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SUMMARY:Global SDG Awards 2019
DESCRIPTION:Global SDG Awards is an international sustainability competition that honors outstanding business contributions to the UN SDGs and Global Goals.The Global SDG Awards was created to support the next era of sustainability leadership. Specifically\, by driving private sector SDG engagement through competition. The Awards celebrates the best corporate responsibility and sustainability initiatives\, programs and business models from around the world. \n\n\nThe awards take place once per year with applications opening in September 2019. Below are some key dates. For the latest information\, be sure to sign up for our email updates. \n\n\nSubmissions Open – September 18th\, 2019\nEarly Bird Deadline – October 4th\, 2019\nEntry Deadline – December 6th\, 2019\nRegional Winners Announced – March 2020\nGlobal Winners Announced – April 2020\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.smartfood.org/event/global-sdg-awards-2019/
CATEGORIES:Awards
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SUMMARY:Small Grants Program for food and nutrition security activities\, Round 2 grants due by 1 Nov 2019
DESCRIPTION:About the Organization \nIDEAL is a five-year USAID FFP funded activity that aims to address knowledge and capacity gaps expressed by the food and nutrition security implementing community. The goal of IDEAL is to strengthen food and nutrition security among FFP-target populations through promotion of systems-level approaches to improve the design\, implementation and overall effectiveness of emergency and development food and nutrition security activities. \nAbout the Grant \nThe purpose of this request for applications (RFA) is to solicit applications that support the development of tools and topic-specific learning events to strengthen the capacity of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP) grantees\, and the broader food and nutrition security implementing partner community. \nSubject of Grant \nCapacity strengthening and innovation to improve the design\, implementation and effectiveness of emergency and development food and nutrition security activities. \nObjective of Grant \nTo solicit applications from food and nutrition security practitioners to support the development of products and tools\, conduct events\, and implement practical activities to improve the quality of food and nutrition security programming among FFP-target populations. Successful Micro Grant applications will align with IDEAL’s content focus areas\, the FFP Learning Agenda and identified gaps and needs expressed by implementing partners. This RFA is not intended to solicit applications for research work done by Development Food Security Activities (DFSAs) during the Refine and Implement (R&I) period. \nFocus and Subject Areas \nOver the past decade\, FFP made significant investments in strengthening implementer capacity in a number of key technical areas central to food and nutrition security (e.g. Agriculture\, WASH\, Commodity Management\, Nutrition Technology). Under IDEAL\, the emphasis will shift to underlying content focus areas that have received less attention in recent years but remain central to protecting and enhancing lives and livelihoods while transforming communities and institutions. These focus areas represents areas of current practice for implementing partners working in food and nutrition security and offer clear opportunities for capacity strengthening and enhanced sharing across partners on best and promising practices. \nContent focus areas \n\nStrengthening the quality and impact of emergency programming\nData collection and analysis for improved program design and impact\nAdaptive management and application of learning\nIntegrated activity design and implementation\nSustainability and planning for exit\nSocial and behaviour change\nEquity\, empowerment\, social cohesion and social accountability\n\nDuration of Micro Grant Award \nThe duration of an award under this RFA may be up to 12 months from the date of the award. IDEAL\, Save the Children Federation\, and/or USAID reserves the right to cancel this RFA at any time. \nFunding Availability \nFinal funding levels for each award will depend on content\, relevance\, quality\, number of applications received\, needs\, and competing priorities\, with a ceiling of $50\,000 US Dollars\, subject to availability of funds. Acceptance of an application under this RFA does not constitute an award\, nor does it guarantee that the application\, if awarded\, will be funded at the full dollar amount requested \nApplicant Eligibility \nPrime applicants may be U.S. and non-U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)\, for-profit organizations\, or institutions of higher education that can contribute to IDEAL’s strategic objective of promoting systems-level approaches to improving the design\, implementation and  SC-IDEAL-MG-RFA-2019-01 6 overall effectiveness of emergency and development food and nutrition security activities. \nSubmissions are due by 5PM ET on August 30\, 2019 for Round 1 or 5 PM ET November 1\, 2019 for Round 2. \n 
URL:https://www.smartfood.org/event/small-grants-program-for-food-and-nutrition-security-activities-round-2-grants-due-by-1-nov-2019/
CATEGORIES:Funding
ORGANIZER;CN="Save the Children":MAILTO:IDEAL_microgrant@savechildren.org
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