UNESCO’s Call for Funding Requests: International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)

Deadline: 14 April 2017

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is seeking applications for the 8^th edition of its International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD).

The IFCD is providing more than 6 million USD in funding for 90 projects in 51 developing countries, covering a wide range of areas. Public authorities/institutions and NGOs from developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention, as well as international NGOs are all eligible to apply.

Eligibility Criteria

The beneficiaries of the IFCD are the following:

Parties (public authority/institution) to the 2005 Convention from developing countries;
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) coming from developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention, which meet the definition of civil society and criteria regulating admission of its representatives at meetings of organs of the Convention as mentioned in the Operational Guidelines relating to the role and participation of civil society;
International non-governmental organizations (INGOs), which meet the definition of civil society and criteria regulating admission of its representatives at meetings of organs of the 2005 Convention as mentioned in the Operational Guidelines relating to the role and participation of civil society, and which present projects with impact at the sub-regional, regional or inter-regional level. Projects submitted by INGO must be implemented in two or more eligible countries.

How to Apply

Interested applicants must submit their applications by 14 April 2017, midnight CET using the IFCD online Application Form.

For more information on the IFCD application process, please refer to:

Contact: ifcd.convention2005@unesco.org

For more information, please visit International Fund for Cultural Diversity.