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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS LAUNCHED FOR SUPPORT TO WOMEN EXPORTERS THROUGH WTO-ITC WEIDE FUND

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Application Deadline: 18 May 2025

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The WTO-ITC Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund launched on 22 April its first call for applications for funding and technical support. Women-led businesses in the Dominican Republic, Mongolia and Nigeria are invited to apply for support aimed at boosting their digital and export capabilities. An application period for Jordan will follow shortly.

ELIGIBILITY:

Registered and operational in the Dominican Republic, Jordan, Mongolia, or Nigeria

Export-ready and keen to engage in digital trade

Able to demonstrate potential for business growth and job creation

The application period runs from 22 April to 18 May 2025 for the Dominican Republic, Mongolia and Nigeria. Applications from Jordan will be accepted at a later stage.

In each country, the WEIDE Fund collaborates with the following business support organizations (BSOs) to strengthen outreach and local engagement:

ProDominicana

Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO)

Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI)

Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC)

The WEIDE Fund has been made possible through the support of the United Arab Emirates and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Legacy Fund.

For more details on eligibility and how to apply, visit wto.org/weidefund or contact weidefund@intracen.org.

BENEFIT:

The WEIDE Fund offers two types of grants:

Discovery Grant (up to USD 5,000): For early-stage businesses exploring digital trade opportunities.

Booster Grant (up to USD 30,000): For businesses ready to scale up their digital presence and expand into global markets.

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2025 NEXT GENERATION FORESIGHT PRACTITIONERS FELLOWSHIP

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Application Deadline: 23:59 GMT+1 on July 31, 2025. 

LOCATION:  England 

Every year they invite a diverse group of visionary young professionals who have just begun to explore the futures and foresight field to apply to our NGFP Fellowship journey. They welcome applications from individuals and teams aged 18-35 who are beginning to explore the futures and foresight field and those over 35 with less than one year of experience in the sector. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Young professionals (18-35 years old) at the beginning of your futures and foresight journey and those who are older with under one year of experience in futures and foresight.

Looking to expand their futures & foresight knowledge and network.

Committed to community and network building.

Working on a brave, pioneering, futures-focused project idea for lasting change at the systems level in your communities or globally, and can be enhanced, scaled, and its impact deepened by using foresight.

Collaborative lifelong learners with a long-term vision for impact (at least 10 years ahead).

From anywhere in the world, especially those anchored in Asia and Africa – including Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Pacific Islands and the Balkans.

We are particularly enthusiastic about applications from those working on the world’s most complex issues, or what we call Foresight Transformation Missions. They are Climate & Just Transitions, Democracy & Sustainable Development, Emerging Technologies, Futures Methods From Around the World & Indigenous Futures, Intergenerational Fairness, Nuclear Security, and Peacebuilding.

BENEFIT:

A USD 1,000 kick-started fund to support your project

A platform to connect with like-minded people from around the world

A project partner (usually an expert foresight practitioner) 

Foresight capability building via our introductory training course

Bi-weekly news & opportunity emails, including information about grants to develop your changemaking projects

Opportunity to be part of regional or thematic hubs 

Opportunity to participate in relevant futures and foresight events and projects

Opportunity to run for a USD 10,000 prize at the end of the fellowship year

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