WACC Climate Change and Communication Rights Program

Deadline: 31-May-24

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) has announced applications for the Climate Change and Communication Rights Program to strengthen public voices and participation of poor, marginalized, excluded and dispossessed people and communities, including people and communities affected by the climate crisis, in communication.

WACC is seeking civil society partners in DAC-list countries in Africa, Latin America (specifically in Bolivia and Venezuela), and the Middle East interested in implementing yearlong projects that:

• Enable and build the capacity of communities at the grassroots level to use traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) to enhance local climate change mitigation strategies; and/or
• Support the development of networks of environmental citizen journalists and/or grassroots reporters engaged in local “constructive” journalism, particularly those working to raise broader awareness about environmental issues, local and traditional knowledge, and climate adaptation/mitigation.

Funding Information

• WACC will contribute up to EUR 10,000 to the project’s budget.
• WACC will support only up to three (4) projects under this call.

Benefits

• In addition to the grant for a year-long project, partners may be eligible to receive the following forms of support as part of their partnership with WACC:
  • Opportunity to attend a knowledge sharing event organized by WACC on the theme of sustainable development and media/communication (pending travel restrictions);
  • Opportunity to receive a 600 EUR grant to raise public awareness about the organization’s work;
  • Opportunity to work with other WACC partners on a joint initiative to identify and present best practices by attending a national, regional or international conference (pending travel restrictions); and/or
  • Opportunity to access resource materials on communication rights and on the link between communication and sustainable development via WACC’s virtual forum for its project partners.

Expected Outcomes 

• Climate Change and Communication Rights:
  • Strengthened capacities of grassroots organizations to document and share good practices related to traditional ecological knowledge;
  • Improved networks of communication practitioners involved in climate mitigation, traditional ecological knowledge, and natural resource management-related activities; and/or
  • Greater awareness on the role of traditional ecological knowledge and communication in enhancing natural resource management at the local, regional, and global level.

Who can apply? 

• Civil society organizations legally registered in DAC-list countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are eligible to seek support. WACC will check the standing and credibility of applicants. WACC will consider only one application at a time from each organization. WACC does not accept project applications from individuals or government institutions. WACC supports organizations of all faiths and none.

What does WACC not support?

• Projects whose main purpose is income generation
• Emergency appeals to replace destroyed equipment
• Programmes that are purely denominational in content and outreach
• Purchases and/or maintenance of land, buildings, offices, and vehicles, and recurring expenditures such as rent and utilities
• Institutional operational costs such as regular staff salaries, endowment fund or revolving fund
• Equipment for purely office administration purposes
• Ongoing projects that started before a request for support
• Ongoing or new periodical publications
• Cost of air-time
• Per diems (although direct cost of food and lodging for project activities is supported)
• Debt repayment, contingency and depreciation
• Proposals from individuals not representing an eligible organisation
• Proposals from government entities
• Applications from previous project holders with a poor reporting track record
• Applications previously declined by WACC
• A total budget of more than 30,000 Euros

For more information, visit WACC.