Call for Proposals
The announcement of the competition
will be kicked off with a 'call for
proposals' in early February 2006. Incoming
proposals should have:
1.
Organisation
profile
2.
Summary
of the Project
3.
Detail
Project Proposal
All proposals
must meet the eligibility criteria listed
below and be received by April 13, 2006, after which
a review process (described below),
will select approximately 14 finalists. These finalists
will be invited to participate at the national
competition workshop to be held in Kathmandu.
Review
of Proposals and Selection of Finalists
Incoming proposals that meet
the YDP's eligibility criteria will be reviewed
by a group of independent jury. Proposals will be
evaluated against a set of assessment criteria described
below. Roughly 14 finalists will be selected and
invited to present their projects at the National
Competition Workshop. An independent jury will evaluate
each project and at the end of the event on mid-May,
the jury will select the final 7 winners who will
receive funding for their projects.
Project
Implementation
Winners
will sign a project agreement that indicates how and
when the award money will be disbursed to them. AYON
will monitor project performance, give technical assistance,
if necessary, and help disseminate lessons learnt
to the broader youth and development community.