Description Maximum grant amount: 55 000 USD
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) invite non-profit organizations from Europe and Central Asia and the MENA region to submit their project ideas to the OFID-UNDP Cross–Regional Grants Competition and jointly develop, test, or share innovative and scalable solutions to development challenges from the two regions.
The two thematic priorities of this competition are:
- Priority 1: Affordable energy and water solutions: looking into technological solutions that combat the lack of access to energy or water;
- Priority 2: Economic governance and employment: addressing the need for a more inclusive labor market while increasing the capacity of
people to access it.
Eligibility
The grants will be awarded to non-profit organizations from the following countries:
- Middle East and North Africa: Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Somalia, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen.
- Europe and Central Asia: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo,
Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Grant
The grants of minimum US$ 20,000 to maximum US$ 55,000 will support projects over a 12-month period.
Deadline: 30 March 2015
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