seToolbelt is pleased to announce the launch of its second competition for original tools and resources for social enterprise! They are looking for innovative, practical, real-life responses to the challenges that arise in social enterprises so that they can help make these original tools available to the wider community of social entrepreneurs.
The closing date for submission of proposals for the SAR Development Marketplace on Nutrition has been EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 14, 2009!
Note that proposals must be submitted online. For more information about the competition, visit the SAR DM on the web at http://www.worldbank.org/nutritiondm2009.
The South Asia Regional Development Marketplace is accepting proposals under the theme: “Family and Community Approaches to Improve Infant and Young Child Nutrition.” Proposals are welcomed from all South Asian countries including: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. See the call for proposals for further eligibility criteria.
Proposals are being accepted until March 31, 2009. About 70 of the most promising candidates will be invited to present their ideas at the South Asia Regional Marketplace event to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in August 4-6, 2009. Of these, up to 25 winners will be selected by a jury of distinguished nutrition and development experts, to receive awards of up to US$40,000.
For more information, visit their website at http://go.worldbank.org/OC44S3YCY0.
The Communication Initiative (CI) provides Social Entrepreneurs and development organizations with a useful resource for finding awards and funding opportunities. The site allows users to search for awards/ opportunities by deadline, region, and development issue, and provides descriptions, including criteria, deadlines, and previous winners. When I looked today, there were 21 awards still open (with deadlines after March 11).
Eldis offers a number of ways to engage on Climate Adaptation, including the Community Based Adapatation Exchange (CBA-X) and the The Linking Climate Adaptation (LCA) Network.
I wanted to remind you that the application deadline for the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship are fast approaching - March 3, 2009. In case you're not yet ready to apply, there is a second deadline on August 12.
The Skoll Foundation is accepting applications from innovative social entrepreneurs for their Skoll Awards. The application deadline is March 3, 2009.
Now that your project is a success, you’re going to want to do more of it to impact more people in more and different contexts. How do you do it?
