"Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders" Competition

"Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders" Competition
Are you a peacebuilder? Apply to win our new competition.

Do you need some support to help you grow your impact and your organisation? If you meet our entry criteria, you can now apply to win our new competition, ‘Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders’.
Peace Direct believes that in every conflict there are local organisations doing remarkable work to prevent violence and build peace. And we should know – since 2004, we have sent over £2 million in funding to dozens of peacebuilding groups across Africa, Asia and Latin America, and we’ve mapped and profiled 700 more on our website Insight on Conflict. Now, we are launching ‘Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders’, a new competition to find the best emerging peacebuilding organisations. Four winning entries will be selected by our expert peacebuilding jury. Each winning entry will receive:

• $4,000 funding for peacebuilding activities
• The opportunity to attend a Peace Direct peacebuilder conference or visit another peacebuilding organisation
• Promotion of their work online.

In the longer term, Peace Direct will use this competition as part of our processes to find partner organisations that we can further fund and help to scale up their work.
The winners will be announced on the International Day of Peace, September 21.

Eligibility

This is a global competition. There is no geographical restriction on applications. In order to be eligible to enter, you must:

• be a registered organisation or community association, established for at least 2 years
• be undertaking peacebuilding work: your organisation will be either a peacebuilding organisation or have peacebuilding as a substantial element of your work.
• have a maximum annual turn-over of $40,000 or less
• be locally based: Your organisation must be based in the country/communities where your work will be done. Your organisation should be an independent organisation, not an in-country or satellite organisation of an international NGO.

In order to help decide whether to enter or not, we recommend you read our Guidance Notes (English, French, Spanish) and Terms and Conditions (English,French, Spanish).

Deadline

Applications can be submitted from 20 June 2013. All entrants must be received by 9 August 2013. However, we strongly recommend applying as early as possible. We will review applications as they are submitted to ensure the information is included correctly, and so early applications have a greater chance of success.

How to enter

In order to enter, please download and return the application form. All applications must be submitted in English, French or Spanish. However, we would prefer to receive applications completed in English. If you are not comfortable writing your answers in English, we encourage you to have a friend or colleague translate your application into English prior to submission. If these options are not possible, we will accept applications in French and Spanish as well.

• English: Application form with guidance notes (Word document); Terms and conditions (Word document)
• Spanish: Application form with guidance notes (Word document); Terms and conditions (Word document)
• French: Application form with guidance notes (Word document); Terms and conditions (Word document)

Send completed applications to tomorrowspeacebuilders@insightonconflict.org.