KENYA, PHILIPPINES, CAMBODIA
Application language: English
DESCRIPTION
Voice is an initiative by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is executed by a consortium between Oxfam Novib and Hivos and it stands out from other grant-making facilities by developing a grant application and reporting process that is accessible, user-friendly and innovative adapted to the target groups and grant type. The Voice grant facility is designed to support informal groups as well as formal organisations and networks, though the applicant needs to be legally registered.
Grant schemes under VOICE:
- Sudden Opportunity Grant: Creating flexibility to undertake collective action to address specific unanticipated opportunities. This could be influencing policy or dealing with a threatened reduction of civic space, changes in legal decisions, policy and laws, or a shift in public attitudes and practices to eliminate discrimination, promote equal access and opportunities, enhance social well-being, confront injustice and/or encourage social development. Grants responding to a sudden opportunity are available from €5,000 to €200,000.
- Innovate and Learn Grant: For groups and organisations to test and scale new approaches with a focus on human-centred innovations that are very context-specific. Innovate and learn grants are available from €5,000 to €200,000 both through a national and/or global call for proposals.
- Influencing Grant: Targeting organisations and networks to strengthen their lobby and advocacy capacities and amplify the voice of marginalised and discriminated groups. Influencing grants that are country specific are available from €25,000 to €200,000 while a global multi-country call goes up to a maximum of €500,000.
- Empowerment Grant: Targeting (informal) groups or organisations to raise awareness, develop transformative leadership, build confidence and skills and work against stigmatisation of marginalised and discriminated groups. Empowerment grants are smaller grants with a maximum timeframe of 24 months. Informal groups can access funding by partnering with a formal ‘host’ organisation. Empowerment grants are available from €5,000 up to €25,000 on a rolling basis.
CURRENT OPEN CALLS
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Cambodia Influencing Grant
Deadline: 20 May 2017
Eligibility test: https://voice.global/call-for-proposal/cambodia-influencing-grants-v-1607-kh-if/ -
Kenya Empowerment Grant
Deadline: Anytime (Note review cycle between 01 June to 01 Oct 2017)
Application form: https://voice.global/call-for-proposal/kenya-empowerment-grants-v-1725-ke-em/ -
Kenya Sudden Opportunity
Deadline: Anytime
Eligibility text: https://voice.global/call-for-proposal/kenya-sudden-opportunity-grants-v-1726-ke-so/ -
Philippines Empowerment Grants
Deadline: Anytime
Download application: https://voice.global/call-for-proposal/philippines-empowerment-grants-v-1718-ph-em/ -
Philippines Sudden Opportunity
Deadline: Anytime
Eligibility test: https://voice.global/call-for-proposal/philippines-sudden-opportunity-grants-v-1721-ph-so/ -
Tanzania Empowerment Grants
Deadline: Anytime (Note review cycle between 01 June to 01 Oct 2017)
All applications will be reviewed and communicated before 15th of July 2017 for the first review cycle and 15th of November 2017 for the second one.
Download application: https://voice.global/call-for-proposal/tanzania-empowerment-grants-v-1722-tz-em/ -
Tanzania Innovate and Learn Grants
Deadline: Anytime (Note review cycle between 01 June to 01 Oct 2017)
Eligibility test: https://voice.global/call-for-proposal/tanzania-innovate-and-learn-grants-v-1724-tz-il/
GRANT SELECTION PROCESS
Voice will use a 3-step assessment process:
1. Threshold criteria: minimum standards that all applications must meet. If an application does not meet all of the threshold criteria, it will be rejected.
2. Criteria relating to the quality of the project proposal (project check).
3. Criteria relating to the quality of the applicant organisation or the lead party of the consortium (organisational check).
For more information:
F.A.Q.'s page that can be found here: https://voice.global/f-q-s/
Questions about global calls can be submitted by email to: question@voice.global or to the country email address