Application Beijing Platform for Action

[Andrea Peto]

NWP Campaign Seed Grants for 
Beijing plus Five Review

Call for Applicants

Purpose:  2000 will mark the fifth year anniversary of the United Nations Fourth
World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action for
raising the status of women in the world. On June 5-9, 2000, a special session of
the UN General Assembly will meet to review the implementation of the Beijing
Platform for Action. The Beijing plus 5 review meeting presents an historic
opportunity to hold Governments accountable for the commitments to advancing
women's equality they made in 1995.  Beijing plus 5 also provides an excellent
opportunity for local advocacy campaigns to raise awareness about the status of
women and to promote women's equality. The Network Women's Program of the Open
Society Institute will encourage the active participation of women from the OSI
region at the national and local level.  To achieve this goal, the NWP is
sponsoring a small grants competition for NGOs to conduct campaigns to implement
the Beijing Platform for Action.  These campaign seed grants are intended to raise
awareness of the Beijing Platform for Action in the national context.  NGOs may
chose to do media campaigns, public awareness raising events, advocacy, outreach to
new constituents, artistic performances or events. We encourage new and innovative
projects that will make the Platform for Action relevant for the national context. 

Eligibility and Selection Criteria:

*       Applicants must be NGOs from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia
& Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary,
Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia,
Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan or Yugoslavia

*       Projects should be a maximum of $2000

*       Applicants must develop campaigns or projects that highlight at least one
of the following areas of the Platform for Action:

1.      Women and Poverty
2.      Education and Training of Women
3.      Women and Health
4.      Violence Against Women
5.      Women and Armed Conflict
6.      Women and the Economy
7.      Women in Power
8.      Institutional Mechanism for the Advancement of Women
9.      Human Rights of Women
10.     Women and the Media
11.     Women and the Environment
12.     The Girl Child
        	
Timeline for all Applicants:
Deadline to submit application:                                         March 10
Deadline for NF recommendations:                                        March 24
Announcement of Seed Grant  Recipients                          March 31
APPLICATION FORM


PROCEDURE & CONTACT INFORMATION

Applicants should send one copy (electronic preferred) of the completed application
form to their national program coordinator (see attached list).  Applicants in
Belarus and Turkmenistan submit them electronically to cfain at sorosny.org 
<mailto:cfain at sorosny.org> by March 10, 2000. 


PROJECT TITLE:

                	
ORGANIZATION: ______________________________________________            	

ORGANIZATIONADDRESS:


COUNTRY: __________________________________________                     	

ORGANIZATION PHONE: _______________________________             	

FAX: _______________________         E-MAIL: ______________________________

ORGANIZATION CONTACT:                                                   	


Please attach to this form:

*       A short description of the project including how the project will raise
awareness of the Platform for Action and will impact the national implementation of
the Platform.

*       A one page detailed budget

*       A short summary of the NGO including other projects organized

*       CV of projects key individuals (project director, accountant, etc.)
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Dr Andrea Peto
Central European University
Budapest,  Nador u. 9
H-1051
phone: 36-1-3273192
GSM: 36-209-292519
fax: 36-1-3273191