Description Max. Grant amount: USD 10.000
Since 1994, UNODC has received a contribution from the Drug Abuse prevention Center (DAPC) of Japan to support drug prevention activities by non - governmental organisation in low and middle income countries. Grants have been disbursed globally every year since. In 2012, the process was assigned to be managed by the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation section in the Drug Prevention and Health Branch.
This project falls under the thematic programme of Addressing health and human development vulnerabilities in the context of drugs and crime.
The aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of civil society to prevent drug abuse globally.
Focus and Priorities of the Programme
The main objective of this Grants Programme is to strengthen the capacity of civil society to prevent drug abuse among youth. This Call for Proposals seeks to provide funding support to NGOs in low- and middle-income countries whose projects are aimed at preventing substance use among the youth. Grant funding shall be provided to projects that:
- are focused on prevention on substance use. This is assessed on the basis of how well the project activities are in line with the
International Standards on Drug Prevention (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/prevention/prevention-standards.html) and follow the
evidence based practices for prevention work targeting youth presented in these standards.
- are targeting youth;
- support the active participation of youth in their communities;
- are initiated, planned, managed, implemented, monitored and/or evaluated by youth;
- connect youth to the activities of the UNODC Youth Initiative (www.unodc.org/youth), also through its visibility in social media.
Activities relating to the subject of the legalization of certain drugs, establishment of databases and information systems, and for needle-exchange schemes will not be considered for funding, as well as:
- projects concerned only or mainly with individual sponsorships for participation in workshops, seminars, conferences, congresses;
- projects concerned only or mainly with individual scholarships for studies or training courses;
- one-off workshops, conferences and seminars: they can only be funded if they form part of a wider range of activities to be
implemented in the life-time of the project.
- credit or loan schemes;
- debts and provisions for losses or debts;
- projects which consist exclusively or primarily of capital expenditure e.g. land, buildings, equipment, vehicles, etc. These can be better
dealt with through procurement;
- projects which discriminate against individuals or groups of people on grounds of their gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or
lack of them, or their ethnic origin;
- scholarships, sponsorships and school fees;
- cash donations;
- political party and religious activities;
- projects which provide funding for terrorist activities;
- projects promoting the non medical or non scientific use of controlled substances;
- projects that include harm reduction activities;
- establishment of databases and information systems.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant/contract, applicants must:
- be a non-profit making organisation or NGO registered under the relevant Laws of the country where it is registered. Registration
certificate needs to be submitted with the proposal to proof the status of the organization;
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project, i.e. not acting as an intermediary;
- demonstrate prior experience of implementing activities in the area of substance use prevention, health education, youth
empowerment or other related field of work;
- have the needed experience and capability to administer international funding.
Organisations who have previously benefitted from a DAPC grant, must submit a written statement explaining the difference between the proposed and the previous project. Furthermore, they need to have submitted the final report of the previous project.
Budget
- maximum ammount awarded under this grants programme is: USD 10.000;
- minimum ammount must not be under: USD 5.000.
Deadline: 29 August 2014.
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