Deadline: 15 April 2015
The International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) accepts applications from parties, NGOs and INGOs for its funds seeking to promote cultural diversity. Unesco’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity supports projects that aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector, primarily by facilitating the introduction of new cultural policies and cultural industries, or strengthening existing ones.
The foundation funds seeks to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing and least-developed countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention.
Since 2010, the IFCD is providing around US$ 4,6 million in funding for 71 projects in 43 developing countries, covering a wide range of areas, from the development and implementation of cultural policies, to capacity-building of cultural entrepreneurs, mapping of cultural industries and the creation of new cultural industry business models.
Focus Countries: Developing Countries
Click for the complete list Developing country that is Party to the 2005 Convention
Past Funded Projects
- Funds of US$ 90,950 to Thydêwá NGO for Indigenous E-books – Cultural Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Creators and Digital Culture in Brazil
- Funds of US$ 100,000 to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in for the project on Decentralization and cultural policies: a new model of governance for culture in Burkina Faso
- Funds of US$ 100,000 PEN International, an INGO for strengthening minority-language publishing industries in Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria and Serbia.
- Funds of US$ 90,000 to Asociación Colectivo de Cultura y Participación – ACCP, an NGO for Promoting the active participation of youth in cultural industries in Paraguay.
Eligibility Criteria
- The beneficiaries of the IFCD considered eligible are
- Parties (public authority/institution) to the 2005 Convention from developing countries;
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- International non-governmental organizations (INGOs)
- Non- beneficiaries of the IFCD includes
- SMEs
- National Commissions or any other organizations participating in the pre-selection or approval of projects submitted to the UNESCO Secretariat.
- For funding requests from Parties (public authority/institution) and NGOs, the applicant must be from a developing country that is Party to the 2005 Convention which meet the definition of civil society.
- Applications by INGOs must demonstrate a sub-regional, regional or inter-regional impact.
How to Apply to the IFCD?
Applicants are to consult their National Commissions for UNESCO for their submission deadline at the national level.
For Parties and Non-governmental organizations (NGOs):
- Attach an official document demonstrating that your organization is a public authority/institution or an NGO from a developing country that is a Party to the UNESCO 2005 Convention.
- Submit the complete Application Form and all supporting documents both electronically and by post to your National Commission for UNESCO or the other designated official channel, respecting the submission deadline at national level.
For International non-governmental organizations (INGOs):
- Documents needed are-
- Statutes that specify that the NGO is international;
- Document demonstrating that membership (both institutional and individual) is international;
- Document proving that recent activities have been carried out in several countries around the world.
- letters of support from governmental authorities from each of the beneficiary countries in the targeted sub-region/region(s) that ensure the project is relevant and meets the beneficiary’s needs and priorities;
- Submit the complete Application Form and all supporting documents directly to the UNESCO Secretariat.
- Note: Each INGO may submit a maximum of two applications.
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