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Название: Новости ИСАР-Центральная Азия, - II Главные Пункты: * Выпуск электронного Информационного листка ISAR-Central Asia, номер 8 (продолжение). 7. Соросовские гранты на поездки. 8. Гранты для экологических НПО. (22.12.2000) Полный Текст Новости ИСАР-Центральная Азия, - II 7. Travel Grants from Soros Foundation. SOROS FOUNDATION IN KAZAKHSTAN announces The TRAVEL GRANTS Program for 2001 General Information This program of Soros Foundation finances travel expenses for participants of international seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and competitions, taking place outside. Program goal Support for organizations and citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which do not have funds to develop the professional collaboration in spheres promoting creation of an Open Society. The program accepts requests for financing in the following spheres: The humanities, culture, law, reforms in social sector, reforms in the system of public health. The program does not finance: participation in the sphere of natural sciences, medicine, sport, tourism, business, participation in research efforts, work trips, trips on private invitations, trips of public officials. Only travel expenses are financed: all other expenses, such as accommodation, meal, organization fee, visas, international medical insurance etc. are incurred by organizers, other sponsors or grantee. Preference in the awarding of grants will be given to applicants, whose accommodation expenditures are paid by the organizers. The Foundation gives no more than one grant in one year to any grantee. A year period is calculated from the date of report on the last trip, provided by grantee. The Foundation will finance no more than one person per organization for per event and no more than three people from Kazakhstan. At the competitive selection (if there are more than three requests), with other things being equal, preference will be given to applicants living and working outside Almaty. Application procedures The application should be sent no later than 30 days before the beginning of the event. Incomplete applications are not accepted and not considered. The application form includes the following documents: 1. Justification for the participation and CV; 2. An official invitation in the name of grantee; 3. An official program of the event; 4. Confirmation of knowledge of working language of the event or interpreting availability. 5. Confirmation on implementation of the previous Contract in the form of an announcement in Mass Media and giving information on his/her trip (for applicants who request a travel grant for the second time). In addition to the mentioned documents, in some cases, the Foundation can require the additional information on grantee (applicant). Applications should be sent to the mentioned address (directly, by post/fax) only in printed form in English or Russian. An official invitation and other documents in languages other than English or Russian should be accompanied by a notarized translation. The Foundation Board of Experts considers accepted applications twice per month. In the case of financial denial the Foundation does not give any explanations. In the positive case the Foundation will itself organize provision of tickets. To purchase tickets the Foundation should be provided with a copy of passport of grantee including exit and entry visas and with the International Medical Insurance for the period of travel. Tickets are given personally to the grantee after insurance signing the Contract. Under no circumstance, do these rules allow exception. Forms of documents А. Application - justification (should be printed on separate sheet) 1. Last name, surname. The date of birth. 2. Passport # _________ Date of issue____________ 3. Home address, phone number 4. Work place (please indicate the full name of organization). 5. Position, academic degree, rank. 6. Work address, phone number. 7. Justification of the trip: 7.1. The name of seminar, conference, competition, exhibition 7.2. The theme of paper and confirmation from the organizers on including it into the agenda (the registration number on the official program); 7.3. Justification of the trip from point of view of creating an Open Society in Kazakhstan: please try to show the full description of the trip purpose, provide us with all causes which you could say to the Board of Experts if you had a chance yourself to attend the Board Meeting. 8. The place of the event: country, city 9. Dates of the trip: date of arrival, date of departure. 10. In which countries have you ever been earlier? 11. Date of obtaining the previous grant. Signature Date В. Curriculum Vitae (CV) (should be printed on the separate sheet) Please write your CV in any format, but include the following: - education; - professional experience (including foreign); - knowledge of foreign languages; - principal printed works for the last three-year period; - participation in conferences, meetings/forums, competitions, exhibitions for the last three-year period. Signature Date Notes: 1. Applications sent by post or fax should be addressed to the Program Coordinator, Mr. Nikifor Boldyrev. Address: Soros-Kazakhstan Foundation, 117-20, Furmanov St., Almaty 480091. Phone: (3272) 503-811, Fax: (3272) 503-814. 2. The mentioned terms and application procedure are effective from December 1, 2000. *** 8. Grants for Environmental NGOs. THE REGIONAL ENVINRONMENTAL CENTER in Budapest Announces the grant competition to increase collaboration among NGOs The maximum amount of grant is 25, 000 euro, the total fund is 200, 000 euro. NGOs can apply from the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Federative Republic of Yugoslavia and Ukraine. Applications will be accepted for projects for one year in which NGOs at least from two countries can participate. The cooperative projects of NGOs from the region of the NIS, Central and Eastern Europe and Denmark are especially welcome. The projects should be devoted to solving trans-boundary and inter-regional problems. Trans-boundary projects can have concrete geographical connections like a common river basin or boundary reserved territory, or be of common interest for cooperating NGOs, as for instance climate change problem, extinction of rare species, global air pollution, as a result of transport increase, wasteful consumption of fuel resources etc. Inter-regional projects differ a little from trans-boundary projects and can be connected with the general problems of transition to sustainable development, privatization, public awareness, environmental education, legislation etc. Organizations, applying for a grant, should have: experience in environmental project management, at least one staff member who can speak English, access to office equipment (phone, computer, fax, modem etc.). They should prove their interest in solving the problem and establish collaboration with the same organizations in other countries, as well as with local civil society. Program phases: 1. PARTNER SEARCH/COLLABORATION ESTABLISHMENT AMONG NGOs (December 2000 - January 31, 2001) During this period NGOs search for partners. It can be done through personal contacts, databases (reference books of the Regional Environmental Centers for instance), offices of National RECs, as well as via the special service for partnership, created in REC in Budapest. You can apply to REC (Budapest) to get the special inquiry on partner searching. (This form is attached below). 2. PREPARATION OF THE PROJECT CONCEPT (before January 31, 2001) To prepare the concept it is necessary to complete special applications or to answer the following questions: + description of the problem; + action plan to solve the problem; + budget. If you did not get any grants from the REC earlier, you should provide a certificate of the registration. In case it is necessary to organize a meeting with NGO representatives from different countries, the program can finance up to 600 euro for these purposes. The necessity of these costs should be justified in the concept. A copy of the project concept should be sent to the REC Headquarter in Szentendre and to the REC office in your country as well. PLEASE, DO NOT SEND THE PROJECT CONCEPT BY E-MAIL OR FAX - ONLY BY POST! 3. PROJECT EVALUATION (before February 16, 2001) 4. APPLICATION PREPARATION (before March 30, 2001) NGOs, whose project concepts will be selected as most interesting, will be asked to prepare the application. 5. APPLICATION CONSIDERATION (before April 13, 2001) 6. A MEETING OF WINNERS AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION (after May 4, 2001) In addition, NGO from CCE/NIS countries in collaboration with Danish NGOs can apply for grants to the Small Grant Program, which is conducted by the REC along with Danish organizations DANCEE and Danish Outdoor Council. For additional information: Darek Urbaniak, phone: 36-26-311-199, ext.: 203, e-mail: N2N@rec.org. Information on the program is on the site: www.rec.org. Russian organizations can apply to the Russian Regional Environmental Center: rusrec@rusrec.msk.ru -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Information service "Eco-Soglasie" Olga Speranskaya - speransk@ntserver.cis.lead.org Olga Ponizova - accord@olgapon.gins.msk.su Co-operation Request Form If your NGO is interested in finding a partner NGO in CEE, NIS or Denmark in order to participate in the (please tick appropriate box): 1. NGO Co-operation within and beyond CEE Borders Region-wide Сo-operative Grants* offered by The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) or 2. Small Grant Facility Grants Program offered by the Danish Outdoor Council (DOC) or 3. To find a partner NGO from CEE, NIS or Denmark to extend your experience and build a new partnership you should fill out the form below and send it to the NGO Partnership Service (address provided below). In order for the Partnership Service to help you to locate a partner you should provide us with the following information: CRF Number (Filled out by REC) Information about your NGO NGO Name: NGO Field of Activities: Name of the contact person: NGO Phone Number: NGO Fax Number: NGO E-mail address: NGO Web site: NGO Address: Information about proposed co-operation Proposed title for co-operative project: Please describe priority area for your proposed co-operation: (i.e. biodiversity; forestry; global warming; waste management; other): Please describe envisaged activities for co-operation: (i.e. awareness raising; conferences; education, monitoring, other) Please justify the need for proposed project: Please describe your past activities/ experience in the proposed priority area and activities: Please describe your past co-operative experience: Please describe envisaged form of co-operation: Please justify the need for co-operation for the proposed co-operation activities: Please describe geographic scope of the project (international, national, regional, local): Please use additional space if needed! The CEE/NIS NGOs may also attach the Co-operation Request Form to their Concept Paper or send it directly by e-mail to N2N@rec.org. The Danish NGOs should send their Co-operation Request Form by e-mail to N2N@rec.org. The CEE/NIS NGOs may contact REC Country Offices in their countries or the REC Headquarters for more information and additional copies. The Co-operation Request Form is available on the REC web page under www.rec.org and is also included in the REC's Region-wide Cooperative Grants and Small Grants Call for Tenders documentation as well as in the Small Grant Facility Call for Tender offered by the Danish Outdoor Council. NGOs participating in the Region-wide Cooperative Grants Call for Tender should send the Co-operation Request Form the latest by January 31, 2001 along with their Concept Paper. Any other NGO can send their Co-operation Request Form at any given time. In order for us to help you to find a partner your NGO should fill out this Form and send it to the NGO Partnership Service via: I. E-mail to: N2N@rec.org. II. Fax to: (36-26) 311-294. (Please indicate NGO Partnership Service in the header of the fax). III. Mail to: The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, NGO Partnership Service Ady Endre ut 9-11, 2000 Szentendre, Hungary For more information please contact Darek Urbaniak at 36 26 311 199 ext. 203 or by e-mail at N2N@rec.org Do not send Concept Papers or Project Proposals by e-mail or by fax. ____________________________________________________________ Source: ENWL-info (Ecological North West Line), St.Petersburg, Russia E-mail: enwl-inf@lew.spb.org http://www.enwl.net.ru |