« You will live in our hearts forever, Maruyama san | Main | Human Rights Education Associates Launches New Network »
March 10, 2008
Network to Exchange Success Stories
RESOURCE, FUNDING: Network to Exchange Success Stories
Posted on 6 March 2008.
Organizations that have “success stories” to share now have a way to reach a wider audience. And organizations that wish to learn from other successful projects now have a resource to which they can turn.
A few of the very best, most innovative participating projects might also obtain funding. (If interested in funding, submit stories to IFAP by March 31, 2008.)
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched an Information for All Programme (IFAP) whose purpose is to encourage communities to share their success stories with each other. All organizations are invited to submit their stories about successful projects to its online platform. Others can then read about these projects and perhaps replicate them or adapt them to their own local situations.
The IFAP is particularly interested in stories that involve using information to support development. The aim of IFAP is to promote good practices in using information for development in all parts of the world.
If you submit your story before March 31, 2008, then it may be considered for grant funding. IFAP will choose up to five of the most innovative success stories to receive funding support of $5,000.
Stories may be submitted at any time, including after March 31, to be shared with others. But late submissions cannot be considered for the grant funding competition. Instead, they will simply be made available for others to read and learn from. Submitting your stories, even if you do not win funding support, can be a way to help make more people aware about your organization and your projects.
IFAP wants stories in the following thematic areas:
a.. Poverty reduction,
b.. Health,
c.. Education,
d.. Disaster prevention,
e.. Governance,
f.. and Human Development.
IFAP asks that each story submitted to their database should include the following information (note that the last one specifically references people with disabilities):
a.. identify the community that has benefitted from the use of information
b.. explain what difference access to information has made for this community
c.. focus on content and not on technology
d.. describe how the initiative could be replicated
e.. take account of any gender issues, noting that UNESCO’s priority focus is on women
f.. identify any benefits for disadvantaged groups such as people with disabilities
IFAP also wants stories to follow a standard format:
a.. Between 250 and 500 words in English or French
b.. Respond to the questions: who, when, where, what, how and why?
c.. Upload up to 3 photos of at least 300 dpi in .jpg format
d.. Upload a short (5 minutes) video clip if available
e.. Provide links to any related web sites
Learn more about the IFAP initiative at:
http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/ifapstories/page.cgi?g=;d=1
We found this information at We Can Do
http://wecando.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/resource-funding-network-to-exchange-success-stories/
Posted by jicafriends at March 10, 2008 10:40 AM