Cities Alliance
What activities does the program fund? Cities Alliance is an alliance of cities and their development partners committed to urban poverty reduction. It funds scaling-up slum upgrading citywide and nationwide, with priority to those cities and countries where local authorities are already working in partnership with organizations of the urban poor; and city development strategies, with priority to those cities already engaged in realizing an inclusive vision for city development.
Who is eligible? Proposals typically originate from local authorities working in partnership with local stakeholders in the private sector, NGOs and community organizations. Countries eligible to receive Cities Alliance assistance are those included in the following categories of the OECD Development Assistance Committee's List of Aid Recipients.All proposals which involve investments, must have investment partners involved from the beginning, and all proposals must include co-financing combining seed funding from the Cities Alliance with at least 20% financing from the cities themselves, as well as from other sources. How to apply? Detailed information and application guidelines are available on the Cities Alliance website. All proposals must be approved by the government of the recipient country and sponsored by at least one Alliance member. Website: http://www.citiesalliance.org World Bank Unit: Transport and Urban Development Department top
Governance Knowledge Sharing Program (GKSP)
What activities does the program fund? Improving governments' capacity to use donor technical assistance for more effective governance reform by becoming more informed consumers of development assistance. Raising demand for public sector reform by empowering civil society and the private sector with increased public information and discussion. Improving data and analytical tools for learning about the process of institutional change and reform. Project may support a local initiative for governance knowledge sharing product of the World Bank. Who is eligible? Governments, NGOs, academics, students, media organizations, and other partners. Proposed projects should meet three entry criteria: use innovative tools; build on new media and learning approaches to provide better knowledge delivery and assimilation. How to apply? Submit proposals for innovative projects that stimulate local demand for better governance through governance knowledge sharing. Proposals should have a sponsor inside the World Bank. A proposal for improving an existing Bank product may come from inside the World Bank. The application form can be downloaded from the GKSP website. For more information, contact address below. Website: http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/bnpp/objectives.htm World Bank Unit:Â PREM Network's Public Sector Board Contact Address: E-mail: gksp@worldbank.org top
Poverty Reduction Strategy Trust Fund (PRSTF)
What activities does the program fund? The PRSTF will support any activity that is a country priority for strengthening the formulation or implementation of poverty reduction strategies (PRS). Activities that could be supported include capacity building to: set up or institutionalize the participatory process; improve poverty diagnostics; improve public expenditure management systems; improve the prioritization of public actions; cost policies and programs; undertake poverty and social impact analysis; analyze sources of growth; establish monitoring and evaluation systems for the PRSP; translate and disseminate PRSP documents. Countries are also encouraged to come forward with other activities that support the formulation or implementation of PRSPs. Who is eligible? The trust fund is available to all IDA-eligible countries which are at some stage of preparing or implementing PRS, based on the principles of the Comprehensive Development Framework. Both governments leading the PRS process, as well as Parliamentarians and non-governmental groups (such as civil society organizations and private sector bodies) supporting the process are eligible to apply. How to apply? The process for approving proposals for funding will take place principally at the country-level. Governments/Parliaments/NGOs wishing to apply to the fund will need to draw up a proposal in consultation with domestic stakeholders and external partners. The proposal should detail the activity to be funded and provide a rationale as to why it is a priority for the effectiveness of the country's poverty reduction strategy. There is no deadline. Further information on the trust fund can be obtained from Country Office in each respective country, or by accessing the website below. Website:Â PRSP Trust Fund World Bank Unit: Trust Fund Operations Department, Resource Mobilization and Cofinancing top
The Partnership for Transparency Fund
What activities does the program fund? The Bank has recently provided a DGF grant of $180,000 to the Partnership for Transparency Fund, which is primarily focused on funding/supporting civil society engagement in national anti-corruption and good governance projects. Who is eligible? The PTF makes micro-grants of $25,000 or less to CSOs engaged in specific projects such as monitoring public procurement or government service delivery, media campaigns, preparation of legislation, whistleblower protection, promotion of freedom-of-information and other activities to enhance transparency and integrity in public service. Schools, teacher training and curriculum programs, locally-based community organizations, NGOs, local women's associations and women's rights organizations, and coalitions focused on the issue of girls' education. How to apply? More information on the program and how to apply is available on the website. Website: http:// www.partnershipfortransparency.info World Bank Unit: World Bank, Public Sector (The PTF is managed by retired World Bank, ADB and IDB staff serving as volunteers.) Contact Information: ptf@partnershipfortransparency.info top
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