For Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF's Fifth Round of Funding, the Secretary-General has approved a short list of 64 project proposals recommended by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF Advisory Board. The proposals were short-listed out of a record number of more than 3,700 applications - almost double the average number in the past few years. Because of the large number of applicants, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF is able to respond directly only to those on the short list.For more details, please see our next newsletter in July.