Research call and GCERF Grant in P/CVE

EUAM Iraq wants to highlight two opportunities for local/Iraqi CSOs in the area of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE).

We kindly ask you to share further with any relevant CSOs.

1. Grants to local civil society organisations working on P/CVE at the community level

Facilitated by EUAM, Iraq has recently become a partner country of the Global Community Engagement & Resilience Fund (GCERF), a global fund supported by the EU and other international donors set up to provide grants to local civil society organisations working on preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) at the community level. The Fund’s engagement strategy for Iraq was approved by the Governing Board in a meeting in Tunis last month, where Iraq was represented by the Chair of the National CVE Committee at ONSA.

Based on the approved engagement strategy and in consultation with the National CVE Committee, the GCERF Secretariat has developed two Expressions of Interests (EoI) for CSOs to become a GCERF grant recipient in Iraq; one focused on supporting the implementation of the national CVE strategy and the other is focused on rehabilitation and reintegration. Links for the EOIs are below; we would be grateful if you are able to share the links for the EOIs with your local, Iraqi CSO networks:

• https://www.gcerf.org/call-for-eoi-iraq-arabic/
• https://www.gcerf.org/call-for-expressions-of-interest-iraq/
• https://www.gcerf.org/apply-for-grants/

Applications close 11:59PM (CET) Thursday 27 July 2023.

Please note all questions should be addressed to the GCERF Iraq-team (Arabic-speaking) via contact.iraq@gcerf.org – not EUAM.

1. Call for Proposals: “Research for the design of Countering Violent Extremism evidence-based projects in Central Asia, Western Balkans, South Caucasus and MENA-regions”

With funding from the European Union, Hedayah International Centre of Excellence for CVE has published a Call for Proposals “Research for the design of Countering Violent Extremism evidence-based projects in Central Asia, Western Balkans, South Caucasus and MENA-regions” with Iraq included as a recipient country in this call.

Deadline to apply: 8 September 2023

Further information can be found in the link below, Guidelines and forms to apply are attached to this email and also available at: https://hedayah.com/programs/striveglobal2/

Please consult section 2.1, page 13 of the attached guidelines for eligibility criteria for applicants.

An online information session for this call for proposals will be held on 19 July at 2:00 pm Abu Dhabi time. Those interested in applying must register in the following link before 19 July 2023: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R9JXHSS

Any questions should be addressed directly to Hedayah via e-mail strive.admin@hedayah.ae – not the EU Advisory Mission.

Grateful if you could share with your relevant contacts in the civil society, university, or research community in Iraq.

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you can find the call for proposals in the link below

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1YZSsCZuIqdIbSMmhD4t1NTNqTZU9Shpj