The Erasmus+ programme is the European Union’s programme for education, training, youth and sport, which supports learning mobility of individuals, cooperation for innovation, transnational partnerships and national efforts to modernise systems. The international dimension of the Erasmus+ programme cooperation with partner countries across the globe focuses on higher education and youth. The Erasmus+ exchange program
The Response Innovation Lab Uganda is launching a call for ideas that have the potential to make a lasting difference in the lives of the targeted communities. Response Innovation Lab The Response Innovation Lab is a global, multi-actor, a cross-sectoral initiative focused on supporting innovation in the delivery of emergency and recovery assistance. In Uganda,
YouTube is investing $20 million toward educational content through its new YouTube Learning Fund program. Learning can take a lot of different shapes – everything from math and machine learning to languages and lawn tips. We see people coming to YouTube every day to learn something new. Many of these learning stories are powered by an incredible community
In 2001, the Congress of the United States of America established the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to preserve cultural heritage in eligible countries. Through the Ambassador’s Fund, American embassies around the globe are helping eligible countries to preserve historic sites and manuscripts, museum collections, and traditional forms of music, dance, and language. Fund
Hivos East Africa is organizing the Africa Content Creators’ Summit on the rise of a new generation of content makers and their role in propelling alternative spaces that bolster free expression. The summit will take place on 4-5 December 2018 in Nairobi. While the role of critical voices in the shrinking civic space continues to grow
Jesse Lutabingwa, Associate Vice Chancellor of International Education and Development at Appalachian State University, has written over 300 international project proposals and earned over $5 million in grants. He says even excellent projects need help from outside supporters. These are his tips on how to meet and work with partners and funders for your next
This year, HER Voice Fund is giving USD 2000 grants for activities meant to influence policy processes in 13 African countries. Funds address financial access barriers limiting community-based organizations working on adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) to add a voice to policy processes. HER Voice Fund HER Voice is the result of various consultations with
To address the challenge of Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) financing, Enabel is piloting a Skills Development Fund (SDF) in Albertine & Rwenzori, Northern Uganda, and Karamoja region. While World Bank through Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) is supporting a Skills Development Facility countrywide. This Call for Proposals for the Skills Development Fund
Y Combinator wants to lure more companies into the funnel for its accelerator while democratizing free access to startup knowledge. This is your chance to learn how to start a startup through the YC Startup School. The YC Startup School Recently, Y Combinator announced that their third year of the YC Startup School program will begin August 27, offering
The Pitch with Purpose Global Competition is a pitch contest celebrating and rewarding diverse founders who have committed their companies to social good. Launched in 2016, Pitch with Purpose was the first-ever pitch competition centered around solutions to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year’s Pitch with Purpose competition has been launched
