Call for Expressions of Interest – Uzbekistan, Prevent Violent Extremism Online
GCERF invites Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Uzbekistan to apply for funding to implement programmes that prevent violent extremism online among youth and at-risk groups, including labour migrants, and promote community resilience against radicalisation, building on the previous work by the Government of Uzbekistan.
To ensure the safety and effectiveness of all activities, these programmes require trained personnel and expertise to meet the specific needs of this population. The applying organisation must demonstrate the necessary capacity in its proposal.
We aim to support a programme that will achieve the EOI objective and strategies, based on needs assessments of target beneficiaries and a baseline survey supported by grant awards.
The proposed programme should cover a period of 24 months. We intend to issue grants to civil society organisations (consortia preferred) for a minimum of 250,000 USD or a maximum of 500,000 USD, over the duration of the grant period. Only one or two grants will be awarded.
All Expressions of Interest must be duly filled in and submitted electronically to call.centralasia@gcerf.org by 15 October 2025. The email should be marked as ‘EOI-UZ-PVE-[Organisaton name]’ in the subject line. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted to take part in a due diligence assessment. If any part of the form or process is unclear, please email requests for clarification or further detail to contact.centralasia@gcerf.org until 10 October 2025.
An online information session was held on 30 September 2025. You can find the presentation here.
Prerequisites
Required Capabilities
(i) Established relationships and credibility with target populations identified in the Call.
(ii) Previous experience and capacity in programme design and management, and project cycle management.
(iii) Experience and capacity in financial management and in the management of and accounting for international donor grant funding.
(iv) Experience and capacity in working within a consortium and/or managing sub-recipients for those choosing to form a consortium.
(v) Experience and capacity in community-level initiatives that address the local drivers of violent extremism and strengthen resilience against violent extremist agendas.
(vi) Experience in working with youth and at-risk groups, including labour migrants at the national and community level.
(vii) Experience in youth empowerment.
(viii) Experience in developing and disseminating alternative narratives, programmes, and initiatives on empowering role models and leaders.
(ix) Proposals must be submitted in English.
