Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 7/ Trend , N. Ismayilova/
The Embassy of the United States of America in Azerbaijan has announced the 2009 winter round of the Democracy Commission Small Grants Program. Azerbaijani nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofit community-based organizations (CBOs) and other nonprofit associations and community groups, as well as independent local media organizations are welcome to participate in the competition by submitting project proposals with budgets not exceeding $24,000. The topics for the given round include promotion of free and democratic elections, building civic responsibility and democratic values, development of free and professional media and participatory journalism, advancing collective responsibility to protect the environment, and monitoring of human rights violations and advocating for rights and freedom.
The program does not support fund-raising campaigns, humanitarian assistance projects, scientific research projects, projects submitted by for profit, commercial organizations, projects that aim to support partisan political activity, projects with budgets that exceed $24,000 and take more than a year to implement, and projects that duplicate existing projects being implemented by an organization. The application form is posted on the official website of the U.S. embassy at www.azerbaijan.usembassy.gov. The closing date for applications is March 5, 2009. Completed application and all supporting documentation must be submitted to [email protected].
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