Deadline: 31-Mar-24
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is seeking applications for the ‘Public Engagement Infrastructure Strengthening (PEIS) Project’ to strengthen its infrastructure for public engagement, with a special focus on the intersection between food systems, climate change, and health.
This aligns with APHRC’s vision for public engagement as a translational pathway to bridge research evidence to policy and social change, empowering communities to be partners in research and to be agents of change. This project builds on APHRC’s public engagement work, building the capacity and infrastructure of grassroots organizations to engage their communities for sustainability. The project is expected to lead to enhanced knowledge among grassroots organizations and communities on the intersection between food systems, climate change and health, and ultimately change in research practice and social change in communities. It is also expected to build on the (soft) infrastructure of grassroots organizations for public engagement as part of APHRC’s infrastructure.
Project activities will be implemented by APHRC in collaboration with a select number of qualified COGs. APHRC will provide capacity building for the select COGs on: the concepts of climate, food systems and health and their interlinkages, public engagement, project management, financial management, and policy engagement, communication and advocacy among other aspects. For greater effectiveness and sustainability of project activities, the project will also gradually undertake to establish a community of practice of COGs.
Funding Information
- Seed grants will be issued to successful COGs. The seed-grant amount is KES 500,000. The project’s duration is 18 months, from May 2024 to October 2025.
Project Implementation Areas
- Nairobi County
- Kisumu County
Expected Outcomes
- Expected immediate outcomes of the project are:
- strengthened capacity of the COGs and a community of practice among community actors on public engagement, focusing on the intersection between food systems, climate change, and health
- enhanced understanding of communities on the concepts of food systems and climate change, and the intersection between food systems, climate change and health.
Eligibility Criteria
Ideally, the applicant should meet the following criteria while submitting the EoI:
- A COG registered with the relevant authority at national or county level.
- Organization with core staff having at field level experience in at least one specified Nairobi or Kisumu informal settlement (slum).
- Track record of strong partnership with local communities, local authorities and/or government agencies in previous activities.
- Proven working experience in community-based interventions or promotion/outreach activities and/or other relevant activities related to food systems, climate change or health, or closely related area of focus in a specified informal settlement (slum) in Nairobi or Kisumu.
- Record of involving vulnerable and marginalized groups in previous organizational activities.
- Demonstrated capacity and experience in any form of public engagement e.g. engaging communities on food or health-related issues.
- Previous engagement in APHRC’s public engagement projects will be an added advantage.
For more information, visit APHRC.