UNESCO: Call for Proposals on Promoting Culture

UNESCO is now accepting proposals for the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD). The IFCD is a multi-donor fund that aims to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing and least-developed countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention. It does this through support to projects that aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector.

Selection Criteria

Applications for funding requests to the IFCD will be evaluated on the basis of criteria established by the Intergovernmental Committee and the Conference of Parties on the use of resources of the IFCD. In particular, how the funding request:

addresses the objectives and priorities of the 2005 Convention and the IFCD;

meets the needs and priorities of the country where the project will be implemented and it is deemed to be feasible and relevant;

contributes to achieving concrete, measurable and realistic results;

has a potential structural impact leading to the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector and on the promotion of South-South and North-South-South cooperation;

ensures that the project’s long-term objectives can be met;

satisfies the principle of financial accountability.

Note

Applicants are to consult their National Commissions for UNESCO for their submission deadline at the national level.

The deadline for the Secretariat of the Convention to receive funding applications from National Commissions or INGOs is 30 June 2013.

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