The 2026 Irish Aid Global Citizenship Education Grants Call for Proposals is now open

Tuesday 28 October, 5.00pm - Deadline for receipt of eligibility forms: Please note an important change to the eligibility process since the 2025 grants round: ALL organisations hoping to apply must complete an eligibility form. Eligibility forms can be requested by emailing the Global Citizenship Education Mailbox. Completed eligibility forms must be submitted to the Global Citizenship Education Mailbox. Organisations who fail to meet the eligibility deadline cannot be considered.
Friday 31 October 2025 - Organisations will be notified of their eligibility
Friday 28 November, 12.00noon - Deadline for applications: The completed application form, signed by the legal representative of the organisation (e.g. the CEO or the Chair of the Board) should be e-mailed to the Global Citizenship Education Mailbox. Please note, applications which are received after this date will not be considered. The Global Citizenship Education Mailbox email address is provided in the 2026 Call for Proposals.
It is intended that the appraisal of applications will take place in Quarter 1 2026 and notification of funding decisions will issue in March 2026 .

Grants Clinic for Irish Aid Global Citizenship Education Funding Applications: This will take place on Thursday, 13 November, 09.30am – 11.30am, online. Find out more...
Improving your Results Framework Workshop: This will take place on Tuesday 18 November, 10am - 12.00pm, online. Find out more...
Results Frameworks for Beginners Workshop: Instead of a live workshop, IDEA has recorded a session which goes through Results Frameworks for Beginners. This was published on IDEA’s YouTube channel in November 2024 and is available here

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Code Network Meeting December 2026

September 26, 2026

Date: Tuesday 01 December, 10.00am – 3.30pm Location: Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, Dublin 8, D08 YY05 IDEA is looking forward to welcoming all members of the Code of Good Practice for Development Education to our next Code network meeting on Tuesday 1 December, in Richmond Barracks in Inchicore, Dublin. There are places for two representatives, staff, volunteers, etc., from each Code member. One of the commitments in joining the Code is to contribute to the Community of Practice for this Code, including sharing successes and learning with other Code members and attending at least one of two Code network meetings annually. If you have questions, please contact code@ideaonline.ie.