Facebook Community Leadership Program

Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. An important part of this is supporting the leaders who foster community—people who offer support, build bridges and make change. We believe society thrives as a result of their work.

The Facebook Community Leadership Program exists to empower and support leaders from around the world who have built meaningful communities through the Facebook family of apps and services.

Eligibility

  • Applicants must utilize a product or service within the Facebook family of apps and services for the purpose of building community. This includes but is not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Oculus and Facebook connectivity efforts (Free Basics or Express Wi-Fi).
  • Applicants must comply with all applicable terms and policies governing the use of our apps and services, and the communities they represent must be in good standing and engaged in activities and discussions that are anchored on positive impact, rather than demeaning other people, groups, or points of view.
  • Applicants must be at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in their local country, whichever is higher.
  • Because use of our products is essential to program participation, only applicants from regions and countries where Facebook can legally operate are eligible.
  • Given that people selected to participate in the program will receive funding, only applicants from countries where Facebook can legally make payments are eligible.
  • Applicants leading communities focused on and/or use of program funds for the following activities are ineligible:
    • Proselytizing
    • Political campaign activities (e.g. on behalf of an active candidate for elected office)
    • Political lobbying activities (e.g. a 501(c)4 entity in the US)

Benefits

 

  • A grant of up to $50,000 USD to be used for a specific community initiative within a one-year time frame
  • An educational curriculum designed around leadership development and access to subject matter experts
  • Four in-person gatherings with networking opportunities to build community among fellows
  • Support to execute your grant proposal and resources to help with technical issues

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UNESCO U40 Empowered for women entrepreneurs in the digital creative industries

Deadline: 16th April 2018

U40 Empowered is a UNESCO initiative started in 2018 with the support of Sabrina Ho. This initiative expands the actions of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity by supporting projects from national and international NGOs that promote young female cultural entrepreneurs working in the digital creative industries. It is designed to increase opportunities for women under 40 to access funding, infrastructure, equipment and co-production opportunities in the digital creative industries.

Focus

U40 Empowered will finance projects that:

  • Develop and/or implement strategies that invest in women as entrepreneurs working in the digital creative industries;
  • Create networks and opportunities to innovate and collaborate with women under 40 working in the digital creative industries;
  • Organise female-led creative mentorship programmes for women under 40 in partnership with digital creative hubs, incubators, and clusters;
  • Give visibility to the work and innovations of women entrepreneurs under 40 working in the digital creative industries;
  • Strengthen the digital skills of women under 40 working in the creative industry;
  • Collect and analyse sex-disaggregated data with a view to better understand the underlying causes of gender inequality in the digital creative industries with a view to informing policymaking

Eligibility

  • Projects must be implemented and/or benefit only eligible countries (developing
    countries Parties to the 2005 Convention).Non-governmental organizations that, according to their national regulations, are non-governmental and non-profit and that meet the definition of civil society in the Operational Guidelines.
  • International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) registered in countries Parties to the 2005 Convention: Applications from INGOs must be implemented in two or more eligible countries and demonstrate that the proposed project has an impact at the sub-regional, regional or inter-regional level.

Offer

  • The project implementation period shall be between 12 and 24 months, with the projects beginning in October 2018
  • The maximum amount that can be requested is 100,000 USD.
  • Projects that are approved for funding will receive their allocations in severalinstallments. Beneficiaries normally receive 50% of the total amount approved at the beginning of the project, another 30% mid-way through the project and the remaining 20% once all activities have been completed and the final reports are submitted.
  • Expenditures for project-related overhead costs are limited to a maximum of 30% of the total project budget.

Application

  • Download and review the call for funding.
  • Download and review the Annotated Guide.
  • Download, save to your computer and complete the Project Framework (including the project objectives, budget, outputs/deliverables and list of team members). The Project Framework should be opened and completed in Microsoft Excel or similar applications.
  • Gather digital copies of all Complementary Documents that are required for your application.

All the project proposals must be submitted through the online Application Form.

  • Create your account at https://en.unesco.org/creativity/applicant/register.
  • Log in at https://en.unesco.org/creativity/user/login  and complete all the fields in the online Application Form. During this process, you can save your application and come back later, using your login and password.
  • Upload the Project Framework and Complementary Documents in the dedicated fields. Before finalizing your application, ensure that all fields have been completed and accept the Terms and Conditions
  • Date, sign and click on the ‘SUBMIT’ button to finalize your application.
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