Global Road Safety Grant Programme 2021 – Round 19 Call for Proposals
The Global Road Safety Partnership’s Advocacy and Grants Programme aims to promote the adoption and implementation of effective road safety policies in low and middle-income countries.
The Road Safety Grants Programme has supported organizations advocating for the adoption and implementation of evidence-based policies to protect road users since 2012 and improve vehicle safety standards since 2017. The grants programme is supported by the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety.
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Eligibility for Global Road Safety Grant Programme 2021
The Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety focuses on improving and implementing evidence-based road safety policies (including laws, regulations, and standards) in a number of low- and middle-income countries. A number of evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing road traffic deaths and injuries are included in BIGRS. The Road Safety Grants Programme focuses exclusively on the passage and implementation of evidence-based policies which address key behavioural risk factors (speeding, drink driving, lack of seatbelt use, lack of child restraint use, or lack of helmet use) and vehicle safety standards.
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List of eligible countries
Applications addressing national level road safety policy reform and/or its implementation
with comprehensive provisions on road user, behavioural risk factors will be accepted from the following countries;
- Argentina,
- Bangladesh,
- Brazil,
- China,
- Colombia,
- Ecuador,
- Ethiopia,
- Ghana,
- India,
- Malaysia,
- Mexico,
- Uganda,
- Ukraine and
- Vietnam.
Applications addressing national level vehicle safety regulations reform and/or vehicle safety regulations implementation will only be accepted from Colombia and Mexico.
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Who can apply for this grant?
- Governmental and non-governmental organizations in the nominated countries can apply for grants within the following parameters;
- Governmental organizations with relevant authority over road safety policy and/or its
implementation. - Road police and military agencies are not eligible to apply.
- Non-governmental organizations (including but not limited to civil society organizations and educational institutions) with relevant advocacy experience on policy reform and/or its implementation
Additionally,
- Applicants must be registered legal entities in the country of project delivery, capable of
entering into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds, and assuming legal and
financial obligations. - Applicants cannot be recipients of financial support from alcohol, firearms, pornography, or tobacco industries.
- The Road Safety Grants Programme does not fund individuals.
- If you are a current grantee organization, please discuss the development of a Concept Note with your focal person in GRSP.
What kind of projects will be funded?
Proposals must focus on policy reform or policy implementation that will lead to substantial
reductions in road traffic injuries and deaths. The Road Safety Grants Programme supports
organizations advocating for the passage and implementation of comprehensive policies (legislation, regulations, standards, etc.) to address road user behavioural risk factors and vehicle safety.
How much funding can a project receive?
Proposals can be submitted for grants up to a maximum amount of 120,000 Swiss francs (CHF) for a project of no more than 24 months. However, the final amount of funding will depend on a number of factors, including consideration of the proposed scope of work vis-a-vis the capacity of your organization.
How to Apply for Global Road Safety Grant Programme 2021
Applicants from eligible countries are invited to submit their concept notes using this online
the system at https://grsp.flexigrant.com/.
- Applicant organizations may submit more than one concept note. However, duplicate
proposals will be deemed ineligible. - An international panel of experts and members of an advisory working group will review
concept notes. They will be scored on their potential to reduce road traffic fatalities and
injuries, project design, and applicant organization capacity. - Progression to the full proposal is by invitation only. You will be informed if your concept note has been selected for advancement by 19 July 2021.
Application Deadline
The deadline for submission of concept notes is 10 June 2021, at 14:00 Central European Time (CET).
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