SUCCESSFUL THIRD ROUND APPLICANTS ADVISED
The UN Secretary-General has accepted the recommendations of the Advisory Board and approved the list of projects for the Third Round of UNDEF funding. Successful applicants have been advised by email. They are now required to prepare project documentation and to cooperate with continuing due diligence requirements. Funding will only be approved once the documentation has been accepted. Because the process is therefore not yet complete, UNDEF does not publish the list of successful applicants at this stage. The list will be published later in the year. UNDEF wishes to thank all those who applied in the Third Round. With over two thousand applications, it was a particularly difficult task to select the proposals for the final short list. As the Executive Head of UNDEF pointed out to the Advisory Board, "UNDEF cannot guarantee that only the best applications made it onto the short list. Although the assessment and quality control processes are rigorous, the results cannot be claimed to be scientifically beyond error. No doubt many excellent project proposals have not been selected. But UNDEF can assure the Board that those proposed projects that made it through to the short list are of excellent quality." It is not UNDEF practice to advise unsuccessful applicants of the results or to enter into a dialogue on individual applications. If applicants have not received an email from UNDEF to the contact points provided in the application, they can assume that their proposals are not on the final short list. Feedback was provided to applicants in UNDEF Update 2. We encourage applicants to read the feedback carefully and to begin now to think through their future applications to UNDEF. Subject to the views of the Advisory Board, the next round of funding should begin in November 2009 through the on-line UNDEF application database. Please monitor this website for further information.
UNDEF Update
Welcome to the second issue of UNDEF Update, the newsletter of the United Nations Democracy Fund. This electronic quarterly provides a user-friendly snapshot of what we do, how we work and why. It contains the latest on project proposals, our Advisory Board, Member States' contributions, and more. Most important, it provides a rich sampling of stories and photographs from the field. To view the latest issue, please click on the front page
shown here. To view the previous issue, click here.
News from the FieldTeacher-Training in Living and Learning Democracy, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 July 2009
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNDEF supports a project implemented by CIVITAS for “Teacher-Training in Living and Learning Democracy.” Addressing the crucial need to foster acceptance and subscription to democratic values, the project pays special attention to human rights, intercultural understanding, and empowerment and promotes joint efforts to realize human rights by means of civil society networking. It brings together teachers, students, education and media representatives, members of all ethnic groups and national minorities, especially Roma, people with special needs, and youth. In this way, it builds bridges between communities by exploring questions of identity, human rights, democracy, civic participation and activism.
Chair of UNDEF Advisory Board, Professor Michael Doyle, speaks at World Economic Forum event November 2008, Dubai
The Chair of the UNDEF Advisory Board, Professor Michael W. Doyle, presented a paper on democratic liberalization at the Global Governance Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum in Dubai, 7-9 November 2008. In it, he noted that world politics has often been said to be a dangerous “jungle.” But are its dangers a product of the absence of a world policeman or of the presence of rapacious state “beasts”? The most sensible answer is surely, both he argued. While global governance tends to focus on creating new rules for the “jungle,” we should not neglect reforming the “beasts."
Approved 2nd Round Projects The United Nations Democracy Fund is pleased to announce the projects funded in the Second Round of funding. Some 83 projects with a value of $24 million are being funded in 2008. Under the Secretary-General's guidance, supported by the UNDEF Advisory Board, UNDEF concentrates its efforts on supporting civil society organizations. All the projects in the Second Round, with the exception of two projects supporting regional electoral bodies and three projects delivered by intergovernmental bodies, are directed to civil society. United Nations bodies decided that they would no longer be applicants for UNDEF funding and no grants have been made to UN bodies in the Second Round. Presented here is a summary of the projects, an analysis in the form of a number of pie charts and an explanation of each individual project.
Regional Roundtable on “Democratic Reforms in the Arab region: A Focus on Socio Economic Policies” 10 October 2008, Beirut
Roland Rich, Executive Head of the United Nations Democracy Fund, delivered a statement at the Regional Roundtable on “Democratic Reforms in the Arab region: A Focus on Socio Economic Policies” in Beirut on 10 October 2008. In his statement, Mr. Rich mentioned the role of the United Nations Democracy Fund in supporting the voice of civil society in promoting democracy. Mr. Rich wished the round table great success, mentioning that the role of UNDEF is not to engage in the debate but to help Arab civil society have a voice. For complete statement made by Roland Rich, click here. The conference agenda is also available.
Special Issue of World of Parliaments 15 September 2008
The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) issued a special
issue of its quarterly journal World of Parliaments in September
2008 to coincide with the first International Day of Democracy (15
September).
Secretary-General attends UNDEF Advisory Board Meeting 31 March 2008
The Seventh UNDEF Advisory Board meeting was held on 28 March 2008. The Secretary-General of the United Nations attended the meeting (see the Secretary-General's statement and an article published by the UN News Centre), which is the first Board meeting of year 2008. Sixteen of 19 Board members participated in the meeting. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss a recommended list of projects for the second round of funding.
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