The application the application did not include the Project framework form. In accordance with paragraph 14 of the Operational Guidelines for the IFCD, “Forms provided by the Secretariat on the website of the 2005 Convention shall be used and considered the official funding request forms”. The funding request does not comply with the required length of project implementation period, which is between 12 and 24 months as stipulated in paragraph 11.2 of the Operational Guidelines for the IFCD. The application did not include all the required complementary documents that demonstrate the international nature of the NGO, namely: Statutes of the NGO, specifying that the NGO is international (with an English or French translation if necessary). List of members / countries, demonstrating that membership is international. List of recent activities that have been carried out in different countries around the world. In accordance with paragraph 10.1.3 of the Operational Guidelines for the IFCD, “international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), which meet the definition of civil society and criteria regulating admission of its representatives at meetings of organs of the Convention as mentioned in the operational guidelines relating to the role and participation of civil society” are entitled to benefit from the Fund.