Submissions are being invited from civil society organizations which seek to present ground-breaking projects at the Istanbul Forum.
In 90 minutes of presentations at the Forum, which takes place from 6-7 April 2009, some of the world’s most exciting and innovative but lesser known civil society projects advancing intercultural understanding will be featured. A high-level audience of leaders from government, international organizations, business, religion, civil society and academia will be in attendance at this session. The objective is to raise the profile of such civil society initiatives that are unique, replicable, and scalable to an audience of policymakers and funders.
At this time, the Alliance is seeking applications of interest from civil society organizations seeking to participate in the Marketplace of Ideas. To be considered, applications must satisfy the following criteria:
- The outputs and/or activities of the project must be innovative in the way that they promote intercultural dialogue, or engage in action at the grassroots level of society.
- The project model should have the potential to be replicable in other contexts, as well as to be scaled-up to exert greater impact on target societies.
- A project which has the potential to achieve global scale will be viewed favorably, although this is not an essential requirement.
- The project must have the potential to benefit from participation in partnerships. There should be a clear justification for why the project bears profiling in front of a high-level audience of policymakers and funders.
Ultimately, the goal is to showcase projects which do not already have firmly established links with the UN system, or have yet to be truly ‘discovered’ by the international community. If you feel that your organization has a project which matches these criteria, please fill out the form below by 5pm EST (US) on Tuesday 10 March 2009 and return it here.
Download the application of interest for the Marketplace of Ideas.