+ + + Applications up to 3 months before the start of the project, if possible by 1 October of the previous year + + +
The zivik Funding Programme supports civil society actors worldwide in preventing crises and overcoming conflicts. It contributes to creating and stabilising peaceful social and political systems. With their commitment, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) complement state actors by providing significant perspectives and setting important priorities.
To supplement the above, the zivik Funding Programme provides advice and networking opportunities for civil society actors and supports them in evaluating their projects.
Funding is provided for projects in the field of crisis prevention, conflict management, stabilisation, peacebuilding and democracy-building by NGOs that operate in crisis and conflict regions. Focal regions are Sub-Saharan Africa, the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region, Southeastern Europe, Ukraine, Belarus, the South Caucasus and projects by the Unidas Women’s Network in Latin America and the Caribbean. In exceptional cases, the zivik Funding Programme also accepts projects from other regions.
Regarding content, the focus of project funding is United Nations Security Council resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security.
The resolution underlines the central role of young people in peace processes and is based on five pillars:
The zivik Funding Programme addresses the following projects and organisations:
The project is in line with one of the following Federal Foreign Office Funding Concepts:
The organisation is familiar with the “Monitoring of effects (movie)“ manual and will use it to plan, review and evaluate its assumptions about the effects of the project:
The organisation is familiar with the principles of project funding in accordance with the Federal Budget Code of the Federal Republic of Germany and will comply with them:
The organisation will provide the following documents:
The organisations are expected to have rules on the following:
The organisation can explicitly confirm
For organisations that have already been successfully funded in the past, the following continues to apply:
The project outline is the basis for a consultation. The zivik Funding Programme team checks beforehand whether the project can be implemented and whether the funding is realistic. This is based on the Federal Foreign Office Funding Concept.
The project outline, which should be no longer than three pages, is to be sent as a file to zivik(a)ifa.de. A template is available in the download area. The organisation receives confirmation of receipt of the project outline and an assessment of whether there is a possibility that the project could receive funding. It may be several weeks before a response is dispatched.
Following a positive response to the project outline, the next step is to submit an application. If a positive response cannot be given, brief information will be provided that an application is not possible or is not likely to be successful. For capacity reasons, the zivik Funding Programme team cannot provide a more detailed consultation in such cases.
The application consists of three documents:
The completed application is to be returned to zivik(at)ifa.de by e-mail.
Please note the requirement to submit a project outline in advance and allow sufficient time for consultation on the project outline before submitting the application. For projects beginning in January or February, it is recommended that you submit your project outline in June/July of the previous year. For project implementation in Israel/the Palestinian Territories, the outline must be submitted no later than the end of July of the previous year, regardless of the project start date. The complete application is to be submitted no later than three months before the start of the project.
For projects beginning in January or February, the application must be received not later than 1 October of the previous year. For projects that are to begin at a later date, we also request that applications be submitted by 1 October of the previous year.
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