Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Thu, 23 Feb 1995 15:59:09 -0800 (PST)
Sender: cpkiev@attmail.com (Charlotte Watson)
Subject: COUNTERPART Seed Grant Program
C O U N T E R P A R T
Foundation for International Partnerships
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UKRAINE BELARUS MOLDOVA
Seed Grant Program
COUNTERPART, with funding from the United States Agency for
International Development, administers a seed grant program for
non-governmental organizations in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine.
Grants may be awarded to individual local NGOs or to NGOs in
partnership with an American or European PVO. An application form and
appropriate documentation is necessary to be considered for funding
and can be obtained from COUNTERPART offices in all three countries.
Proposals for individual scholarships, single pieces of equipment, or
travel that is not an integral part of a larger project, will not be
considered.
The OBJECTIVE of the seed grant program is to support the activities of
non-governmental organizations which:
- meet the needs and provide services to populations experiencing
hardship as a result of the breakdown of social services in the former
Soviet Union, such as(but not limited to) infants and children, the
handicapped, orphans, the elderly, women and the unemployed;
- catalyze and support intra-NGO or community participation in
policy-making involving social services;
- strengthen other NGO's, through information-sharing, training and
partnership;
and others that meet priority needs as determined with the consultation
and approval of USAID.
Activity proposals should include plans to become self-supporting in
the future (sustainable or replicable models.) If the proposal
describes a one time event, it should intend to have broad and
lasting social impact.
ELIGIBILITY is not determined by type of non-governmental organization
applying, but by the merit of the project itself and the demonstrated
ability of the organization to implement and complete the project. An
application form and all its components must be submitted before final
consideration of the proposal will be considered.
The REVIEW PROCESS
- The completed application form is your proposal. One copy must be
submitted in Russian or Ukrainian and one copy in English.
- Resumes or short biographies of the key personnel who will implement
the project and supporting documents should also be submitted in
Russian or Ukrainian and in English.
- Counterpart staff will perform the first review and inform an
organization if the application is complete or incomplete.
- An appointed committee will meet every two months to review the
proposal with instructions about how to evaluate the proposal's
merits through a point system.
- Award of the grant is subject to USAID approval and to the
organization's acceptance of all conditions of the grant contract.
- Having a proposal refused does not condition the future resubmission
of other proposals by the same organization or even of the same
proposal in a revised version.
MONITORING and EVALUATION of seed grant activities will include:
- Signing a contract.
- Financial training.
- Site visits, regular activity reports and financial accountability.
- Any change in the project's work plan or budget will require written
notification.
- Final evaluation of the project.
for further information contact:
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Charlotte Watson
COUNTERPART Service Center (CSC)
8B Staronavodnytska St., #71
Kiev-15, Ukraine 252015
tel: 044-294-8954
fax: 044-295-8961
e-mail: cpkiev@attmail.com , cpkiev@sovam.com (Cyrillic texts)
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