Intercultural Innovation Award (Win up to 40,000$)
Details
The Intercultural Innovation Award is a partnership between the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group that selects and also, supports the most innovative grassroots projects that encourage intercultural dialogue. Additionally, work toward a more peaceful and socially inclusive world by building mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities, rejecting violent extremism and embracing diversity.
Moreover, The Intercultural Innovation Award is upon ten organizations. The main objective of the Intercultural Innovation Award is to identify and support innovative projects that are already being implemented and have the potential for expansion and replication. The award is to those organization that is implementing the project with the overall objective of helping the organization to sustainably expand and adapt the project to other contexts. Further, Projects presented within this call must have shown successful outcomes during at least its first year of implementation.
Eligibility
- Be a not-for-profit organization. Further, as a non-governmental organization, charitable organization, research and educational institution, labor union, indigenous group, faith-based organization, professional association, foundation and local or municipal branches of government.
- Applying organizations must have been operational for a minimum of 2 years before April 2019; with funding base and project implementation.
- Managing a project focused on promoting intercultural dialogue and understanding. Examples include projects in the fields of combating xenophobia, education for global citizenship, interfaith dialogue, migration and integration, prevention of violent extremism, as well as initiatives addressing the needs of specific groups in promoting intercultural understanding (e.g. faith-based, youth, women, media, etc.)
- Further, the applying organization must have the willingness to expand the range of action of the project with UNAOC, the BMW Group, and other partners.
- Organizations that have previously received any UNAOC support are not eligible to apply to the Intercultural Innovation Award.
Benefits
- The funding received is used for project expansion
- or replication of their project.
- Also, the total amount of the funding pool is USD 100,500 distributed as follows:
- 1st USD 40,000
- 2nd USD 20,000
- 3rd USD 15,000
- 4th USD 8,000
- 5th USD 5,000
- 6th–10th USD 2,500
- Training and capacity building
- The customized support and mentoring
- Recognition and visibility
- Intercultural leaders membership
Specifications
| Type of Opportunity | Competitions and Awards |
|---|---|
| Deadline | 31 May,2019 |
| Open to | All Nationalities |
| Organizer | United Nations Alliance of Civilizations ,BMW Group |
| Contact the organizer | [email protected] |