Reaching Local Initiatives

2022 R-10 EAC Reaching Local Initiative

IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities Committee (EAC) invites Sections & OUs to submit proposals for ‘REACHING LOCALS Initiatives’ to conduct activities or participate in the production of resources to reach out to the community using local languages.

The goal of the project is to fulfil the IEEE 2020-2025 Strategic Plan – “Enhance public understanding of engineering and technology”, and “Be a trusted source of educational services and resources to support Life-Long Learning”.

Total Fund: USD 200 for each activity to OU’s

Objectives of REACHING LOCALS:

IEEE R10 OU’s are invited to conduct activities for reaching out to the community with local languages in order to:

Raise the awareness of IEEE’s brand and logo, Enhance public understanding of engineering and technology, Provide a trusted source of educational resources and services, and, Inspire a worldwide audience and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity. IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities PROJECT REACHING LOCALS aims to encourage and support local OU’s such as Councils, Sections, Sub-sections, Chapters, Student Branches, WIE, YP, Life members and Affinity Groups to conduct activities and/or produce resources to reach out to the community using local languages. The scope and purposes of the activities must be within the Field of Interest of IEEE and activity should be either in any of the local languages of R-10/ in English with subtitles in Local language/ Bi-languages. The same must be live on several social media including You tube channel of Reaching locals.

Supports from IEEE R10 will be provided in the following two options:

To conduct activities reaching out to non-English speaking communities with local languages. Level of participation will be based on number of events, number of participants, targeted groups (such as students, professionals, affinity groups, life members…etc) and other merits. All participating OU’s and their coordinators shall be awarded with a Certificate of Appreciation.
To develop translations of IEEE resources such as subtitles for videos or webinars on technical subjects in IEEE Fields of Interest, or, translation of existing materials from other IEEE OUs such as IEEE REACH and EAB.
Funding support for digital tools/ Translation/ other related work – 200 USD for 8 hours technical Talk/ workshop.

The amount of support will be up to a maximum of $150 each activity/program. The amount could be used for professional services and to be claimed as reimbursements in accordance with IEEE policy on expenses. The Scope and plan of the proposal can be discussed if required with the Chair of R10 EAC. It is expected that outcomes from this initiative will lead to long lasting impact. The sections/coordinators shall be responsible for permissions from speakers/ OUs (if their materials are to be used) prior to confirmation and commencement of the project. Support shall be given for 80-100 such events each with at least of 40-60 Minutes Proposal must be endorsed by Section Educational Activities (EA) Chair /Section Chair /OU coordinator for education activity.

Submission

The participant has to submit the detailed proposal in prescribed format on R10 Funding Proposal submission:

Step 1: Access the R10 Educational Activity Call for proposal Submission Form Submission link: https://bit.ly/submitproposalr10eac2022
Step 2: Select the funding category from R10 Educational Activities drop-down menu
Step 3: Complete the questionnaires
Step 4: Request & receive endorsement in the template given.
Step 4: Upload the proposal in the google form(The proposal format should follow the template provided). Please download the proposal template at R10 EA homepage https://ea.ieeer10.org

If you are not able to submit proposal through funding portal or facing difficulties then, proposal in required template can be sent to region10eab@gmail.com & CC to preetibajaj@ieee.org

If you are not able to submit proposal through funding portal or facing difficulties then, proposal in required template can be sent to region10eab@gmail.com & CC to preetibajaj@ieee.org ,

Reporting Requirements:

The following information is required for reporting purposes:

Name and details of OU that conducted the online activities and/or production of resources in local languages.
Descriptions and list of online activities and/or the resources used. Metrics adopted, such as the number of participants in the event or usage of the IEEE resources.
Discussion on the scalability and sustainability of the initiative. (This may lead to further projects to be supported by other IEEE funding sources.)
Recommendations and Feedbacks from participants (if any).
Link of recorded sessions.
Social media (whether broadcasted live?)
Details of Resource person 100 words description in English for the event 2 Photos of the event User Experience in the social media (minimum 2)
Enquiry if any can be contacted to region10eab@gmail.com .

IMPORTANT DATES

Project call opens: 18th February 2022

Submission Deadline: 15 April 2022

Announcement of shortlisted projects 30 April 2022

Duration given to organise projects 30 April 2022- 1 September 2022

Reporting deadline 1 September 2022