What grants are available? There are various grant/funding opportunities offered by the World Bank. Listed below are some examples. InfoDev – provides funding for the dissemination of information and communications technology and improving ICT use for social and economic development and poverty reduction. Social Funds – Social Funds support small projects ranging from infrastructure and social services to training and microenterprise development which have been identified by communities and presented to the social fund for financing. Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund – Creates strategic alliances for a comprehensive, coordinated approach to conservation challenges (such as managing g protected areas and coordinating biodiversity corridors; training; trans-boundary planning, etc). Civil society organizations, NGOs, community groups, private sector partners in the biodiversity conservation field are eligible to apply for funding.
For a more complete listing see: World Bank Funds for Civil Society Organizations
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