The Center for Support of Civil Initiatives, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Information, accepts applications from non-governmental organizations for government grants.

NGOs have the opportunity to receive grants for the implementation of social projects through two competitions announced on the website of the Unified Grant Operator cisc.kz on February 23 and March 28.

Projects within the first competition should be implemented in the field of strengthening social harmony and national unity. According to the terms of the competition, the winner will have to ensure the effective functioning of the special Islamic Internet portal Kazislam.kz. The project is long-term with a implementation period of 3 years - from 2024-2026.

Applications for this competition close on April 4. The full text of the announcement can be found here https://cisc.kz/ru/czentr-obyavlyaet-povtornyj-grantovyj-konkurs-po-zakazu-ministerstva-kultury-i-informaczii-rk-74032.html.

As part of the second competition, one short-term grant is provided (implementation period from 3 months to a year) for the implementation of a social project in the area of ​​legal and social assistance to citizens returned from zones of terrorist activity and relatives of dead and missing Kazakhstanis. The grant amount is 11,076 million tenge. The full text of the announcement is here https://cisc.kz/ru/konkurs-grantov-po-zakazu-ministerstva-kultury-i-informaczii-rk-74630.html.

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