Cross-regional grants competition

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) invite non-profit organizations from Europe and Central Asia and the MENA region to submit their project ideas to the OFID-UNDP Cross–Regional Grants Competition and jointly develop, test, or share innovative and scalable solutions to development challenges from the two regions.

The two thematic priorities of this competition are:

Priority 1: Affordable energy and water solutions: looking into technological solutions that combat the lack of access to energy or water;

Priority 2: Economic governance and employment: addressing the need for a more inclusive labor market while increasing the capacity of people to access it.

The grants of minimum US$ 20 000 to maximum US$ 55 000 will support projects over a 12-month period. The grants will be awarded to non-profit organizations from the following countries:

Middle East and North Africa: Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Somalia, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen.

Note: special preference will be given to applications from NGOs and/or involving NGOs from Djibouti, Morocco, Somalia, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen.

Europe and Central Asia: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo*[1], Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

How to apply?

The OFID – UNDP Cross-Regional Grants Competition has two submission phases:

1)         Expression of Interest phase

Potential applicants briefly explain their project idea within their organization background and qualifications. They fill in the Annex A- Expression of interest form and submit it no later than 30 March 2015, 17:00 (GMT+2). The form has to be sent together with a copy of the certificate of registration translated into English indicating non-profit status of the organization to the following email address: crgrants.irh@undp.org.  

2)         Full application phase

After a favorable selection of the Expression of interest, the applicants establish/strengthen the partnership with at least one more organization from the other eligible region. They jointly develop a detailed project proposal as required in the Annex B – Full application form and Annex C – Budget. Additionally, each one of the partners has to fill in the Annex D – Letter of commitment and send it together with a copy of the certificate of registration translated into English. All the documents have to be sent to crgrants.irh@undp.org no later than 31 May 2015, 17:00 (GMT+2).

More details about the OFID – UNDP Cross- Regional Grants Competition are described in the guidelines.

For any additional questions contact the Grant management team directly to the following email address: crgrants.irh@undp.org

[1]  References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of the UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).