Announcement
Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award
Each year, the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award is awarded to one individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of democracy or human rights in Asia through peaceful means. As the first national democracy assistance foundation in Asia, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy is committed to supporting courageous individuals and groups who build democracy, stand up for justice and defend human rights, especially those in our home region. The Award consists of a sculpture and a US$100,000 grant from the TFD to support the ongoing work of the laureate, to be presented at an official ceremony in Taipei on December 10th, International Human Rights Day.
Selection Criteria and Review Process
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the Guidelines for the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award on 21 March 2006, pursuant to TFD’s Bylaws, and with the enthusiastic support of Chairman Wang Jin-pyng.
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The nominee shall have made concrete and significant contributions to the advancement of democracy or human rights movements.
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The nominee shall have a high level of integrity that is respected by others and should possess a strong spirit of altruism.
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The nominee shall have made creative and unique contributions to foster the development of regional democracy or human rights protection.
Nominations are open to the public, and each nominee must be nominated in writing by at least two credible organizations or individuals from the field of democracy or human rights. The nomination form is available for download from the TFD’s website, and all pertinent documents must be received by the TFD no later than June 30 of each year.
The review of nominees includes two stages: preliminary review and final review. Preliminary review is conducted by a Preliminary Review Board (PRB), of which the TFD president presides as chair. Together with six experts from Taiwan, the PRB verifies the validity of the submitted information regarding the nominees’ qualifications and achievements, and shortlists five candidates for the final review.
Final review is conducted by a Final Review Board (FRB), of which the chairperson and president of the TFD are ex officio members, and the TFD chairperson presides as the chair. Five prominent international personages are invited to serve on the FRB and make the final selection of the Award laureate.
All members of both review boards shall abide by strict ethical standards and the principles of impartiality and confidentiality, and avoid conflict of interest. Review board members are not eligible to nominate candidates for the Award. The TFD’s Board of Trustees and employees are also not eligible for nomination.
Information regarding the nominees, review process, and all relevant information shall be kept strictly confidential.
To submit a nomination, please download the official 2010 ADHRA Nomination Form and refer to the enclosed instructions. All nomination materials are due no later than June 30, . For more information, please contact the TFD at award@taiwandemocracy.org.tw or +886-2-2708-0100 ext. 211. Moreinfo: http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/
Grants for Research in Conflict Studies from the Berghof Foundation
Berghof Foundation for Conflict Research funds qualified individuals, organisations and institutions doing cutting-edge research and reflective practice in conflict studies. The three thematic interests listed below permit us to take a more concentrated approach to what we see as key strategic issues emerging in the field of conflict transformation. By focusing on these areas, we wish to support action research and reflective practice that identifies and elaborates fresh, creative paradigms for inclusive and intergrated approaches that can enhance this field.
1) Peacebuilding and reconciliation in post-war societies
2) Transformatuion processes of non-state armed groups into political actors
Alter-Ciné Foundation international Documentary Film Grants
The Foundation will award a grant of CDN$10,000 to a video or filmmaker to assist in the production of a documentary project. The grant is aimed at young video and filmmakers who want to direct a film in the language of their choice that respects the aims of the Foundation.
The Alter-Cine Foundation was created in the memory of Canadian filmmaker, Yvan Patry who passed away on October 14 1999. Patry was a co-founder of the production company Alter Ciné and directed numerous documentaries and current affairs programmes in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Patry’s documentaries, according to the Foundation, have contributed to tearing down walls of silence, denouncing injustice and barbarism, and giving voice to victims of horror.
For more information: http://altercine.org/gagnant_an-09.html
Training Scholarship - International Human Rights Network – Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches 2010
An IHRN Scholarship to the approximate value of 3,000 euro (comprising programme training fees, travel costs, accommodation & per diem) is offered to suitable qualified candidates for participation in the 2010 IHRN Training Programme:
Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based ApproachesDates: Monday 25 - Friday 29 October 2010
Venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
This annual IHRN training programme aims at enhancing the skills of justice sector personnel, consultants, managers etc, in applying Human Rights Based Approaches to Justice Sector Reform. The programme is designed for professionals working for sector institutions or undertaking Rule of law or Governance assignments for bi- & multi-lateral donors and IGOs (eg UN, EC framework Lot 7 Governance and Home Affairs) as well as justice personnel wishing to adapt their expertise for consultancy assignments.
Knowledge and skills enhanced include:
• The legal principles, policies and practice underpinning human rights based approaches to justice sector reform
• The inter-linkages between justice sector roles (law enforcement, judiciary, corrections/rehabilitation, etc)
• The relationship between the justice sector and related terms; 'security sector', 'rule of law', 'good governance'
• Human Rights Based needs assessment, programme design, implementation, as well as monitoring & evaluation
• Programming tools and checklists (including benchmarks and indicators of human rights change)
• Case studies from national contexts as well as international field missions (including conflict and post-conflict)
• Teamwork, advocacy, strategic partnerships and consulting opportunities
Application form, scholarship details, past participant testimonials & further information at http://www.ihrnetwork.org/justice-sector-reform_202.htm or by emailing Pamela Harney at pharney@ihrnetwork.org
Rights & Democracy's John Humphrey Award 2010 : call for nominations
Rights & Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) presents the John Humphrey Award each year to an organization or individual from any region of the world for outstanding achievement in the promotion of human rights and democratic development. The Award consists of a grant of $30,000 and a speaking tour of Canadian cities to help increase awareness of the recipient’s human rights work. It is named in honour of the late John Peters Humphrey, the Canadian human rights law professor who prepared the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Eligibility
The nominee (an individual or an organization) must be committed to peace and non-violence. The nominee must be independent of any political party or governmental affiliation. Preference is given to those working at the frontline for the benefit of developing countries, under conditions hostile to the recognition and application of basic human and democratic rights. Preference will be given to those involved in the priority issues of Rights & Democracy: democratic development, women’s rights, rights of indigenous peoples, social and economic rights. The Award is given only to an individual or to an organization that is still active. Former staff or board members of Rights & Democracy are not eligible. Self-nominations by individuals or organizations are not eligible.
How to Submit a Nomination
Rights & Democracy invites you to submit a nomination by April 30, 2010. This can be done by mail, fax or e-mail together with all the following documents in one package:
A letter from the nominator (with his or her address, phone number and e-mail) describing the nominee, his or her work and why he or she merits this Award; A curriculum vitae or a profile of the nominee; Supporting documentation such as articles written by or about the nominee, (e.g., press clippings, websites links); At least three references (with addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses), who have in-depth knowledge of the candidate’s work, and who may be contacted by members of the jury for more detailed information. http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/humphrey_award/index.php
Small Scale Grants for Youth-led Projects
Peace Child International has created the “Be the Change!” Programme (BTC!) to support young people to get involved in local community action and development projects. They aim to encourage young people to BE THE CHANGE they want to see in their communities and to make it possible we created a small scale grant programme for youth-led projects.
If you are below 25 years old and have a project that concentrates on the development of your community at a local level, take a deep look in the requirements for the grant programme and submit your proposal to Peace Child International.
The Be the Change! desk officers will guide and advise you to identify your own local issues, priorities and problems and also help you to provide your own solutions.
# The kind of projects supported: are projects that are genuinely youth-led
# are projects, which benefit the community rather than an individual need (no support for school fees or personal trips)
# are projects up to £500 with a detailed budget
# have two experienced and committed adults to mentor the project: following the principles of the co-management
# have measures of achievement (indicators) by which projects may be evaluated
# can be either income-generating (funds to start up a small business and creating jobs) or it can be non-income generating (for health, education, environmental clean-up or community improvement) social programmes which are of genuine and lasting community value.
Deadline: 31 March 2010
If you fulfil these requisites make sure to download the application form the website and send your proposals to the appropriate desk officer at Peace Child International before the deadline:
Sundance-Documentary Film Support Program
Sundance Documentary Fund
The Sundance Documentary Fund is a key program of the Documentary Film Program, dedicated to supporting U.S. and international documentary films that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice, civil liberties, and exploring critical issues of our time. The Documentary Fund was established at Sundance Institute in 2002 with a gift from the Open Society Institute and is supported by a leadership grant from the Ford Foundation.
Documentary Fund grants are announced 2-3 times a year and between 2002-2006, the Fund has disbursed almost $5.2 million to over 175 projects in 52 countries. In supporting such work, the Sundance Documentary Fund encourages the diverse exchange of ideas crucial to developing an open society, raising public consciousness about human rights abuses and restrictions of civil liberties, and fostering an ongoing dialogue about these issues.
SDF Grant Categories
The Documentary Fund now considers projects in four categories-Development, Production and Post-Production, Engagement* and Impact.*
Development grants provide seed funds to filmmakers whose projects are in the early research or pre-production stage. Grant award is up to $20,000. A previous directing sample is required. (If no directing sample is available, a creative visual work indicating the director’s artistic point of view and storytelling ability is required).
Production and Post-Production grants provide funds to filmmakers in various stages of the production and post-production stages. Applications should include at least 20 continuously edited material. Longer cuts and fine cuts can be submitted if available. If you are early in production and have a trailer or selected scenes that are shorter in length than 20 minutes, please contact DFP staff to determine whether your material is sufficient to submit a formal application.
Website: http://www.sundance.org/press_subgen.html?articleID=4&colorCode=green
Email: dfp@sundance.org
ISTR Emerging Scholar Dissertation Award
Self-nominations are accepted.
Dissertations that contribute to the field of comparative study of civil society organizations, nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, voluntarism and related issues are eligible. We encourage submissions of PhD dissertations from all parts of the world. Dissertations focused exclusively on the United States are not eligible.
The winner will be announced and the award will be given at the ISTR 9th International Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, which will be held July 7-10, 2010. The award is US $1,000.
Dissertations may be submitted in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Submissions must be sent on CD Rom and include the following:
Letter of acceptance for the degree
Letter explaining the precise nature and merits of the work
500 word abstract of the dissertation's subject matter (in English)
One full copy of the dissertation
Release form stating that ISTR has permission to reproduce
Sample chapter from the dissertation
Deadline: Dissertations and accompanying materials much be received by the ISTR secretariat prior to January 29, 2010. Entries will be read by a three member committee.
Mail to:
ISTR Emerging Scholar Dissertation Award
559 Wyman Park Building
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-2688 USA
For inquiries or questions: istr(at)jhu.edu
http://www.istr.org/conferences/istanbul/emergindscholar.html
DFID, Development Partnerships in Higher Education, to partnerships between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) working on collaborative activity linked to the UN Millennium Development Goals
The overall goal of DelPHE is to enable HEIs to act as catalysts for poverty reduction and sustainable development. DelPHE aims to achieve this by building and strengthening the capacity of HEIs to contribute towards the MDGs and promote science and technology related knowledge and skills. It is anticipated that around 200 partnerships will be funded during the lifetime of the scheme.
WHICH SUBJECT AREAS CAN BE FUNDED?
Proposals are expected to cover a wide range of topics including scientific and technological research with a particular focus on local issues, health, education, gender equity, infrastructure, water, fisheries, agriculture, and information communication technology. Proposals in any subject area will be considered as long as the applicants can clearly demonstrate how the project will result in outputs and outcomes which will strengthen HEI capacity and impact more widely in ways which work to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. All projects should demonstrate a fundamental commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.
The DelPHE portfolio is currently under represented in several countries; for DelPHE round five we are particularly interested in applications from the following:
Countries: Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Yemen.
Applications from other DelPHE countries are welcome but will be given lower priority at selection. Similarly projects in the health sector are a low priority given that health currently represents the greatest proportion of all DelPHE projects.
HEIs will be eligible to apply for funding from DFID’s 22 bilateral focus countries listed below.The list includes some of the world's lowest income countries and are those for which DFID is publicly accountable for progress against MDGs.
Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam and Yemen.
Higher Education Institutions from 22 DFID bilateral focus countries* will be eligible to apply. A broad definition of Higher Education Institutions has been adopted; it includes universities, colleges, research institutes and medical institutions.
Partnerships may be formed not only with institutions in the UK but also with any HEI from across the globe providing that the lead partner is a HEI from one of the focus countries. All partnerships must involve at least two countries though they do not need to include the UK. Projects between other focus and non-focus countries in the global south are particularly encouraged.
The onus is with the lead partner in one of the focus countries to work with whom and how they wish. The team within the lead HEI should jointly write the proposal with appropriate partners on the basis of local need. Partners must ensure that the initiative is locally owned and driven by development needs of the focus country or countries.
WHAT TYPES OF ACTIVITY CAN BE FUNDED?
Funding will be for a maximum of three-years and is expected to vary from £15,000 per annum for a bilateral project to up to a maximum of £50,000 a year for complex larger-scale projects involving a number of-institutions or countries. Projects are usually awarded between £15,000 and £30,000 per year and it may be that the funding awarded is less than is requested. The scheme provides 'seed funding' primarily for travel and subsistence, to facilitate joint research, new courses, networking and exchange of ideas, workshops, professional development, improved training of education and health workers and policy development. No staff time or costs for permanent members of staff can be funded.
TIMETABLE FOR ROUND FIVE
Please find enclosed detail of the timetable of activities for the 09-10 round five call for DelPHE funding.
September 2009
Invitation for round five applications
February 2010
Applications submitted to local British Council office, assessed and shortlisted in-country
March 5th 2010
Deadline for all short listed applications to be submitted to DelPHE UK team
March – April 2010
Shortlisted proposals reviewed in UK and recommendations prepared
End May 2010
Short list assessed and final decisions made by the DelPHE Selection Committee
End June 2010
Date by which all applicants are notified of final funding outcome*
July - August 2010
Successful applicants complete detailed financial and activity plans
September 2010 Funding disbursed to successful applicants and project activity begins
*Applicants will be notified of the outcome and provided with feedback by the local BC office where the proposal was submitted.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/delphe-application-who-can-apply.htm
CALL for APPLICATIONS: Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) Programs
All grants awarded under this request for applications will be sub-grants from the Special Programs to Aid the Need of Survivors (SPANS) Grants Solicitation and Management (GSM) Program and will be managed by World Learning. The SPANS/GSM Program is a USAID Cooperative Agreement awarded to World Learning for the purpose of providing grants solicitation, award and management services to USAID's Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance.
It is anticipated that two to four SPANS/GSM sub-grants will be awarded under this RFA and that each sub-grant will be for up to $2,500,000 for a three year (approximately August 2010 - July 2013) project. Applicants may submit Applications (up to two per organization) for either the "Strengthening Systems of Child Protection" Strategy or the "Improving Family-Level Assets and Income Generation Opportunities Through Economic Strengthening Activities" Strategy.
For more detailed information on these different strategies and for application guidelines, please click here.
For more information and access to the application, please click here.
Applications must be received by February 12, 2010 at 1 PM EST.
Applications received after the closing date and time will not be considered. One (1) electronic copy of the application should be sent to: bill.saur@worldlearning.org
2010 Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty
Nominations are invited from organizations and individuals/activists outside of the United States working for the promotion and protection of human rights for the 2010 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty. The award, established in 1989 in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the International League for Human Rights, is given every other year by Human Rights First, an international human rights organization based in New York and Washington DC. The award will be given at a ceremony to be held in New York City and the winner will receive US $25,000.
The criteria for nominating the organization or individual:
* Whether the nominee’s work is unique or particularly distinctive;
* Whether the nominee’s work has been effective in advancing human rights in a country other than the United States;
* Whether the nominee’s work has been effective in advancing human rights internationally;
Whether the nominee faces any risk or insecurity as a result of the work; and
* Whether the nominee would benefit significantly from receiving the Baldwin Award, either financially or as a result of publicity, in the form of enhanced protection, or in any other way.
The nomination form can be downloaded from the Human Rights First’s website. The deadline to send nominations is 29 January 2010. For more information, visit http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/defenders/baldwin/index.aspx
Sundance Documentary Fund Announces Deadlines for Spring 2010 Grants Round
The fund considers proposals in two categories:
Development grants of up to $20,000 each to filmmakers whose projects are in the early research or pre-production stage. A previous directing sample is generally required.
Production and post-production grants ranging from $20,000 to $75,000 to filmmakers in various stages of the production and post-production stages. Applications should generally include at least twenty minutes of continuously edited material.
Proposals are evaluated on artful storytelling, stylistic innovation, subject relevance, and potential for social engagement. The fund will only consider projects that range in length from full broadcast hour to long format feature.
The deadline for the Spring 2010 funding round is February 9, 2010. Complete program guidelines and online application instructions will be available at the Sundance Institute Web site.
Link to Complete RFP: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=9700028