The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) has allocated funds to fund dialogue projects/ initiatives that focus on building bridges between diverse religious, ethnic, political, and regional communities. Possible grants for individuals are up to 4500 Euro and for organizations up to 7000 Euro and will be evaluated based on specific selection criteria (please refer to Annex 4 in the documents folder). Projects should be fully implemented within a four-month or a six-month period (depending on the duration of the project) from March 15th to September 15th, 2025, including the submission of the final reports.
Projects focusing on the following areas will be given preference:
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Countering & preventing hate Speech in the name of religion on national /regional level.
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Enhancing the role of Interreligious dialogue and Intrareligious dialogue in responding to crises. Preference will be given to interfaith initiatives focusing on community engagement and responses to national crises amongst vulnerable groups (elderly, people with special health conditions, women, children, and refugees, etc.).
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Incorporating principles of Interreligious Education and Common Citizenship in IRD initiatives to promote social cohesion and peaceful coexistence.
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Promoting the protection of cultural heritage and sacred and holy sites.
Proposals will be evaluated based on specific selection criteria. The projects should be fully implemented within 4 months or six months from March to September 2025, including the submission of the final reports. All initiatives and activities should include a policy dimension, involving policymakers in the project on a local, national, or regional level, with different levels of engagement.
THE FOLLOWING METHODS, APPROACHES AND FORMATS CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS THE TOPICS HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE
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Advocacy for policy changes.
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Capacity-building (preferably online workshops and trainings).
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Traditional/social media engagement, live streaming events, broadcasting, radio programs, TV programs, short videos, documentaries, etc.
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Knowledge exchange.
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Awareness raising.
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Policy papers, booklets, infographics, articles, and blogs.
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) such as mobile phone Applications (Apps), text messages and push notifications.
WHO CAN APPLY?
The Dialogue 360 project targets organizations and institutions as well as individuals who can support intra and interfaith efforts to respond to the themes identified in this call. More specifically, these partners include the following entities:
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Interfaith/interreligious dialogue platforms, organizations, and networks.
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Religious leaders and faith-based organizations (FBOs).
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Youth and women organizations and other civil society organizations.
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Social media influencers and bloggers.
GOOD TO KNOW
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Proposals might include more than one method and multiple formats.
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Only proposals consisting of (1) an application form (online google form), (2) a project workplan and timeframe, (3) the monitoring and evaluation plan, and (4) a detailed budget will be considered.
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Uploading a CV (for individual) and a registration certificate for the institutions and organizations
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Preference will be given to joint proposals submitted by two organizations or more.
To increase the chances of your project being selected, please consider the set of selection criteria outlined in Annex 4 (please refer to the documents), which will serve as a basis to evaluate the projects to be awarded.
Please note that:
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For previous beneficiaries of the Dialogue360 project, new applications will only be considered if the partner has received no more than one or two grants in total. If a partner has already been awarded three grants, they must wait a period of two years before reapplying. This policy is intended to ensure that more partners could benefit from the funding.
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For diverse fellowship programmes in the Arab region, eligibility for new applications requires that at least one year has passed since they received their last learning grant. This ensures that fellows have adequate time to implement their previous funding before seeking additional support.
Please find the documents HERE for download.
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Please provide electronic copies rather than scans.
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Preference will be given to joint proposals submitted by two organizations or more.
For questions and inquiries, email: grants-arabregion@kaiciid.org
