EFCA in the Republic of Kazakhstan has announced its second grant competition under the Initiative to Support Good Governance with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Almaty, July 22, 2015 — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated funds for a grant program under the Initiative to Support Good Governance in Kazakhstan. The project covers all 14 oblasts of the republic. The project is being carried out by the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA). The project is a multi-phase grant program for non-profit organizations and is based on identifying and expanding innovative approaches for promoting initiatives for effective public administration.

The promotion of initiatives in the field of institutional effective public administration through the promotion of systematic interaction between civil society organizations and government bodies will lead to the long-term improvement of specific public services, elements of legal framework/policy, and mechanisms and processes of public administration.

In the second cycle of the project, special attention will be paid to:

- the achievement of effective public administration in any sphere of the applicant’s choice;

- the achievement of effective public administration in healthcare; and

- the achievement of effective public administration in the sphere of solving the problems of disabled individuals;

All project proposals will be considered by the grant committee. The winners who win the competition among all of the detailed applications will receive financing for a period of 8 months in the amount of up to $15,000 USD.

Based on the evaluation of the achieved results of the "small" projects, the best grantees will be able to increase the scope of their project activities with additional financing of up to $100,000 USD for a period of up to 18 months (the conditions may change to a greater or lesser extent depending on the status of funding from the main project donor).

For more information on the terms of the grant program, please visit the EFCA website at www.ef-ca.kz and www.ngoexpert.kz.