The Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program is a dynamic global network of innovators working with communities to address critical 21st Century issues.  CEE equips dedicated visionaries with the expertise, skills, and resources to develop multisector approaches and build healthy and engaged communities in over 100 countries.

A transformational leadership development experience, CEE is a year-long program designed to enable civil society leaders, ages 20-27, to harness the power of networks, relationships, and information for the public good, specifically on issues related to civic dialogue and peacebuilding, open and participatory government, women and gender, resilience and sustainable development, and youth engagement.

Fellowship components include:

• Three-month Fellowship in the United States: IREX matches CEE fellows to civil society organizations throughout the United States. Designated supervisors and peers support the fellows through a three-month, hands-on professional fellowship.
• Leadership and Civic Engagement Academy: CEE Fellows explore the program themes through interactive curriculum that includes service learning, face-to-face trainings, mentorship, professional coaching, and inclusion in a global network.
• Community Engagement Project (CEP): With the help of their U.S. host organization and mentors, CEE fellows design and plan a community engagement project to carry out after they return home. Once the fellows depart the U.S., they put these projects into action in their home communities.
• Community Engagement Project (CEP) Exchange: Select U.S. hosts and Global Leaders will travel to a CEE Alumnus’ country and work collaboratively to support the fellow’s project implementation and bring back what they learn to strengthen communities across the United States or their home country.

Application Instructions

Please review the program requirements prior to starting an application to ensure that you are eligible. Please note that eligibility requirements are determined by the US Department of State and exceptions cannot be made. If, after reviewing the application instructions, you have additional questions, please e-mail Apply.CEE@irex.org.

Application Resources

• Application instructions (PDF, 220 KB)
• Apply: Begin your online application

Eligibility Requirements

Competition for the CEE Program is merit-based and open to emerging civil society and community leaders who meet the criteria below. Applications that do not meet these eligibility requirements will be disqualified and will not be reviewed by the selection committee.

• You are between the ages of 20 and 27 as of November 1, 2020
• You are a citizen of one of the eligible countries listed below
• You are living and working in your home country
  • Individuals with refugee status working on behalf of their home community may be given special consideration
  • You are working on a community engagement initiative in your home country, either in a professional or volunteer capacity, with a vision to pursue a career working to support civil society
  
  
  
  

• You have a high level of proficiency in spoken and written English at the time of application
  • Semifinalists will be required to take or submit recent scores for a TOEFL or IELTS English language test
• You are available to travel to the U.S. for three months from October 2021 to January 2022
• You are committed to returning to your home country to complete a Community Engagement Project (CEP)
• You are not a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. and have not applied for U.S. permanent residency within the past three years
• You are eligible to receive a U.S. J-1 visa
  • Applicants who have participated in an exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Government must have fulfilled their two-year home residency requirement
• You are committed to returning to your home country for a minimum of two years after completing the program and
• You are not a current IREX employee or consultant, or their immediate family member

Financial Support

The program covers the cost of most expenses associated with:

• J-1 visa support
• Round-trip travel from participants’ home city to the U.S.
• Monthly allowance to cover housing, meals, and other living expenses while in the U.S. and
• Accident and sickness insurance

Eligible countries by region

Africa: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

East Asia and the Pacific: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam

Europe and Eurasia: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine

Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and West Bank/Palestinian Territories

South and Central Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Western Hemisphere: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay

Application Deadline: December 23rd 2020

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to apply.

 

 

Do you need a one time grant to scale up your business? Tiimafrica in partnership with Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is giving out Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) grant to eligible applicants.

ELIGIBILITY

You must be between the age of 25 – 35 years old

You must be a Nigerian

You must have been running business within Nigeria

Your business must have at least six (6) months financial record.

 

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to visit the official page of Project Grow 100 to apply.

 

 

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Greenhouse Accelerator is a 6-month program where up to 10 innovators will be selected and paired with a PepsiCo mentor team. The team will be challenged to demonstrate collaboration and measurable progress, based on a mutually developed action plan. Companies will have access to subject matter experts, resources and a curriculum of business and training modules, and will also be able to collaborate with other participating companies. Companies will benefit from PepsiCo research & development experience as well as perspectives on business models, product development, science & regulatory practices, market activation and other disciplines.

Participating companies and their mentors will plan and execute an initiative using a $20,000 grant to demonstrate collaboration and tangible results in an entrepreneurial fashion. An evaluation committee made up of a third party adjudicator, PepsiCo business units and PepsiCo External Innovation team will award a $100,000 prize to one winning company based on the company’s progress, level of collaboration and effective use of the $20,000 grant.

Up to 10 participating companies will be required to participate in three events:

Greenhouse Accelerator virtual kick-off and orientation event on January 13, 2021.
A virtual mid-term event to share progress updates on or about March 24, 2021.
A virtual final program graduation event and final $100,000 grant recipient announcement celebration on or about June 16, 2021.
All participating companies will be required to sign a Greenhouse Accelerator Participation Grant Acceptance Agreement. The $20,000 grant comes with ‘no strings attached’ except that it may not be used to pay debt or bonuses. The $100,000 prize also carries similar restrictions.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 30TH, 2020.

We are looking to discover and nurture game-changing innovations in technology and nutrition companies with a particular focus on the following areas:

SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN NUTRITIONAL INGREDIENTS

We want to help innovators with science-supported ingredients and products that enable each of us to take an active role in improving their personal nutrition and lifestyle.

WELLNESS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT

We’re looking for innovations that encourage overall wellness such as products and services that enable us to age with more vitality, confidence and enjoyment.

 

PERSONALIZED NUTRITION & HEALTH MONITORING

We want to help entrepreneurs accelerate devices, applications and services such as wearables and wellness monitoring methods that encourage health awareness, behaviors and practices to help us all enjoy life through the ages.

PURPOSE DRIVEN & GLOBALLY RESPONSIBLE

We want to help accelerate companies with a true mission to be great stewards of our personal wellness as well as our planet, representing diverse backgrounds and lifestyles.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified and interested individuals/businesses should click on the button below to apply.

 

 

How can technology shield and restore terrestrial ecosystems and freshwater supplies?

SDG 15 aims to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems to benefit, now and in future, from this natural ecosystem-service. This Lead2030 Challenge is specifically focussed on SDG 15 targets:

• 15.1: By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world.

• 15.2: Promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation.

• 15.3: By 2030, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements

By scaling up research and development, technological innovation, investing in natural infrastructure and implementing responsible sourcing policies, companies play an integral part in preserving and restoring vital ecosystems, promoting the sustainable use of land, water and forests, while retaining consumer confidence in their product offerings. At Novartis, we aim to drive sustainability through our own operations, as well as those of our suppliers, and we have set ambitious targets to minimize our impacts on climate, waste and water. We have already made significant progress and our ambition is to be a catalyst for positive change and a leader in environmental sustainability.

Novartis looks forward to supporting SDG 15 by funding a project, which utilises data/digital/novel technologies in order to generate positive action, protect, restore and sustainably use the services provided by natural land ecosystem. The project should address at least one of the following:

• Freshwater recycling capacity

• Restoring biodiversity of the ecosystem

• Deforestation

• Desertification

The project should deliver quantifiable results and be a long-term sustainable solution. Ideas with an assessable proof of concept would be preferred.

Challenge crtieria

Aligned: Evidently aligned with the SDG 15 challenge. See ‘About’.

Youth-led: Founded by a person aged 18 – 30.

Focused: Well-structured time horizon, identified key stakeholders and beneficiaries, and proposed outcomes that are reasonable and well thought out.

Proven: Readily available, in or past implementation phase.

Impactful: Solutions must have a positive social impact, for example generating employment, or developing skills.

Measurable: Impacts of solutions must have been adequately measured and/or be measurable.

Financially viable: Must be able to achieve efficiency and to survive independently through the resources they generate and/or the investments and donations they attract.

Scalable: Potential to perform as well or better after expanding in scope or size and/or being transported to other regions.

Benefits

The winning solution will receive:

• A US$50,000 grant from Novartis
• 12 months of mentorship from a team of Novartis professionals. The mentorship team will work to accelerate your solution based on the needs of your initiative or organisation, such as:
  • Business strategy
  • Best practices for data collection
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Product design

Application Deadline: 18 December, 5:00pm GMT

 

How to Apply

Click on the button below to apply.

 

 

The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in education is now accepting candidatures. The theme of the 2020 edition is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the continuity and quality of learning.

In the context of the education crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this focus is all the more important. Indeed, the way we use new technologies to respond to the crisis reveals both their potential and the need to support their development – so that they can help to improve learning and inclusivity rather than exacerbate existing inequalities.

Technology innovations fueled by AI have the potential to locate and reach excluded and marginalized groups and provide quality learning programmes for learners in emergency contexts or learners with physical and cognitive disabilities. AI technologies can also help accurately analyze difficulties faced by students studying in a language other than their mother tongue. At the same time, they can support teachers with a better diagnosis of learning problems and personally adaptive feedback to improve pedagogical responses.

Two winners will be selected by the Director-General of UNESCO based on the recommendations of an international Jury, and each winner will receive a reward of USD 25,000 and a diploma.

Who can apply?

Any individual, institution, or non-governmental organization (NGO) with an established ongoing project relevant to the specific theme of the year i.e. that use AI-powered solutions to enhance the continuity and quality of learning.

• More information on the selection criteria and eligibility.

How to apply?

The applicants should fist request the access to the online platform and then fill in an online form.

See detailed user guide and instructions.

For the application to be considered, it should be nominated by either the National Commission of the UNESCO Member State or an NGO in official partnership with UNESCO.

All applicants are encouraged to get in touch with the NGO or National Commission ahead of the application process. Self-nominations will not be accepted.

Governments of UNESCO Member States as well as NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO are invited to elicit and nominate up to three projects, which are in line with the 2020 theme and meet the selection criteria.

The deadline for nominations is 18 December 2020 (midnight, Paris time).

For more information contact: ictprize@unesco.org

The Lagos Government in response to the economic challenges being experienced as a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic which necessitated the shutdown of all tourism, hospitality and creative arts businesses among others; has considered the sector as one of the worst hit of the economy. The State Government through the intervention of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has therefore made available credit funding domiciled with Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSTETF)in support of the recovery and revitalization of the sector in Lagos State.

The under listed documents will be required from all interested practitioners/stakeholders in accessing the fund. All interested practitioners should therefore, start with the first stage by filling the online application form for eligibility code.

Required Documents:

1. Must be resident of Lagos State (LASSRA)

2. Business must be within the creative Arts, Tourism and Hospitality sector

3. Business must be registered with the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture

4. Business must be operational for at least One (1) year

5. For Term Loan and Hub Loans/Production Loans within the SME category; business must be registered with CAC

6. Must provide Guarantors with a sizable income: Two (2) Guarantors for Term and Hub loans/Production loans within the SME category. One (1) of the Two (2) Guarantors must be an Association and One (1) Guarantor for Term Loans within the ME category.

7. Applicant must be a member of an Association (Optional)

8. Evidence of Tax Compliance

9 For hub Loans/Production Loans; Business must operate a hub, incubator or similar facility that supports capacity development of emerging/existing talent with the Arts, Tourism and Hospitality sectors in Lagos State.

10 For Production Loan; Business/Promoters must already have some experience producing work that has been in at least local cinemas.

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Voucher programme:

1. Must be a resident of Lagos State (LASSRA)

2. Business must be within the Arts, Tourism and Hospitality Sector

3. Business must be registered with the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture

4. Business must be registered with the CAC for voucher value above 500,000

 

Applications Deadline:

Ongoing

 

How to Apply

Qualified and interersted businesses should click on the button below to apply.

 

For more information:

Phone number: 08023320906

Email: glibrahim@lagosstate.gov.ng

Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation is a grant making nonprofit organization established in 2016 to support local, national and regional non – profit organizations working to address challenges and associated vulnerabilities across the African Continent.

ACT Foundation has adopted a responsive approach to grant making. By funding focused-interventions, ACT works across a broad spectrum of developmental issues clustered within its focus areas

ACT believes that grant making is a critical tool in engineering social change, and even more, the foundation is inspired by the long- and short-term partnerships it makes. ACT’s strength lies in the partnerships it creates and sustains through funding for programs and activities that have great potential of altering the downward trajectory of development on the African continent. The foundation is on a mission to drive sustainable impact across Africa

ACT Foundation provides funding support to non-profit organisations and social enterprises ONLY through its annual grant application process.

All registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), community groups/ community-based organizations, charitable organizations, faith-based organisations/ foundations and social enterprises working in Africa are eligible to apply for the ACT Foundation grant.

How to Apply

Qualified and interested groups should click on the button below to apply.

 

 

How to Apply

 

 

 

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