Deadline: 15-Aug-23
Are you a Civil Society Organisation working for and with youth in Sub-Saharan Africa? Are you interested in youth civic engagement and participation? ALDA – European Association for Local Democracy is looking for you! Participate in the call for proposals with your project idea.
The Youth Participation in Public Affairs program of the EU’s, Women and Youth in Democracy Initiative (WYDE) is funded by the European Union. It aims to improve the enfranchisement, empowerment, and inclusion of youth in all levels of democratic participation at the national, regional, and global scales.
The WYDE project foresees the implementation of 5 different projects called “Clusters”. Through the re-granting scheme, the cluster number 1 named “Generate Democracy: involving youth CSOs in democracy support” is dedicated to providing youth CSOs with the chance to put into practice the lessons learnt in the other clusters and undertake responsibilities over concrete actions promoting civic engagement and democracy.
Objective
- Through the re-granting scheme, the cluster 1 of the WYDE project is aiming at funding and implementing national and transnational projects in support of youth civic engagement and participation in the decision-making processes across the SubSaharan Countries.
Specific Objectives
- Empower organisations working in the field of youth to play a relevant role in supporting the democratic participation of youth;
- Support peer to peer learning among youth organisations;
- Reinforce an international network of youth organisations and youth leaders;
- Improve the cooperation between the youth civil society and public policy makers, at local, national, and international level;
- Advocate for the establishment or improvement of representative youth structures (such as youth councils or youth parliaments).
Crosscutting Priorities
- This call for proposals will finance actions that respect the five working principles of the
- Human Rights Based Approach methodology:
- Applying all human rights for all
- Meaningful and inclusive participation and access to decision-making
- Non-discrimination and equality; accountability and rule of law for all
- Transparency
- Access to information supported by disaggregated data.
- These principles should be rigorously applied throughout programming, design, and implementation and across all sectors.
- Gender equality should be mainstreamed throughout these working principles. The working principles are equally relevant to the process. Therefore, all proposals under this call for proposals shall be designed according to a HRBA. Please note that this aspect will be highly considered during the projects assessment.
Funding Information
- Each applicant will be able to apply to three different lots and it will need to request the following grant amounts (potential co-funding is excluded):
- LOT 1: 10.000€
- LOT 2: 20.000€
- LOT 3: 30.000€
Duration
The duration of the action will depend on the amount of funding requested, which will be articulated in three lots.
- For LOT 1: the action will need to last maximum 6 months.
- For LOT 2: the action will need to last maximum 9 months.
- For LOT 3: the action will need to last maximum 12 months.
Eligibility of the Actions
Activities eligible for financial support:
- Advocacy campaigns,
- Civic mobilization and awareness raising initiatives,
- Capacity building for youth
- CSOs networking events,
- National and transnational study visits, job shadowing,
- Capacity building on participatory democracy
Target groups and Final Beneficiaries
- The action considers as young people aged between 15 and 35 years old as its main beneficiaries, in line with the African Union Youth Charter1 . WYDE’s principal actions will therefore cover this age category. However, it will not limit its grantees and other beneficiaries from working with a wider definition of youth, notably to include children (defined here as the age group of 9-14 years)2 or to work through the Summit for Democracy’s Youth Participation Cohort3 who sometimes consider active citizens up to 40 years old.
Project location
- Selected entities should be implementing National/ transnational projects in support of youth civic engagement and participation in the decision-making processes across the Global South countries with a special focus on Sub-Saharan African Countries.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility of the applicants Each organization must be:
- Legally registered
- Civil society organization working for and with youth.
- Please note that Local Authorities are not eligible to apply, although it is highly recommended to the applicants to cooperate with them.
- Organizations with limited experience are highly encouraged to apply. Those selected will be offered customized training and tailor-made technical support.
For more information, visit ALDA.