UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity, Final Call

How to Apply to the UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)?

Deadline: One day remaining!!!

Parties and non-governmental organizations (NGOs):

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1. Consult your National Commission for UNESCO for the submission deadline at the national level.
2. Download the relevant Application Form (depending on the type of funding request, the applicant may choose the Application Form for projects or the one for preparatory assistance) below. If you experience difficulty downloading this file, please contact the UNESCO Secretariat;
3. Consult the Annotated Guide to help you prepare a successful application;
4. Fill out the application either in English OR French, the two working languages of the IFCD;
5. Sign and date the application;
6. Attach an official document demonstrating that your institution/ organization is a public authority or an NGO from a developing country that is a Party to the UNESCO 2005 Convention.
7. Attach any other relevant supporting documents and/or information that you may deem appropriate;
8. Submit the complete Application Form, the document proving your status as Party or NGO and any supporting document both electronically and by post to the relevant National Commission for UNESCO or other designated official channel.

International non-governmental organizations (INGOs):

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1. Download the INGOs Application Form below. If you experience difficulty downloading this file, please contact the UNESCO Secretariat;
2. Consult the Annotated Guide to help you prepare a successful application;
3. Fill out the application either in English OR French, the two working languages of the IFCD;
4. Sign and date the application;
5. Attach relevant official documents demonstrating the international character of the organization through the following elements:
      • Statutes that specify that the NGO is international;
      • Document demonstrating that membership (both institutional and individual) is international;
      • Document proving that recent activities have been carried out in several countries around the world.
6. Attach letters of support from governmental authorities from each of the beneficiary countries in the targeted sub-region/ region(s).
7. Attach any other relevant supporting documents and/or information that you may deem appropriate;
8. Submit the complete Application Form and all supporting documents directly to the UNESCO Secretariat

Each INGO may submit a maximum of two applications that present project proposals with a demonstrated impact at the sub-regional, regional or inter-regional level. In the context of the IFCD funding process, regional refers to a group or cluster of countries, not a territory within a single country.
 

DEADLINES

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Applicants are to consult their National Commissions for UNESCO for their submission deadline at the national level.

The deadline for the Secretariat of the Convention to receive funding applications from National Commissions or INGOs is 30 June 2013, midnight CET.

Funding requests received after this deadline will not be eligible for this funding period.
 

FORMS

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Please make sure that you are using the correct application form. What is the difference between projects and preparatory assistance? Consult the accompanying Annotated Guide to help you prepare a successful application.

• Application Form for Parties and NGOs submitting project funding requests
• Application Form for Parties submitting preparatory assistance requests
• Application Form for INGOs submitting project funding requests

More information

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• Application and Selection procedure
• Evaluation criteria
• Successful funding requests

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