ICMP Small Grants

Description

1) Objective

The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) invites associations or organizations of families of missing persons and other non-governmental (civil society) organizations to submit applications for its Small Grants Program for Families of the Missing and Civil Society Organizations, Syria/MENA (Middle East North Africa) Program 2025-2026. Through its Small Grants Program, ICMP provides financial support to associations of families of missing persons and civil society organizations (CSOs) to implement projects that integrate objectives, approaches, activities and content that contribute to:

• Affirming the role of civil society in promoting state responsibility on the issue of missing persons.
• Fostering impartial, non-discriminatory, non-sectarian, multiethnic and non-political approaches to the issue of the missing.
• Fulfilling the rights of surviving family members of missing persons; and
• Promoting gender equality and championing female leadership among affected communities.

2) Eligibility

Eligible entities include MENA-based Family Associations (as the sole implementing organization) or their supporting CSOs (as joint awards between the CSO and the FA respectively) on the condition that they have participated in ICMP’s learning and development program in the past, including but not limited to ICMP’s needs-assessment conducted with family associations across the MENA region in 2025.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Syria.

4) Budget

Applicants may request up to $10,000 for each project. ICMP expects to award up to 7 grants of up to $10,000.

5) Application

The deadline for proposal submissions is 15 September 2025.