| The Small Grants Program of the World Bank aims to make development more inclusive and equitable by empowering citizens to have greater ownership of development processes. The program provides grants to civil society organizations to promote dialogue and disseminate information about development. The Program was created in 1983 and is funded by the Development Grant Facility of the World Bank. Who can apply? Any institution involved in development broadly defined may apply for a grant in response to the announcement of an annual round. However, the SmGP prefers to support nonprofit, nongovernmental, nonacademic organizations. What kind of activities are supported? Activities supported by the SmGP promote dialogue and dissemination of information about international development, e.g. conferences and seminars, special editions or start up costs of publications, audio-visual materials, or other innovative networking efforts that small organizations generally find difficult to fund through their regular program budgets. SmGP grant activities focus on socioeconomic development problems such as poverty reduction, environmental protection, human resource development, and private sector development. What kind of activities are not supported? Small Grants cannot fund: research programs, formal academic training programs, operational projects, ongoing institutional core support (such as equipment), scholarships, fellowships, study programs, individuals applying on their own behalf, or non-legal entities. Proposed activities should not compete with or substitute for regular World Bank instruments; the activity should be clearly distinguishable from the Bank's regular programs. What size of grants are awarded? Individual grants are expected to be up to US $5'000. The SGP will fund half of the proposed budget for an activity. Applicant organizations will be asked to describe how a grant from the World Bank might help them to raise funds from other donors.
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