[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 1043

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1. 1913 : Future Vision pilot is launched From: Sunil 


Posted by: "Sunil"
<mailto:sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk?Subject=%20Re%3A1913%20%3A%20Future%20Vision%
20pilot%20is%20launched> sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk
<http://profiles.yahoo.com/sunilkzach> sunilkzach 


Fri Jul 2, 2010 4:48 pm (PDT) 


The Future Vision pilot, a three-year test of The Rotary Foundation's
new, streamlined grant structure, is underway.

The pilot officially began 1 July, with 100 pilot districts that were
selected from among hundreds of applicants in June 2009. The pilot
districts will spend the next three years testing and helping to refine
the Foundation's new grant model before all districts begin to
participate in July 2013.

"I believe that through Future Vision, we will be able to serve our
communities, and the world, in better and more effective ways," said
Glenn E. Estess Sr., 2009-10 Foundation trustee chair, at the 2010 RI
Convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada. "We will do the very most
with everything we have. We will be able to address the challenges,
large and small, that present obstacles to peace -- and dismantle those
obstacles, one by one."

"Concentrating our efforts on bigger projects will have a greater impact
and be more sustainable," said Jeremy Voizey, past governor of District
1120 (England), during a Future Vision networking session at the
convention. "Traditionally, we have done very well with the Foundation.
This model should make life easier."

Pilot districts were chosen after a careful and rigorous review process,
designed to select a group of districts that would closely mirror the
Rotary world. The 100 districts were required to make a firm, three-year
commitment to the pilot and, before the launch, to appoint a district
Rotary Foundation committee chair to serve for all three years. Pilot
district governors-elect and Foundation committee chairs received
special training during the 2010 International Assembly.

Two types of grants are provided for under the Future Vision Plan. Once
a year, districts may apply for a block grant of up to 50 percent of
their District Designated Fund. These district grants
<
<http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProgram/
Pages/fv_district_grants.aspx>
http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProg\
ram/Pages/fv_district_grants.aspx> offer the flexibility to respond
quickly to immediate needs or to plan projects with clubs locally or in
other countries. Pilot districts may sponsor district grant projects
with clubs in nonpilot districts.

Global grants
<
<http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProgram/
Pages/fv_global_grants.aspx>
http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProg\
ram/Pages/fv_global_grants.aspx> support large, sustainable activities
that relate to one or more of the areas of focus
<
<http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProgram/
Pages/AreasofFocus.aspx>
http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProg\
ram/Pages/AreasofFocus.aspx> . Clubs and districts can either create
their own global grant-funded projects or sponsor packaged global grants
<
<http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProgram/
Pages/fv_global_grants.aspx#packaged#packaged>
http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProg\
ram/Pages/fv_global_grants.aspx#packaged#packaged> that will be
developed by the Foundation in cooperation with its strategic partners.

The Trustees have approved a Rotary Foundation Global Grants World Fund
budget of US$8 million for Future Vision pilot districts starting with
the 2010-11 year. (Funds for the pilot districts were budgeted
separately. The 2010-11 Matching Grants World Fund budget is $21.5
million.)

The Foundation has already approved two district grant applications
under the Future Vision pilot and is reviewing a number of others.
District 3330 (Thailand) will use a $39,500 grant to fund a variety of
local projects, including buying books, computers, and sports equipment
for schools; providing clean water for students; and adding patient beds
at a hospital. Read more
<
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/100604_news_firstgrant.asp
x> http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/100604_news_firstgrant\
.aspx> . District 1970 (Portugal) has also been approved for a district
grant.

The first global grant was approved in June for a project to combat the
spread of dengue fever in Indonesia. Read more
<
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/100616_news_globalgrant.as
px> http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/100616_news_globalgran\
t.aspx> . The Foundation has received more than 100 proposals for global
grants.

The Foundation is also close to finalizing agreements with two 
strategic partners, and is reviewing a number of others.

Source : Rotary International News / Courtesy : eFlash_Rotary

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