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April 2019
2019 HLPF: Call for Expert Speakers from Women’s Major Group
The 2019 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held at UNHQ in New York from 9 - 18 July 2019 under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. The theme for the session will be Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality. They are looking to nominate practitioners and eminent experts to contribute to the various thematic round table discussions to be organized during the first five days of the HLPF session. The applications will be reviewed by…
Find out more »World Bank Scholarships Program
The World Bank Scholarships Program contributes to the World Bank Group’s mission of forging new dynamic approaches to capacity development and knowledge sharing in the developing world. It is an important component of the Bank Group’s efforts to promote economic development and shared prosperity through investing in education and developing human resources in the developing world. Since 1982, the Program has helped to form a pool of over 6,000 well-trained and experienced development professionals, transforming their countries and positively impacting…
Find out more »The 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy
Do you know someone who is having an impact on gender policy? If so, then nominate them here for the upcoming list of the 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy. If there’s someone you’d like to see on the list, then now’s opportunity to make sure they get the recognition they deserve. The 2018 list of the 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy was shared by the UN, the World Bank, the Gates Foundation, Justin Trudeau, Julia Gillard and…
Find out more »4th Global Call for Proposals
The Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) is pleased to announce its 4th global Call for Proposals (CfP) for civil society organizations (CSOs) and CSO networks. GPSA has invited its 53 opted-in countries, through the World Bank’s country management units, to express interest to participate in the CfP. The application process is now open for CSOs in the following shortlist of countries and developing themes: Benin: Human Capital: Nutrition Brazil: Prevention of Crime and Violence The Caribbean: Resilience and Environment…
Find out more »May 2019
Advocacy Communications Lead
The role of the Advocacy Communications Lead is to ensure effective, responsive, and compelling advocacy communications for the Advocacy Accelerator. The key function of the role is to manage the creation, implementation and oversight of advocacy communications materials and strategies for both internal and external audiences. The role exists to ensure clear and engaging messaging and outreach aligned across platforms for users of the Advocacy Accelerator in line with the overall strategy of the organisation. The role-holder will oversee the…
Find out more »Call for Proposals: Leading From the South Round 4
AWDF is happy to invite proposals for grants from all eligible women-led and women’s rights groups and organisations in Africa and the Middle East under Leading From the South. Applications are due 17 June 2019. LFS is a funding initiative designed and managed by AWDF and three other women’s rights organisations: Women’s Fund Asia, Fondo de Mujeres del Sur and Indigenous Women’s Fund (FIMI). Under this initiative, AWDF aims to scale up its grantmaking and advocacy initiatives to promote women’s rights, amplify their voices, increase…
Find out more »Request for Proposals
ViiV Healthcare will again be accepting grant applications through the Positive Action for Youth (PAFY) Direct Mentorship Services for Youth Fund. This funding opportunity is designed to support new and existing mentorship programs for youth ages 13 to 24 living with HIV as they enter and begin to navigate adult care. Young people ages 13-24 have always known a world with HIV. Although ongoing scientific advances in prevention and treatment have cut the number of new infections substantially, youth remain disproportionately affected. One in…
Find out more »Consultancy: Development of Child Protection Minimum Standard (CPMS) on Safe Spaces, 2nd Edition CPMS Revision
Background A revision of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) has been ongoing since the beginning of 2018. This is the first revision to the CPMS since its launch in 2012. The updated 2nd edition will: Reflect sector learning since 2012; Strengthen and clarify the evidence base; Streamline the content and structure to be more user-friendly; Strengthen the applicability to a broader range of humanitarian contexts; Improve aspects on prevention as well as response; and Improve gender…
Find out more »2019 Global Health Leadership Accelerator
The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health is now accepting applications for the Global Health Leadership Accelerator, taking place at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD, from September 16 to 27, 2019. The Leadership Accelerator is the second generation of the acclaimed Gates Institute Summer Institute in Reproductive Health and Development, which trained close to 600 mid-career professionals from 71 countries in two- to three-week courses between 1999 and 2014. Attendees hailed from academia,…
Find out more »June 2019
Training: Data Visualization for Communication
Learn how to captivate your audiences with effective, interesting and purposeful data visualizations and infographics for the impact that you seek. This short two-day course is a deep dive into adopting data visualization as a powerful tool to communicate ideas and stories. You will learn how to analyze data visually and find patterns, trends and outliers. At the end of the course, you will be able to use free tools and techniques to create eye-catching and engaging infographics. For more…
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