Hivos Fund

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Hivos provides financial and political support to local private organisations in more than thirty countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and South-Eastern Europe. The activities of these organisations centre around the five Hivos policy themes: economy and credit facilities; culture and the arts; women and development; sustainable development; and human rights and AIDS.

Funding is available for the following areas: Financial Services & Enterprise Development; Sustainable Production; Human Rights & Democratisation; HIV/Aids; Gender, Women, & Development; Arts & Culture; and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and Media & Knowledge Sharing. Click here and scroll down for criteria.

In order to be eligible for funding, the applicant organisation needs to operate in Hivos countries or regions, and its objectives need to be in line with general Hivos policy and sectoral priorities. It should be a secular (i.e. not religion-related) organisation and a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Country locations funded in 2009 include: Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Timor Lorosae, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Click here for more information and to access the online application form on "Hivos Virtual Office". The application page explains whether organisations are eligible for Hivos funding by providing a self-assessment test. If an organisation is eligible, the Virtual Office offers the possibility to submit a proposal online and/or to download the required application forms.