{"id":5478,"date":"2018-03-04T02:42:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T23:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2018-03-04T02:42:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T23:42:49","slug":"open-society-initiative-for-eastern-africafunding-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/open-society-initiative-for-eastern-africafunding-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa:Funding Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\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>APPLICATION FOR GRANT: ONLINE<br \/>\n<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>&nbsp;<\/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.\u00a0 We 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.<br \/>\n<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<p>We support initiatives with a demonstrated capacity to positively transform society in innovative ways that embrace\u00a0inclusiveness and diversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-eligibility-criteria field-type-text-long field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Eligibility Criteria<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>OSIEA supports projects in the following programmatic areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Democratic governance and rule of law<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Economic governance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Health and rights<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Equality and non-discrimination<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Grant seekers should carefully review our program priorities on our webpage to better know what we fund under each of the focus areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-ineligibility-criteria field-type-text-long field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Ineligibility Criteria<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa does not fund travel to attend conferences, seminars or workshops.<\/p>\n<p>We also do not provide scholarships for individual studies.<\/p>\n<p>MODE OF APPLICATION<br \/>\n<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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-guidelines field-type-text-long field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Guidelines\u00a0<a href=\"httpsss:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/about\/offices-foundations\/open-society-initiative-eastern-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">APPLY NOW: our webpage<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Please submit proposals to <a href=\"mailto:info@osiea.org\">info@osiea.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OTHER OPPORTUNITIES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"httpss:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/tanzania-sudden-opportunity-grant-up-to-200000-deadline-dec-31st-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tanzania Sudden Opportunity Grant \u2013 Up to $200,000 \u2013 Deadline \u2013 Dec 31st 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"httpss:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/misk-grand-funding-opportunities-grand-for-young-innovators-worlwide100000-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MISK GRAND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES; GRAND FOR YOUNG INNOVATORS WORLWIDE(100,000$ GRANT)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"httpss:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/africa-women-funding-opportunities-africa-women-development-grants-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africa Women Funding Opportunities: Africa Women Development Grants 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,33],"tags":[207],"class_list":{"0":"post-5478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-edunews","7":"category-tzjobs","8":"tag-funding-opportunities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5478","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=5478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}