The Embassy of Canada is pleased to announce that it is funding the following projects through the 2015-2016 Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) program.

The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) provides direct funding assistance to community groups, non-government organizations, people’s organizations and in exceptional cases, international NGOs, and government institutions for small projects addressing sexual and gender based violence, human rights, democratic transition, rule of law, economic governance, preventing child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) and protecting religious freedom.

The seven projects were selected from amongst 100 applications.  The Embassy is working in cooperation with the Kosovar Civil Society Foundation, which is responsible for local coordination.

More information on CFLI: http://kcsfoundation.org/?page=2,6,404.