 Hacı Ömer Sabancı Foundation’s (VAKSA) grant programme to projects from the cities within the United Nations Joint Programme was met with great interest from women’s NGOs and other organizations.
Hacı Ömer Sabancı Foundation’s (VAKSA) grant programme within the United Nations Joint Programme to Protect and Promote the Human Rights of Women and Girls (UNJP) was met with great interest.
The United Nations Joint Programme Finance Assistant Serhan Alemdar said that, “We had announced the topics for the Grant Programme as Participation of women in local decision making mechanisms, City services focusing on the needs of women and girls, Economic and professional empowerment and employment, Education and health services, Migration and poverty, Raising Awareness, and Prevention of violence against women. We have received a substantial number of applications from public institutions, universities, municipalities and NGOs. We are very happy that the number of applications surpassed our expectations.”
Alemdar also said that the initial process will be a preliminary selection by an independent group of consultants. Following that, owners of the selected projects will be invited to present their projects. Alemdar added that the jury will make an assessment of the projects, and the accepted ones will receive a grant between 5,000 and 15,000 USD by the Hacı Ömer Sabancı Foundation (VAKSA).
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