Deadline: 16-Jun-23
Are you a Local Authority, Youth Civil Society Organisation or Association who is sensitive to sustainable food production and consumption patterns and wants to work with young people? You have a chance to get your activity funded by the Food Wave Project!
What is the main objective of the call for proposals?
- The Food Wave Project – co-funded by the EU under the Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme (DEAR) and promoted by the Municipality of Milan together with ActionAid Italia, ACRA, Mani Tese Onlus and 25 project partners in 16 countries, including ALDA – will support grass-root initiatives in the field of climate-friendly food consumption behaviors and involve smaller youth organisations interested in joining the action but lacking the necessary means to do so.
- The first call for proposals of the Food Wave Project was launched and directed to youth-led small Civil Society Organisations promoting sustainable production and consumption patterns to fight climate change, while the second call was addressed to Cities and Municipalities. Now it is time for the third call addressed to Local Authorities, Youth Civil Society Organisations or Associations to support grass-root initiatives in the field of climate-friendly food consumption behaviours!
Themes
- Specifically, the thematic focus of the sub-grant activities must address at least one of the following thematic axes:
- Sustainable diets to reduce the impact on the planet and protect human rights.
- Local alternative food systems, local producers and territorial markets.
- Fight against food waste.
- Sustainable food education and knowledge sharing/dissemination.
- Fight against climate change and equal access to healthy, sustainable and fair food
The sub-grant activities should show a clear connection with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) linked to the Food Wave project:
- SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
- SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.
- SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
- SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
- SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
- SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
The sub-grant activities should also show a clear connection with the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact framework for actions linked to the Food Wave project:
- Governance.
- Sustainable diets and nutrition.
- Social and economic equity.
- Food production.
- Food supply and distribution.
- Food waste.
Funding Information
- The call can fund different types of activities, each applicant will benefit from a financing of 75% of the total of the action up to a maximum of 11.250,00 € Eur. The budget presented by any submitted proposal must be of max 15.000 EUR (financing of the action up to a maximum of 11.250,00 € Eur) and min 9.600 EUR (financing up to a maximum of 7.200,00 € Eur). The remaining 25% of the action will be provided by each applicant as co-funding. The financing and co-financing % always remain the same.
- Duration: The beneficiaries of the sub-grants will sign a partnership agreement with ALDA. The implementation phase will be included between the 1st of July 2023 and the 30th of October 2023. The implementation of the granted activities will start after the signature of the partnership agreement and the correct reception of the needed documents. The reports of implementation must be submitted by the 5th of November 2023.
Eligible Activities
- Different types of activities- with a mandatory focus on young people aged 15-35 – may be eligible for sub-grants (this is a non-exhaustive list):
- Communication activities: elaboration of content videos, animations, infographics, and visual tools, virtual reality software (etc.).
- Promotion and dissemination activities: Development of the project values and campaign contents by blogger/vlogger, activities aimed at informing and promoting digital social activism (etc.).
- Awareness raising activities: Organization of street actions (e.g., flash mobs), community gardens, artistic installations, shows or workshops prioritizing informal learning settings (etc.).
- Training and learning-by-doing activities: working camps, voluntary activities, training courses, workshops, public events, thematic visits, webinars, and digital workshops (etc.).
- Art projects and initiatives: organization of local exhibitions, art contests, artistic installations, street art initiatives, performances (etc.).
- Initiatives against food waste: educational activities aimed at combating food waste, initiatives in schools, promotion of good practices, waste recovery initiatives with solidarity purposes (etc.).
Target
- The sub-granted activities must directly involve and be addressed to young people between 15 and 35 years old. Each action should have 2 types of target:
- Direct beneficiaries: individuals who are involved and/or reached directly by the action including both who played an active role and who was exposed in person to the action (e.g.: consumers who see an installation, students who see a street painting, workshop attendees etc.). The direct beneficiaries have to be directly involved in the project activities and their involvement has to be possible to count and demonstrate.
- Indirect beneficiaries: individuals who do not have a direct connection with the project activities, but they could potentially benefit from them through knowledge transfer from the direct beneficiaries (friends, family members, colleagues) or through articles, social media posts, videos, pictures etc.
Location: Activities must take place in one of the following EU Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, France, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project proposals can be presented by a partnership of minimum 2 Local Authorities, Youth Civil Society Organisations or Associations that will work together to build a joint proposal. The small network of organisations will choose a project “leader” that is the one that will send the application.
- In order to be eligible for a sub-grant under this Call for Proposals, the applicant must follow the requisites:
- The applicant must be a legal person and non-profit making.
- The applicant must be either a LAs, CSOs or youth groups and must present a partnership.
- The applicant must be legally established and acting in one of the 15 EU Member States involved in the Food Wave Project.
- The applicant must not be the beneficiary of any other ongoing Project funded under the DEAR program, call for proposal Europe Aid / 160048 / DH / ACT / Multi.
- Neither Partners of the consortium of Food Wave nor their founding members are eligible.
- The applicant must be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action, not acting as an intermediary.
- Even though long-lasting collaboration with local youth organizations and associations is encouraged, it is mandatory that the aforementioned organizations are not already suppliers, in any capacity, of the Food Wave Project.
For more information, visit Food Wave Call for Proposals.