The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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.

More information is at: http://www.undp.org/content/rbec/en/home/about_us/partners/cross_regional-grants-competition/

 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.

o    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.

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