The Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (PRM) at the United States Department of State has recently issued general guidelines, referred to as ‘FY 2010 General NGO Guidelines for Overseas Assistance,’ for NGOs applying and responding to various funding announcements to be released in the year 2010. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information for NGOs on regional and/or issue-specific aspects of different funding solicitations made available through the Bureau.
PRM is one of the key sources of funding for various international, multilateral and local organizations including UN agencies and it works closely with the USAID. Its funding resources are mostly used for implementing humanitarian projects that benefit refugees and conflict victims in conflict-affected areas. But it also provides substantial funding resources for NGOs to address other issues such as those related to gender in various developing countries around the world. In all, PRM gives high priority to NGOs and recognizes and engages them locally as well as internationally in its funding partnerships so that they emerge as a strong and sustainable civil society, countering various socio-economic challenges in different countries.
The new funding guidelines issued on 19 October 2009 provide deep insight on the preparations that NGOs need to make while apply for grants at the PRM. The guidelines cover various components of the funding announcement from taking into consideration the local policies to security analysis to sustainable local partnerships to adhering towards proposal formats and to justification of proposed budgets. But along with serving as guidance for preparing to seek funding from PRM, these guidelines also provide sufficient information on preparing an effective grant proposal for seeking funds from other agencies as well. The complete official information about the guidelines can be accessed from State Department’s website at this link.
Here, we are providing an unofficial interpretation of the guidelines, summarizing the important elements of the entire process so that NGO subscribers at FundsforNGOs.org are aware about them while responding to the solicitations issued by PRM:
1. As part of the Bureau’s policy priorities, NGOs applying for funding should ensure that their proposals indicate a strong partnership basis for the proposed projects. Partnerships with local governments of countries where projects have to be implemented and also with other bilateral and multilaterals such as the UN agencies can give lot of weight to the project while considering granting financial support for it. Besides, keeping in view of the PRM’s own mission and objectives, the proposal should ensure that at least 50% of the beneficiaries are refugees. Besides, NGOs should also put in practice a Code of Conduct that protects beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse.
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The Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (PRM) at the United States Department of State has recently issued general guidelines, referred to as ‘FY 2010 General NGO Guidelines for Overseas Assistance,’ for NGOs applying and responding to various funding announcements to be released in the year 2010. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information for NGOs on regional and/or issue-specific aspects of different funding solicitations made available through the Bureau.
PRM is one of the key sources of funding for various international, multilateral and local organizations including UN agencies and it works closely with the USAID. Its funding resources are mostly used for implementing humanitarian projects that benefit refugees and conflict victims in conflict-affected areas. But it also provides substantial funding resources for NGOs to address other issues such as those related to gender in various developing countries around the world. In all, PRM gives high priority to NGOs and recognizes and engages them locally as well as internationally in its funding partnerships so that they emerge as a strong and sustainable civil society, countering various socio-economic challenges in different countries.
The new funding guidelines issued on 19 October 2009 provide deep insight on the preparations that NGOs need to make while apply for grants at the PRM. The guidelines cover various components of the funding announcement from taking into consideration the local policies to security analysis to sustainable local partnerships to adhering towards proposal formats and to justification of proposed budgets. But along with serving as guidance for preparing to seek funding from PRM, these guidelines also provide sufficient information on preparing an effective grant proposal for seeking funds from other agencies as well. The complete official information about the guidelines can be accessed from State Department’s website at this link.
http://www.state.gov/g/prm/130740.htm
Here, we are providing an unofficial interpretation of the guidelines, summarizing the important elements of the entire process so that NGO subscribers at FundsforNGOs.org are aware about them while responding to the solicitations issued by PRM:
- As part of the Bureau’s policy priorities, NGOs applying for funding should ensure that their proposals indicate a strong partnership basis for the proposed projects. Partnerships with local governments of countries where projects have to be implemented and also with other bilateral and multilaterals such as the UN agencies can give lot of weight to the project while considering granting financial support for it. Besides, keeping in view of the PRM’s own mission and objectives, the proposal should ensure that at least 50% of the beneficiaries are refugees. Besides, NGOs should also put in practice a Code of Conduct that protects beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse.
