Background Minimum amount: 50 000 USD
Maximum amount: 250 000 USD
At the 2005 World Summit held at the United Nations in New York, Heads of State and Government reaffirmed their commitment to promote democracy and human rights, by welcoming “the establishment of a Democracy Fund at the United Nations”. UNDEF’s primary purpose is to strengthen the voice of civil society and ensure the participation of all groups in democratic practices. The Fund complements current UN
efforts to strengthen and expand democracy worldwid e and funds projects that enhance democratic dialogue and support for constitutional
processes, civil society empowerment, including the empowerment of women, civic education and voter registration, citizen’s access to information, participation rights and the rule of law in support of civil society and transparency and integrity.
Eligibility
UNDEF will invite proposals for projects that either take place in one country only (local), or occur in several specified states of a region or sub-region (regional) or intend to operate at the global level (global). UNDEF will reserve at least 70% of its programm able resources in each funding round for projects taking place in one country and will allocate no more than 30% to global/regional projects UNDEF funds projects implemented by non UN organizations, not individuals, profit-making or government entities.
UNDEF funds projects implemented by:
- Civil Society Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations engaged in promoting democracy
- Independent and Constitutional Bodies
- Global and Regional inter-government bodies, organizations and associations other than the United Nations
Budget
In principle, UNDEF grants will be allocated for projects with default duration of two years. However, it is acceptable to UNDEF if a succ
essful applicant completes a project in less than 2 years. Grants will not necessarily match the full amounts applied for. Grant allocations will
not exceed USD 400,000 for any given project, and will be of a minimum of USD 50,000. The majority of projects are granted no more than $250,000
Deadline: 31 December 2013
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