Since 1994, UNODC has received a contribution from the Drug Abuse Prevention Centre (DAPC) of Japan to support drug prevention activities by non - governmental organisation in low and middle income countries. Grants have been disbursed globally every year since. In 2012, the process was assigned to be managed by the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation section in the Drug Prevention and Health Branch. This project falls under the thematic programme of Addressing health and human development vulnerabilities in the context of drugs and crime.
The aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of civil society to prevent drug abuse globally.
This Call for Proposals takes into consideration the importance of harnessing all available resources towards the implementation of activities aimed at meeting the objectives of this grants programme. The main objective of this Grants Programme is to strengthen the capacity of civil society to prevent drug abuse among youth.
This Call for Proposals seeks to provide funding support to NGOs in low- and middle-income countries whose projects are aimed at preventing substance use among the youth.
Grant funding under this Call for Proposals shall be provided to projects that:
The aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of civil society to prevent drug abuse globally.
This Call for Proposals takes into consideration the importance of harnessing all available resources towards the implementation of activities aimed at meeting the objectives of this grants programme. The main objective of this Grants Programme is to strengthen the capacity of civil society to prevent drug abuse among youth.
This Call for Proposals seeks to provide funding support to NGOs in low- and middle-income countries whose projects are aimed at preventing substance use among the youth.
Grant funding under this Call for Proposals shall be provided to projects that:
- are focused on prevention on substance use. This is assessed on the basis of how well the project activities are in line with the International Standards on Drug Prevention (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/prevention/prevention-standards.html) and follow the evidence based practices for prevention work targeting youth presented in these standards.
- are targeting youth;
- support the active participation of youth in their communities;
- are initiated, planned, managed, implemented, monitored and/or evaluated by youth;
- connect youth to the activities of the UNODC Youth Initiative (www.unodc.org/youth), also through its visibility in social media.
Eligibility
- be a non-profit making organisation or NGO registered under the relevant Laws of the country where it is registered– registration certificate needs to be submitted with the proposal to proof the status of the organization;
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project, i.e. not acting as an intermediary;
- demonstrate prior experience of implementing activities in the area of substance use prevention, health education, youth empowerment or other related field of work;
- have the needed experience and capability to administer international funding;
- have a bank account.
