New Program: Call for Proposals

Public Health Initiative for Support of Regional Advocacy and Policy Development

A small grants program supported by the Open Society Institute's Network Public Health Program

Goal: The small grants program will provide funding to non-governmental organizations engaged
in regional analysis, policy development and advocacy on the topics of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Health Sector Reform, Health Policy, Roma, Women's Health, and HIV/AIDS in CEE and the NIS.

The program aims to improve the quality of public health policy by providing funding to support
such work in health by non-governmental organizations. Consideration will be given only to
projects engaged in regional activities (more than one country). Possible projects would
include but are not limited to the development of strategic policy papers, convening of working
groups to develop proposals on public health issues, and trainings on organizing and utilizing
public education campaigns and the media in advocacy work.

Criteria of Selection
1. Relevance of proposed project to identified priority topics.
2. Relevance of advocacy to current regional policies.
3. Clear statement of the goals and outcomes expected from the proposed activity.
4. Previous documented success of proposing organization in analytic, policy development
and/or advocacy efforts.
5. Regional emphasis and geographic reach of proposal.
6. Documented experience working with cross border partners and collaborators.

This program will not support seminars or conferences.

Proposals should be submitted by certified mail (DHL etc) to Network Public Health Programs
attn: AD competition at Open Society Institute-New York, 400 West 59th Street, 4th Floor, NY,
NY 10019, by email [email protected] or by fax to (212) 548-4610 by September 30, 2001.
There is no particular proposal format required though proposals should explicitly address the
criteria for selection. Organizations applying for funding must be registered Not For Profits
based in CEE or the NIS. Requests for support over $25,000 will not be considered.