<font face="Verdana"><div><b>Dear Kevin Bankston,</b></div><div>Greetings from Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)</div><div>Thank you very much for your nice mail regarding urgent call for ITU-related micro-grant proposals.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We would like to submit a brief proposal from Bangladesh in line with WCIT by November 16, 2012. Pls. consider us!</div><div><br></div><div>With best regards,</div></font><font face="Verdana"><div><font face="Verdana"><br>
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AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR<br>Chief Executive Officer<br>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)<br><font size="1">[NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council]</font><br>
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Head, Community Media Academy <br> <br>House: 13/1, Road: 2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 Bangladesh<br>Phone: +88-02-9130750, +88-02-9138501, Cell: +88 01711881647 <br>Fax: 88-02-9138501-105, </font><div style="font-family:arial">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 November 2012 17:21, Kevin Bankston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kbankston@cdt.org" target="_blank">kbankston@cdt.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div>Hello from MozFest in London:</div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to give everyone a heads up that tomorrow morning GMT, Mozilla Foundation will be putting out an urgent call for ITU-related microgrants; I'm giving you all a preview now so that if you are interested or know someone that might be interested that you can get to work now, because once the call goes live you will only have three days to submit your (very brief) proposal. We're hoping that decisions will be made by Thursday, with wire transfers initiated by Friday.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I don't have the final submission email yet but I do have the presumably final language of the call, below; you'll see that its priorities are very much tied to the priorities set by the tactical breakout at Best Bits. I will send the official release with email when I have it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks and great seeing everyone in Baku, </div><div>Kevin</div><div><br></div><div><span><b>Open Internet Microgrants to Support Civil Society Engagement with the ITU</b></span></div><div><span>On
December 3rd, the world’s governments will begin a ten-day meeting in
Dubai to update a key treaty of a UN agency called the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some proposed changes to that treaty
could threaten Internet openness and innovation, increase access costs,
and erode human rights online. We are urgently calling for projects that
will help give civil society organizations that support an open
Internet a stronger voice before and during that key meeting, the World
Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT).</span></div><div><br></div><div><span><b>What We Want to Support</b></span></div><div><ul><li><span>Efforts to influence your government's position in the lead up to the </span><span>WCIT</span><span> meeting.</span></li>
</ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Costs
for civil society representatives to participate at WCIT in Dubai,
provided you are already a part of your country's delegation or have
otherwise demonstrated commitment and expertise in this area.</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Provision
of basic technical infrastructure and tools that let civil society
representatives on the ground in Dubai coordinate and communicate with
each other, their home organizations, and the media.</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><span><b>The Details</b></span></div><div><ul><li><span>The call for proposal opens up on Nov. 12 and closes on the 15th (midnight GMT).</span></li>
</ul></div><div><ul><li><span>This
is a micro grant fund. There is a total of $10,000 available. Ideally,
we will be supporting 8-10 projects from that amount. That means your
grant will be approximately $1,000.</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>You need to be able to receive a wire transfer to a bank account. It can be your personal bank account. Individuals can apply.</span></li></ul>
</div><div><ul><li><span>We
will contact you if we have any questions or to award you the grant. If
you have not heard from us by November 16, we will have chosen not to
provide support to your project.</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Once
a decision has been made, you will receive a letter from Mozilla
summarizing the project you've proposed and agreeing to provide you the
funds. </span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>When
the project is done, you will need to provide us a letter telling us
what happened, how it went, and what you think you accomplished.</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><span><b>The Criteria</b></span></div><div><span>We will give preference to proposals that:</span></div><div><ul>
<li><span>Ideally, show 1:1 matching support</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Demonstrate your capacity to effect positive change</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Facilitate regionally diverse participation in the WCIT</span></li>
</ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Can be implemented quickly</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><span><b>What We Need to Know</b></span></div><div><span>Send
us an e-mail with the following information. If you are applying for
travel support, be sure to tell us whether or not you are already
included in your country's delegation.</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Name:</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>E-mail:</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Organization (if applicable):</span></li></ul></div>
<div><ul><li><span>Country:</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>URL (if applicable):</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Project Title:</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>What are you going to do?</span></li>
</ul></div><div><ul><li><span>Why are you the one to do it?</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span>How will you spend the money?</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>
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