Deadline: 15-Apr-23
The U.S. Embassy Israel is pleased to announce an open grant competition to award a cooperative agreement to organize a regional Intercultural TechCamp for Climate Change.
The Embassy’s Public Affairs Office invites proposals from established Israeli associations, committed, and organized climate-change-focused organizations, to implement an Intercultural TechCamp for Climate Change, an initiative designed to bring together young leaders from Morocco and Israel. TechCamp expertise and planning will be provided by the U.S. State Department, and they will carry out project management and content in Morocco and Israel working closely with all participants.
The objective of this TechCamp, “Intercultural TechCamp for Climate Change” is to bring together promising young leaders from Israel and Morocco to promote economic and scientific cooperation surrounding adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change. This interactive program will assemble talented young Moroccan and Israeli leaders, activists, influencers, and entrepreneurs and connect them with experts in climate change, to build teams that will work together before, during, and after the TechCamp to address climate change challenges in their communities and in the region. The program will also provide participants with the necessary tools to expand their knowledge on the topics of climate change and entrepreneurship, which will potentially enable them to launch projects resulting in sustainable job creation around climate action.
It is designed as a three-phase program to bring together young leaders from Morocco and Israel to:
- Connect on climate change challenges to broaden networks and partnerships to address intensifying environmental threats.
- Strengthen entrepreneurship skills to take effective action.
- Initiate an intercultural exchange around climate solutions.
Funding Information
- Award Amount:
- Floor: $110,000
- Ceiling: $130,000
Audience
- Thirty emerging leaders, aged from 20-35 from Morocco and Israel from diverse backgrounds. All participants must be proficient in written and spoken English and could include civil society leaders, education leaders, young entrepreneurs, social media influencers, youth network leaders, climate change advocates, students, and young professionals.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility for this NOFO is limited to not-for-profit Israeli organizations, associations, think tanks, public or private institutions, or civil society organizations with expertise in environmental programming and climate change
- The implementing partner should meet the specific criteria:
- Professional capacity and record on previous grants: The implementing partner has expertise in environmental programming, specifically climate change, and has demonstrated its ability to implement the program, including having strong financial management and appropriate personnel. The implementing partner should have:
- prior experience working with Moroccan organizations or be willing to develop a partnership with a Moroccan NGO to effectively accomplish the program goals around the global challenge of climate change.
- knowledge of the media and a strong understanding of the media environment and the ability to influence publics.
- Project design and preparation: The implementing partner will define, in consultation with the U.S. Embassy in Israel and the Department of State’s Office of Tech Camps, the project scope, main outcomes and outputs including training plans and participants’ projects.
- Design of training: The Embassy will help the implementer to identify a program facilitator in Israel at the earliest stage of the cooperative agreement. facilitators will work together with the Embassy and TechCamp specialists, across countries, to design cross-cultural trainings and provide support to their respective teams, complementing the cross-cultural trainings with team building and leadership activities.
For more information, visit Intercultural TechCamp for Climate Change.