A Steering Committee (SC) composed of one voting representative from each one of the program partners make the final decisions about all aspects of the ISIF program. The SC works online and also have face-to-face meetings during the course of the scheduled activities. The proposals will be selected based on their compliance with all ISIF objectives and the criteria mentioned above.
The process will be as following:
- The ISIF secretariat will screen all applications received. The ISIF Secretariat will only reject proposals if: 1) they are out of ISIF objectives and selection criteria; 2) they are going to be undertaken in countries out of the AP region.
- All approved applications will be then be reviewed online by the Grants Evaluation Committee (GEC). The GEC will have one meeting to discuss the proposals and produce a shortlist of candidates.
- Short-listed applicants will be invited to make an oral presentation to the GEC at a Proposals Development Workshop.
- The GEC will make their final recommendations to the SC, who will be in charge of the final decision.
- A notification will be issued to all shortlisted applicants. A formal announcement will be made on this website after the workshop.
When submitting an application, the applicants acknowledge that any grant funding and, indeed, the application and evaluation process, is entirely at the discretion of the funding partners and they may choose to determine the process at any time up to the time of actual payment.
When submitting an application, the applicants are granting permission to the ISIF Secretariat and funding partners to use materials, submitted or developed during the application process, in publications or materials to promote ISIF. These materials can be project descriptions, photographs taken during the application process or at funded events, etc.