CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
Gender and Agriculture/Rural Development in the Information Society
(GenARDIS)

A Small Grants Fund to address Gender Issues in Information and  Communication Technologies for Agricultural and Rural Development in  Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP Countries) 15 grants @ 7,000 Euro

Submission Deadline: 2 June 2008

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), The Technical  Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), the  Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos), the  International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) and the  Association for Progressive Communications (APC) are inviting  applications for the third round of the GenARDIS small grants programme.

The third phase of GenARDIS grants follows two rounds of the  implementation of successful projects and an in depth external evaluation.  Round 3 will involve a deeper focus on capacity-building, knowledge- sharing and policy outputs. It aims to sustain and deepen the integration of gender perspectives into rural development and ICT4D initiatives, taking into account developments such as web 2.0 in agriculture and rural development and Free and Open Source Software solutions (FOSS).

 
GenARDIS round 3 proposals can be aimed at :
- Understanding gender differences in the use of ICTs
- Promoting ICT use among rural women (sensitisation)
- Improving rural women’s access to ICTs-
-Improving the skills and capacities of rural women in using ICTs
- Increasing the attractiveness of ICTs for rural women by providing relevant content
-Using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) applications


This is a competitive call for applications for 15 non-renewable grants of  up to 7,000 Euros. The deadline for receipt of applications is 2 June 2008. Proposals can be submitted in English and French. Please note that only organizations with institutional and personal capacity to carry out the proposed projects and who are located in ACP countries are eligible for consideration under the GenARDIS programme. a list of ACP countries, please see http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/body/country/country_en.cfm


E-mail applications should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Submissions by post should be sent to:
GenARDIS Small Grants Fund
c/o Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Attention. Jennifer Radloff
PO Box 297552109Africa
Submissions by fax - Fax: +27 11 726 1692