The International Development Research Centre (Canada) has recently launched a call for expressions of interest for its new Think Tank Initiative Closing date: 19 August 2008

Deadline: August 19, 2008
Information: www.idrc.ca/thinktank

The Think Tank Initiative invites applications from independent African organisations that are committed to using research to inform and influence social and economic policy. The Initiative will provide multi-year funding to promising think tanks, and will work with successful applicants to improve their organizational performance.

The Think Tank Initiative is a new, multi-donor program dedicated to strengthening independent policy research institutions – or “think tanks” – in developing countries, enabling them to better provide sound research that both informs and influences policy.  

The Initiative will focus its activities in East and West Africa, South Asia, and Latin America.

Deadline: August 19, 2008