What is it all about?

Global Challenges Local Solutions Program supports organizations and communities that try to solve global problems on a local level. We encourage you to get involved!

The 5th Grant Round of the Global Challenges Local Solutions Program is now officially closed. Sign up for our newsletter to be up-to-date!

Key elements

Knowledge Hub

For the last couple of months we have been developing a new knowledge sharing section. We hope that you will find it resourceful while implementing projects based on SDGs. Check it out!

Grant competition

Our grant competition connects community foundations and Sustainable Development Goals on the local level. Within three editions we collected many good practices - get inspired!

By the end of June 2021 we are going to announce the winners of the 5th Grant Round of the Global Challenges Local Solutions Program. Sign up for our newsletter to be up-to-date!

News

Posted on 30/04/2021 by Paulina Kamyk

THE 5th Grant Round IS NOW OPEN! YOU CAN APPLY

This is your chance – join our program to make a change! We are happy to announce that the CALL FOR APPLICATIONS in Global Challenges Local Solutions 5th Grant Round has been opened! the Call for Applications lasts from April 30 until May 23, 2021 the projects should be performed in the period of July-December […]

Posted on 27/04/2021 by Paulina Kamyk

GCLS webinar: A RECIPE FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

On 22nd of April we celebrated an International Earth Day … but do we really can fully celebrate? What is the condition of the Earth we are living on? What should we do to improve it? It is certain that we must act fast – both at the local and global level. JOIN THE WEBINAR […]

Posted on 09/03/2021 by Paulina Kamyk

GCLS webinar „Small steps towards Circular Economy”

“A perfect circular economy would be very difficult to implement, but we can do far better than we currently do. (…) We can start creating circular economy locally by small steps by reusing and repairing goods and extending their life time” says Andrzej Piotrowski – Waste Management Expert, Veolia Energia Polska S.A. Read the Expert’s […]

Posted on 08/02/2021 by Paulina Kamyk

Common goals constitute a community!

“Indigenousness” is a strength of community foundations, however it may also be their weakness. For many years a popular belief among community foundations was that they should focus on local challenges and needs; that only such problems are important. Such belief in no longer valid. Nowadays success of the community foundation often derives from clever […]

Posted on 16/10/2020 by Alicja Szczutowska

Meet the GCLS 4th Round Grantees!

We are happy to announce the 11 organizations that have been awarded the GCLS grant in the 4th round. You will hear about their great projects very soon! Bucharest Community Foundation – Fundația Comunitară Bucuresti Messina Community Foundation – Fondazione di Comunità di Messina The Snow Mountain Community Fund – Fundusz Lokalny Masywu Śnieżnika REVIA […]

Posted on 19/06/2020 by Alicja Szczutowska

The Call for Applications is now open!

We are thrilled to announce that the Global Challenges Local Solutions 4th Grant Round has been opened and you can submit your applications until 20th July 2020. Due to the hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have changed some of the regulations, first of all we decided to reduce the required financial input to […]