capacity of National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asia

-By Development Network-   Only Few Days Left for the Webinar on "How to Raise Funds from US Foundations" Date: June 20, 2012. Timings: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT (Click Here to Register Now)   The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has announced a call for proposals to build the capacity of National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asia to promote and protect women's human rights. Civil society organizations, educational and academic institutions are invited to submit proposals. The purposes of this call for proposals are: (1) increase access to legal remedies and legal protection for women, particularly those from disadvantaged groups; and (2) monitor and promote States' compliance with women's human rights-related treaty obligations, and follow up on human rights treaty recommendations. Proposals can be submitted by a registered organization, or jointly by two or more registered organizations of any of the following categories: (a) Non-governmental organizations or (b) Educational and academic institutions. The deadline to submit proposals is 12 July 2012. For more information, visit this link : http://www.unwomen-eseasia.org/docs/tor/CfP_Building_Capacity_of_Natl_HR_Institutions/CFP_NHRIs.pdfs -For more Articles and Information:  http://www.developmentnetwork.co.nr/