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With the primary aim of reducing poverty, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has issued a call for proposals to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs). According to a statement issued by the IDB,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, Guyanese Civil Society Organizations (CSO) are now each eligible for up to US $1 million of funding from the IDB to help reduce poverty.With the three specific areas of Gender, Community and Rural Development,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, and Education and Social Protection to submit project proposals for poverty reduction and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean, the IDB funding will be available to all legally established NGOs in any on the IDB’s 26 borrowing countries.It will also be awarded to the civil society group that puts up an “innovative proposal to support communities and vulnerable groups.”The civil society organization, in order to be eligible, must also support well-targeted poverty reduction and social development activities that respond directly to the needs of socially and/or economically disadvantaged people.It is also expects that these organizations will be able to stimulate wide spread stakeholder participation (i.e. civil society groups) at the community level.The IDB statement noted that the pilot alternative and innovative approaches or partnerships with CSOs, including community based organizations, as implementing agencies to reach groups currently not being reached by other programmes must support capacity building of community-based organizations in low income communities to provide sustainable solutions for poverty reduction.The call for proposal will close on May 15,Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey, 2013, and the Guyana country office of the IDB will host an open forum to brief all interested civil society organisations and to clear up issues about eligibility requirements, assessment criteria and eligible sectors.The last call for proposal (2012) was won by Partners of the Americas, Guyana Chapter which received US$1,161,000 for their project,Artemi Panarin Jersey, “Development of sustainable communities through the hydroponic production of organic vegetables.” The aim of their project is to provide opportunities to low-income households to become self-employed entrepreneurs in organic hydroponic farming.The current call for proposals is being done with continued support from the Japanese Poverty Alleviation fund and proposals should focus on the following areas of Education and Social Protection,Throwback Jerseys, Early Childhood Development (ECD) for children between 0-8 years, Teacher Quality for Primary and Secondary Education,Brad Richards Red Wings Jersey, Youth interventions to protect from risky behaviours, Gender, Caring services for young and elderly people, Violence against women (VAW) Implementation of pilot tests (including evaluation) of community-based approaches in the prevention of VAW, Community-Driven Rural Development, Prevention of Diseases and Agricultural Health, Water and Sanitation for Disperse and Poor Rural Households. |
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