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!

Currently, the 6th Round of GCLS Program is underway (May 1 - October 31, 2022) and in parallel, a special grant round "GCLS for Ukrainian Refugees" has been announced. Sign up for our newsletter to be always up-to-date!

Key elements

Knowledge Hub

This is a 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 five editions we collected many good practices - get inspired!

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Posted on 09/06/2022 by Paulina Kamyk

Let’s glocalize – community foundations driven by SDGs spirit!

17 global goals > 17+ local solutions > 17 posters > 17 tests-inspirations to take! For 17 weeks, we are presenting a series of 17 posters prepared within the GCLS Knowledge Hub under the motto: “Let’s glocalize – community foundations driven by SDGs spirit” Each poster refers to one Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and contains […]

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Posted on 08/05/2022 by Paulina Kamyk

GCLS for Ukrainian Refugees Special Grant Round is OPEN

A special GCLS Grant Round to support community foundations dealing with refugee crisis caused by the war in Ukraine is OPEN now! With the decision of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, a funder of the Global Challenges Local Solutions European granting program, which is operated by the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland, […]

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Posted on 29/04/2022 by Paulina Kamyk

Climate Change as one of the greatest threats

GCLS Knowledge Hub: We invite you to watch the webinar recorded during the closed meeting organized for the representatives of community foundations from various countries across Europe. The speaker is Kamil Wyszkowski, the Executive Director of UN Global Compact Network Poland and the topic he addresses concerns a climate change as one of the greatest […]

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Posted on 28/04/2022 by Paulina Kamyk

6th Grant Round Winners

We are happy to announce that by the decision of the GCLS Grant Committee – 9 Community Foundations have been selected to receive the grants in the 6th GCLS Grant Round. The vast majority of projects will be devoted to promotion and communication about the SDGs – raising awareness on the subject within local community and […]

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Posted on 22/03/2022 by Paulina Kamyk

THE ADPP’S RESPOND DUE TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND REFUGEE CRISIS

We combine global goals with local activities. The Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland (ADPP) was funded in 1998 and since then we have been supporting local communities, community foundations and conducting country-wide social campaign. The range of Academy’s programs, addressed to residents of small towns and villages, covers about 30% of municipalities […]

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Posted on 08/03/2022 by Paulina Kamyk

Expanded call for proposals

Due to the events in the Ukraine and difficult refugee situation in some European countries, we expand the scope of the projects’ topics in the 6th GCLS Grant Round. In parallel with projects focused on communication, education and promotion about SDGs – as it was announced initially, we maintain this theme – the application may […]