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Small Grants Program
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The Small Grants Program was created in 1983 to provide a way for the World Bank to promote dialogue and disseminate information about development in forums outside its own operations. Grants are provided to civil society organizations through participating World Bank Country Offices.
To reinforce the empowerment dimension of poverty reduction, the Small Grants Program has developed a new focus on civic engagement for the empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable groups. The new purpose of the Small Grants program is to support the empowerment of citizens to have greater ownership of development processes, thereby making these processes more inclusive and equitable.
Crucial ingredients for empowerment of vulnerable groups include: access to information, access to organizational links outside the local domain, capacity to influence the public arena and to negotiate with local and national authorities, the existence of trustful national and local institutions, and the presence of enabling policy and legal frameworks for civic engagement. Civil society organizations perform a valuable role in engaging their fellow citizens in the fight against poverty and exclusion. Thus, the intended beneficiaries of the Small Grants Program are civil society organizations engaged in initiatives aiming at empowering groups and individuals that have been marginalized and excluded from the public realm.
Winners List 2005
Small Grants Program 2004
Winners List 2002
Winners List 2001
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