Deadline: 10-May-21
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for Promoting Civic Freedoms and Increasing the Participation of Marginalized Groups in Civic Space in Malawi.
Priorities
To achieve these program goals, ICNL will provide small grants to support innovative, impactful projects, which may address the following priority interventions:
- Local or national advocacy initiatives to address civic space threats or opportunities in Malawi.
- Increasing civil society engagement with the government with respect to key international human rights mechanisms, such as the Open Government Partnership, the Financial Action Task Force or the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
- Engagement with local state actors to support their work in creating an enabling environment for civil society. This can include strategic convenings and dialogues, or other creative initiatives to advance advocacy for legal reforms.
- Advancing public participation for women and other marginalized groups in law and policy making through outreach, advocacy, capacity-building or other means.
- Conducting roundtables, seminars, or informational campaigns to identify legal reform priorities and formulate civil society strategies to proactively achieve such reforms.
- Innovative outreach, sensitization and capacity-building of marginalized groups and communities on public participation, freedom of expression, association, assembly and digital rights, or access to information, and initiatives to include and integrate them in broader advocacy efforts on civic space issues.
- Advocacy aimed at improving the implementation of the Access to Information Law.
- Conducting research on and monitoring of violations of individuals’ or CSOs’ civic freedoms and/or implementation of the government’s commitments to international human rights mechanisms.
Eligibility Criteria
- Open to any organization operating in Malawi. Proposals from community-based organizations and organizations representing marginalized groups are especially encouraged.
Selection Criteria
Applications will be evaluated based on the following factors:
- Compliance with eligibility requirements and application procedures.
- Demonstrated commitment of the applicant to improving civic space.
- Quality of proposed project, including the project’s innovations, the proposed methodology/design, positive impact on marginalized groups and feasibility of the project (e.g., activities are targeted to achieve stated results, and anticipated results are realistic and attainable).
- Likelihood that the proposed project will enhance civic space, particularly by increasing the participation of women or other marginalized groups in civil society and/or public affairs.
- Proposed budget and value for money.
- Inclusion of reasonable indicators to measure project success.
Application Instructions
To apply for a grant, applicants must submit the following items in English:
- Application coversheet;
- Proposal (no more than five pages);
- Line-item budget (no more than USD $30,000); and
- Resumes/CVs of person responsible for the proposed project.
Additional Information
- The grant recipient will be required to submit a final report on the use of funds, activities conducted, and outcomes of their projects prior to receiving their final grant disbursement.
For more information, visit https://www.icnl.org/wp-content/uploads/ICNL-Call-for-Proposal-Malawi.pdf