Call for Proposals : South Asia Small Grants Program 2020
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U.S. Embassy Dhaka is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the Asia Foundation’s South Asia Small Grants Program (SASGP).  The SASGP will provide small grants to eligible civil society organizations (CSOs) in Bangladesh and four other South Asian countries.

This grant program Designed as a flexible mechanism to respond to existing contexts and emerging opportunities, the open grant window will support CSOs to work on critical governance challenges around four core themes:

  • Increasing public sector accountability and transparency;
  • Strengthening the rule of law;
  • Promoting civil society participation and media in these efforts; and
  • Strengthening democratic institutions and practices.

The SASGP will help build the capacity of civil society actors to respond to governance and capacity challenges and provide expertise, mentoring, and concrete tools to sub-grantees to apply in promoting good governance and developing their organizations.

Driven by the broader goal of creating a free and open South Asian region, SASGP will strive to increase CSO-led policy reforms, constructive engagements, and social accountability in core areas of governance; enlarge the space for civil society to engage with and influence key democratic institutions in the region, and increase the capacity of CSOs to effectively pursue longer-term reform in the governance sector.

This involves helping to build the capacity of civil society actors to respond to governance and capacity challenges and providing expertise, mentoring and concrete tools to sub-grantees to apply in promoting good governance and developing their organizations.

The Asia Foundation is a longstanding partner to both government and civil society in South Asia, supporting initiatives to build more effective and responsive governance that expands justice, accelerates social and economic development, and promotes peace and security.

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The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Informed by six decades of experience and deep local expertise, their work across the region addresses five overarching goals—strengthen governance, empower women, expand economic opportunity, increase environmental resilience, and promote regional cooperation.

Location:

Multiple Regions

Benefits

  • Applicants can apply for grants with a floor level funding of USD 25,000 and a ceiling of USD 75,000 in equivalent local currency.

Eligibilities

  • Award Implementation Period: The implementation period for grants cannot be shorter than 6 months or longer than 15 months;
  • Grants will be limited to national not‐for‐profit organizations;
  • ‘Not‐for‐profit’ organizations include national civil society organizations (CSOs) and non‐governmental organizations (NGOs), consortia, networks, federations and membership bodies, think tanks,  universities etc;
  • But exclude government bodies,  for‐profit entities,  and individuals.
Eligible Regions: Bangladesh

Application Process

Interested Bangladeshi CSOs should complete and submit the application documents outlined below to [email protected]

Application materials, including guidance for applicants, grant application form, project concept note template, and project budget template – in English and Bengali – can be found at https://asiafoundation.org/publication/sasgp-application-materials-bangladesh-english/.

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Application Deadline: April 15, 2020

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