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The Youth Initiative for Human Rights – Kosovo (YIHR KS) is pleased to announce the second round of call for project proposals within its Small Grants Programme 2012, aiming to foster activism and encourage dialogue and cooperation between youth of different ethnic backgrounds in Kosovo and the region. The funding for the YIHR KS’s Small Grants Programme is provided by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

In order to strengthen the capacities of youth activism, YIHR KS will award grants to organizations that demonstrate the capacity to identify local community problems and also demonstrate the ability to undertake concrete steps in resolving these problems.

Priority will be given to projects that involve activities related to encouraging, improving and creating opportunities to establish new links and dialogue between young people from different communities in Kosovo and region; projects that encourage cooperation of youth from different ethnic communities in resolving local and national problems; and projects that strengthen and facilitate youth participation in decision making processes, public life and human rights campaigns.


Application procedure:

All project proposals should include:

1) A description of the organization and an indication of competence in the area of this proposal
2) An outline of the project, including:
a) Direct beneficiaries
b) Activities of the project
c) Outcomes expected
3) A brief (2 or 3 lines) overview of your budget, income sources and expenses for this project

Download the application form
Download the budget form

Eligibility:

YIHR KS will award grants to legally registered non-governmental organizations in line with the applicable law. The eligibility and grant allocation are determined by the YIHR KS’s Grant Review Committee.

Grant information:

YIHR KS will provide a limited number of Small Grants for projects that may be up to three months in duration, in the maximum amount of 5,000 USD.

The deadline for submission of project proposal is June 22, 2012 (17:00h).

Project proposals should be submitted to:

ksgrants@yihr.org

or:

Youth Initiative for Human Rights – Kosovo
Str. Gustav Meyer 6, 2nd floor
10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

[For more information you can call us: +381 38 248 509]