Deadline: 30-Jun-2025
The International Institute of Debate is excited to launch a call for proposals for its YOU(th) CARE – Collective Action for Justice and Change initiative which focuses on empowering youth-led and youth-focused organizations in the regions of Manouba, Zaghouan, and Gabès to create care-driven actions for justice, sustainability, and systemic change.
Objectives
- They aim to support youth-led initiatives that are bold, transformative, and rooted in the needs identified during local territorial meetings. Proposed actions should contribute to:
- Youth leadership in local management and sustainability.
- Inclusive participation, ensuring youth voices in community decision-making.
- Climate and pollution awareness, through innovative education and action.
Focus Areas
- They will fund at least 24 youth-led initiatives through funding, mentoring, and collective organizing in three key areas:
- Learn: Transformative education and grassroots training
- Act: Community-led solutions for social and ecological transformation
- Engage: Radical storytelling, advocacy, and mobilization campaigns
Benefits
- Connect with grassroots activists and movements across Europe and the Mediterranean
- Gain access to resources, training, and funding to support your struggle
- Build alliances and push for structural change at local and international levels
- Take part in gatherings, strategy spaces, and collective mobilization
Funding Information
- Lot 1: Learn – Transformative Education for Global Citizenship: €6,000 to €10,000 for training, awareness in schools, education campaigns, teacher-student workshops.
- Lot 2: Act – Social & Ecological Community Initiatives: €8,000 to €15,000 for urban/rural space regeneration, eco-markets, sustainable youth enterprises.
- Lot 3: Engage – Advocacy & Awareness Campaigns: €6,000 to €10,000 for creative campaigns, media actions, storytelling, institutional engagement.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are open to youth-led and youth-focused initiatives based in Manouba, Zaghouan, or Gabès. Projects must be submitted by a partnership (1 lead applicant and at least 1 co-applicant from Tunisia).
- Lead Applicant must:
- Be a legal, non-profit entity
- Be a CSO, youth group, or youth-led network
- Be registered and have a bank account in Tunisia
- Be directly responsible for project design and implementation
- Not be a current grantee or associate of EuropeAid/173998/DH/ACT/Multi
- Co-Applicants must:
- Be based in Tunisia
- Be non-profit (CSO/NGO, youth network, educational or cultural group, collective, etc.)
- Show proof of activity (e.g. website, social media presence)
Ineligibility Criteria
- Individuals, government bodies, or previous beneficiaries under the same EuropeAid call are not eligible.
Selection Criteria
- Your proposal will be assessed based on:
- Alignment with CARE approach and intersectional gender perspective
- Innovation and sustainability
- Youth leadership and inclusiveness
- Clarity of objectives and feasibility
- Impact on community
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