ICYO- Youth Information

The India NGO Awards is an initiative of the Resource Alliance in partnership with The Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation. Launched in 2006, it seeks to acknowledge and felicitate organisations that are setting and promoting best practices in resource mobilisation, accountability and transparency.

 

Please find attached the brochure/entry form for the India NGO Awards 2008. The last date for receiving entries is October 4, 2008. We would request you to kindly forward the same to all your partners who could suitably apply for the Award.

 

Non Governmental Organizations from across the India are encouraged to send in their entries under one of the three categories based on their annual budget for 2007-08.

 

Categories

- Small:               Annual budget under 50 lakhs

- Medium:           Annual budget between Rs 50 lakhs and 5 crores

- Large:               Annual budget over 5 crores

 

Criteria

Organizations will be evaluated on the effective and sustainable mobilisation of resources, the demonstration of efficient management of resources, good governance practices, transparency and accountability, and the impact of the services it provides to the community it serves.

 

Benefits

Three national winners will be announced in each of the three categories and will be presented with a trophy and a cash prize of Rs 4,00,000/-.  The national and regional finalists will be profiled in a casebook, which will be distributed across the country. All applicants will be invited to participate in customised workshops on resource mobilisation and related areas and will also be given platforms to engage with potential donors.

 

For any further information on the Awards please write to us at indiangoaward@....

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Youth Information is published by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave

New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  / 91 11 26183978 Fax 91 11 26198423

Email: icyoindia@... / icyo@...

Web:  www.icyo.in

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Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is a registered non-profit, non-governmental network organization, committed in developing areas of mutual cooperation and understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth groups, clubs and individuals working in the field of youth welfare in India. 

ICYO functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. It's family consists of
over 356 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

Our goal:
To improve and extend the youth work and services through Youth Organizations;
To enhance and demonstrate youth work in the society;
To promote effective youth programmmes;
To organize network of civil society organizations working towards the development of youth work;
To organize seminars, conferences, workshops, trainings;
To maintain international relation with organizations promoting young people in their programmes and activities

Affiliation: 

Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations;
Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Asian Youth Council (AYC);
 CRIN, South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN),

Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand;
ATSECE-DELHI, Indian Partner of AIDS Care Watch Campaign;
Steering Committee member of World Bank's YDP Network;
Working relation with Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD);
International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations (IMPO);
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD);
World Youth Foundation, Malaysia.