Deadline: 13-Jul-21
The Global Financing Facility has announced the applications for deepening CSO and Youth Engagement, Advocacy, and Accountability in support of Women, Children, and Adolescents health.
The Grant is intended to provide strategic and sustained resources to support civil society and youth engagement, advocacy and accountability for women, children and adolescents health.
The grantee will be tasked with effectively executing the vision, objectives, and day-to-day operation of the CSCG, providing and facilitating both administrative and technical support to CSCG members, civil and youth focal points in GFF countries, the civil society and youth IG representatives, the CS and youth Steering Committee, and partners.
Categories
The grantee’s roles and responsibilities will fall into five main categories:
- Coordination and alignment, including management and oversight of the CSCG for the GFF, Steering Committee, Working Groups, civil society and youth country focal points, and civil society and youth IG representatives; and meaningful coordination with CSOs and youth engaged in other global health initiatives and platforms.
- Knowledge management, communication, information sharing, analysis, and documentation of key tools, resources, reports, case studies, and analyses for CSOs and youth.
- Technical assistance and capacity building: facilitate and provide technical assistance, cross-learning, and capacity building for CSOs, youth, and coalitions engaging in the GFF, including through South-South exchange.
- Disbursement and management of grants to CSOs and youth in GFF countries to support cross-cutting activities that support health priorities determined in-country and promote alignment among CSOs and youth working across global health initiatives.
- Mutual accountability: develop and facilitate accountability structures and mechanisms that engender mutual accountability of all GFF stakeholders, at global and country levels, and ensure that the GFF is equitable, inclusive, and driven by community needs.
Funding Information
- The total envelope for this Grant is approximately US$ 5 million, with the totality of funds expected to be implemented by an organization -or consortium of organizations- over a period of two years.
Geographic Focus
- Civil society and youth organizations from the36 eligible countries will be invited to apply for the grants mechanism.
- Eligible countries include: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must demonstrate the organization or consortium’s capacity to work in GFF-eligible countries as well as financial and regulatory systems in place to be able to sub-grant to CSOs in any and all GFF-supported countries to be eligible.
- CSOs subject to receiving sub-grants under the grant must include legal entities that fall outside the public or private sectors, such as non-government organizations, not-for-profit media organizations, charitable organizations, faith-based organizations, professional organizations, labor unions, workers’ organizations, associations of elected local representatives, foundations and policy development and research institutes.
- Application of a consortium of CSOs will also be considered; the lead CSO will serve as primary contact.
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