UNESCO Participation Program for the 2012-2013 Biennium, National Call

UNESCO Participation Program for the 2012-2013 Biennium, National Call
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1/16/2012

The Dominican National Commission for UNESCO (CNDU for its acronym in Spanish) is pleased to announce the opening of calls for national, sub-regional, regional and/or inter-regional projects to be financed by UNESCO’s Participation Programfor the 2012-2013 biennium.

The CNDU will offer information sessions onthe submission of projects to the Participation Program on Tuesday, January 17 at 10:00 a.m.atCNDU’sconference room and on Thursday, January 19 in the conference room at the Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra in Santiago.

UNESCO’s Participation Program, which is accessible to all Members States and Associate Member States, provides financial resources to support activities that follow the priorities of the Organization’s Regular Program. This program aims to strengthen cooperation between UNESCOandits Member States and to make it more efficient thanks to the contributions of both parties.

The CNDU will offer information sessions onthe submission of projects to the Participation Program on Tuesday, January 17 at 10:00 a.m.atCNDU’sconference room and on Thursday, January 19 in the conference room at the Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra in Santiago.

We invite you to submit projects in which you are interestedto the Participation Program, provided that they have a close relationship with the priorities established in UNESCO’s Regular Program. UNESCO’s areas of competence are Education, Science, Social Sciences, Culture and Communication and Information.

The deadline for submitting national applications is February 17, 2012. All projects must be submitted using the attached form. The proposals that have been duly formulated shall be assessed by the Working Subcommittees of the National Commission, agencies that shall support the presentation to UNESCO of the best projects to be ultimately referred to the Organization, in response to apre-determined order of priorities.

The Projects Division of the National Commission, which is responsible for receiving all proposals in both physical and digital versions, shall provide any additional information that is needed (Franklin Tejeda, proyectos.cndu@gmail.com, Phones: 809.689.5233 / 809.221.7692, extensions 234 and 223 – Fax: 809.688.9459).

Deadline for the reception of national applications: February 17, 2012

Annexes:

• Form for the Presentation of Projects to be Funded by the 2012-2013 Participation Program.
  
• UNESCO’s sectoral priorities for the 2010-2011
  
• List of Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
  
• List of Small Island DevelopingStates (SIDS).