Deadline: 30 August 2017
Applications are open for “Youth LEAD Technical Assistance Fund 2017” to provide financial support and technical assistance in order for Young Key Population-led organisations, networks or groups to achieve catalytic role in their critical works in HIV response.
The technical assistance has significant role to play for the development of the organization and often small amount of fund can help community-based organizations to continue its critical work towards addressing the HIV epidemic and SRH access impediments in their respective communities.
Components
- Component #1: Identify and recruit appropriate short-term local/national/community/youth consultants to provide required support to the organisations.
- Area of support:
- Organizational development (policy development, website development etc)
- Resource mobilization (proposal writing)
- Strategic planning
- Advocacy activities (policy and advocacy brief, advocacy capacity-building community mobilisation)
- Component #2: Catalytic demand-driven funding to support the critical advocacy, networking, capacity development of YKP.
- Area of support:
- Organizational development (registration of the informal groups)
- Organize critical meetings or workshops
- Resource mobilization (fund raising campaign etc)
- Advocacy activities (bi-lateral meetings with the donors/governments, campaign etc)
- Note: Both components look similar but the nature of support is different. For instance the registration of organization may require different support than policy development.
- Area of support:
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Funding Information
The minimum amount of request is 1000 USD while the maximum is 2500 USD for one-time engagement.
Eligibility Criteria
- YKP-led national networks, organizations or groups within Asia and the Pacific.
- YKP-led refers to led by young people who use drugs, young people who sell sex, young gay men who have sex with other men, transgender populations, and living with HIV from 18-27 years old.
- What are not supported?
- Human resource for the implementation including admin cost
- Long term consultant support
- Conference travel
- Individual education
- Others
How to Apply
Applications should be submitted via email at the address given website.
Eligible Countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Canada, China, Chile, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Niue, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, United States
For more information, please visit Youth LEAD Technical Assistance Fund.