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Background The International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) is committed to finding new and innovative solutions to the problems impacting people with epilepsy and their families world-wide. As part of this commitment, IBE is providing a limited amount of financial support to IBE member organizations on a competitive basis for initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life for people with epilepsy in developing nations. Definition of a Promising Strategy A Promising Strategy is one that has the potential to foster effective and innovative public health practice with regard to epilepsy. Ideally, a Promising Strategy contains many of the following: Is based on measurable, realistic, and time specific objectives Is need-based and data-driven Is innovative and represents the development of new solutions to common problems impacting people with epilepsy and their families Establishes a strategy that makes a difference in improving accessibility to accurate, timely, necessary and culturally appropriate information and/or services Demonstrates a sustainable effect in the community where it is being implemented Has the potential for replication of positive results if the program is implemented in a similar environment with a similar target population as its original pilot demonstration Is a strategy that can be used to generate policies and [...]