Deadline: 15-Apr-22
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is pleased to issue the sixth call for proposals to the Africa Digital Rights Fund (ADRF), which supports digital rights work across the continent through flexible and rapid response grants.
The ADRF supports organizations and networks to implement activities that promote digital rights, including advocacy, litigation, research, policy analysis, skills development, and movement building.
Funding Information
- Grant amounts for this round will range between USD 1,000 and USD 10,000, depending on the need and scope of the proposed intervention.
- The ADRF strongly encourages cost-sharing.
- The grant period will not exceed six months.
Eligible Activities
- The activities that are eligible for funding are those that protect and advance digital rights. These may include but are not limited to research, advocacy, engagement in policy processes, litigation, digital literacy, and digital security skills building. The current call is particularly interested in proposals for work related to:
- Data governance includes aspects of data localization, biometric databases, and digital ID
- Digital resilience
- Digital economy
- Digital inclusion
- Misinformation/disinformation
Eligibility Criteria
- The Fund is open to organizations and coalitions working to advance digital rights in Africa. This includes but is not limited to human rights defenders, media, activists, think tanks, legal aid groups, and tech hubs. Entities working on women’s rights, or with youth, sexual minorities, refugees, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
- The initiatives to be funded will preferably have formal registration in an African country, but in some circumstances, organizations and coalitions that do not have formal registration may be considered. Such organizations need to show evidence that they are operational in a particular African country or country.
- The activities to be funded must be in/in an African country or countries.
Ineligible Activities
- The Fund shall not fund any activity that does not directly advance digital rights.
- The Fund will not support travel to attend conferences or workshops, except in exceptional circumstances where such travel is directly linked to an eligible activity.
- Costs that have already been incurred are ineligible.
- The Fund shall not provide scholarships.
For more information, visit https://cipesa.org/2022/04/call-for-proposals-round-six-of-the-africa-digital-rights-fund-adrf/