{"id":11788,"date":"2019-07-21T02:18:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T23:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/?p=11788"},"modified":"2019-07-21T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T11:12:00","slug":"open-society-initiative-for-eastern-africa-grant-2019-for-pro-democracy-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/open-society-initiative-for-eastern-africa-grant-2019-for-pro-democracy-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa grant 2019 for pro-democracy organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grant Opportunities for Africans, Funding Opportunities for Africans, Fellowship Opportunities for Africans, Scholarship Opportunities for Africans, Fellowship Opportunities for Tanzanians, Fellowship Opportunities for Kenyans<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- linkAD.2 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4564014896468666\" data-ad-slot=\"3390598296\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline: Ongoing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OSIEA plays an active role in encouraging open, informed dialogue on issues of importance in Eastern Africa. Through a combination of grant making, advocacy and convening power, OSIEA is able to support and amplify the voices of pro-democracy organizations and individuals in the region and to strengthen their capacity to hold their governments accountable.\u00a0This includes efforts to defend and support rights activists and pro-democracy advocates who come under attack for their work.<\/p>\n<p>OSIEA occupies a unique niche as a donor organization in Eastern Africa. We are both a donor and implementor working locally and internationally, which\u00a0gives us\u00a0an enormous flexibility in terms of reach and impact.\u00a0We join processes that are consultative and participatory. Our ability to be flexible in our funding criteria allows us to respond quickly to changing situations. We add our own voice to debates and are not shy to take on rights issues that are deemed as politically sensitive or controversial.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4564014896468666\" data-ad-slot=\"3464335665\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"eligibility-criteria\">Eligibility Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>OSIEA supports projects in the following programmatic areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democratic governance and rule of law<\/li>\n<li>Economic governance<\/li>\n<li>Health and rights<\/li>\n<li>Equality and non-discrimination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Grant seekers should carefully review our program priorities on\u00a0<a href=\"httpsss:\/\/edit.osfound.org\/about\/offices-foundations\/open-society-initiative-eastern-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">our webpage<\/a>\u00a0to better know what we fund under each of the focus areas.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"guidelines\">Guidelines<\/h2>\n<p>Please submit proposals to\u00a0info@osiea.org.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"download-files\">Download Files<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"httpsss:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/uploads\/8d910302-a3f8-48bd-81bf-ae4a262e8b2b\/osiea-grants-concept-template-20170530.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grants Concept Template (168 Kb pdf file)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- linkAD.2 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4564014896468666\" data-ad-slot=\"3390598296\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<strong>For More Information and Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"httpsss:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/open-society-initiative-for-eastern-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Visit the Official Webpage of the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa grant 2019 (opens in a new tab)\">CLICK HERE TO&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Visit the Official Webpage of the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa grant 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"httpss:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/the-young-water-fellowship-2019-for-young-entrepreneurs-from-east-africa\/\">The Young Water Fellowship 2019 for young entrepreneurs from East Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant Opportunities for Africans, Funding Opportunities for Africans, Fellowship Opportunities for Africans, Scholarship Opportunities for Africans, Fellowship Opportunities for Tanzanians, Fellowship Opportunities for Kenyans Application Deadline: Ongoing OSIEA plays an active role in encouraging open, informed dialogue on issues of importance in Eastern Africa. Through a combination of grant making, advocacy and convening power, OSIEA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-scholarships"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}