East East Program

Partnership Beyond Borders

 Application Guidelines                                                                                                                                                                  

January 2002

Projects supported in the East East Program may include, but are not limited to, seminars, workshops, roundtables and working group/site visits. 

Deadline

Proposals are evaluated at the local Open Society Institute foundation or representative office.  After this evaluation, proposals are submitted to the East East Program management team in the Open Society Institute-Budapest for review.  Proposals must be received by the program management six-eight weeks before a project is planned to begin.

Financial Support

The East East Program should not be the only source of support for a project. Sources of financial support and/or in-kind contributions are to be stated in the application as noted.   Unused East East Program money must be returned to the program.  

The East East Program does not support

- world congresses and/or conferences

- hard science or scientific conferences

- individual research projects

- arts events

- book translation or publishing

- infrastructure maintenance and/or development

- business, commercial and/or for-profit activities

 

Application Guidelines

January 2002

Project Title

Applicant(s)   

Please provide this information in not more than two pages.

-          Name, address and contact details of applicant(s) and all partners

-          Mission statement of applicant(s) and partner(s)

-          Summary of previous activities of applicant(s) and partner(s) relevant to this proposal

-          Responsibilities of applicant(s) and partner(s) in implementing this initiative

When?

Please describe each phase of this initiative.

Please indicate for which phase(s) East East Program support is requested 

Where?

If this initiative is to take place in more than one location, please describe. 

If there isn’t a specific geographical location of this initiative, please describe.

 Description

Please provide a complete description of this initiative as follows.  

(i) Summary of this initiative

Please provide a one-page summary of this initiative.  

(ii) Content of this initiative

Please answer each question in detail.

-          What is the context/background of this initiative?

-          What are the objectives of this initiative?

What specifically do you want to accomplish in this initiative? 

What change(s) will be brought about by this initiative?

-          What are the long-term goals of your work?

What and how will this initiative contribute to your long-term work?

-          Who is the target audience of this initiative?

Who are the beneficiaries of this initiative?

-          What is the follow up of this initiative?

-          How will you know if you’ve met the objectives of this initiative?

 What is/are the working language(s) of this initiative?

Will translation be provided?

Participation

You may suggest participants for this initiative.  Please be advised, however, East East Program support is not guaranteed for participants suggested by an applicant.   

Please provide complete information about suggested participants, including name and title, professional responsibilities and reasons suggested to participate in this initiative.

 Budget

Please provide a line-item budget of this initiative in US dollars, an explanation of each line item and how these expenses are calculated.  

Please provide complete information about other sources of financial support -- confirmed and/or for which you’ve applied. 

Please provide information about in-kind contributions, including the applicant’s contribution, to this initiative.

 Note

Reasonable administrative expenses to implement this initiative may be requested in the proposed budget.

 The East East Program does not support applicant’s salaries; purchase of equipment; receptions, parties, gala dinners and cultural/city tours. 

 Additional Information

Please provide any additional information relevant to this application.

 Signature of Applicant

 Date of Application