Deadline: 23-Oct-2025
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation is currently seeking applications for its SSARC Emergency Initiative – Health and Food Security for the Central African Republic.
It focuses on measures to prevent and treat malnutrition while offering training for health workers. The ultimate goal is to improve living conditions within communities and enhance the country’s resilience amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis. This approach targets vulnerable populations, including women, children, people with disabilities, internally displaced persons, and host communities, ensuring they have improved access to essential health and nutrition services.
A key feature of the program is the direct involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs), which work closely with local stakeholders to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of interventions. Coordination and synergy between CSOs, international agencies, and national authorities are emphasized to maximize the impact of efforts in affected areas. The initiative encourages adopting the Triple Nexus approach, which addresses immediate humanitarian needs while contributing to long-term development and peacebuilding. This integrated strategy aims to strengthen response mechanisms to both urgent and structural challenges faced by vulnerable groups.
Project proposals under this program must have a maximum duration of nine months, with funding requests not exceeding 450,000 euros for single nonprofit entities or joint projects submitted by two or more entities operating in an ATS (temporary association of companies). Proposals must have approval from competent authorities or local communities, or alternatively, certification from the Italian diplomatic representation if the local political or security situation hinders such approvals. Compliance with the program’s objectives, sectors, and cross-cutting themes is mandatory, and each nonprofit organization may submit up to ten proposals, but only one as a single entity or as part of an ATS.
To qualify, nonprofit entities must meet several requirements. They must be registered according to Italian law, have proven experience in humanitarian aid and health or nutrition sectors, and demonstrate the capacity to operate on site. Compliance with legal tax, social security, and insurance obligations is also necessary. Furthermore, organizations must not have outstanding debts to the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGCS) or the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), nor have engaged in negligent or bad-faith behavior in previous project implementations.
Overall, this program presents a focused opportunity to contribute to strengthening healthcare and nutrition services in a context of crisis, emphasizing collaboration, sustainability, and integrated approaches to humanitarian and development challenges.The program is designed to strengthen public health facilities in the Central African Republic, aiming to provide an adequate response to both primary and secondary health needs. It focuses on measures to prevent and treat malnutrition while offering training for health workers. The ultimate goal is to improve living conditions within communities and enhance the country’s resilience amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis. This approach targets vulnerable populations, including women, children, people with disabilities, internally displaced persons, and host communities, ensuring they have improved access to essential health and nutrition services.
A key feature of the program is the direct involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs), which work closely with local stakeholders to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of interventions. Coordination and synergy between CSOs, international agencies, and national authorities are emphasized to maximize the impact of efforts in affected areas. The initiative encourages adopting the Triple Nexus approach, which addresses immediate humanitarian needs while contributing to long-term development and peacebuilding. This integrated strategy aims to strengthen response mechanisms to both urgent and structural challenges faced by vulnerable groups.
Project proposals under this program must have a maximum duration of nine months, with funding requests not exceeding 450,000 euros for single nonprofit entities or joint projects submitted by two or more entities operating in an ATS (temporary association of companies). Proposals must have approval from competent authorities or local communities, or alternatively, certification from the Italian diplomatic representation if the local political or security situation hinders such approvals. Compliance with the program’s objectives, sectors, and cross-cutting themes is mandatory, and each nonprofit organization may submit up to ten proposals, but only one as a single entity or as part of an ATS.
To qualify, nonprofit entities must meet several requirements. They must be registered according to Italian law, have proven experience in humanitarian aid and health or nutrition sectors, and demonstrate the capacity to operate on site. Compliance with legal tax, social security, and insurance obligations is also necessary. Furthermore, organizations must not have outstanding debts to the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGCS) or the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), nor have engaged in negligent or bad-faith behavior in previous project implementations.
For more information, visit Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.