Deadline: 31 July 2017
As part of the efforts to catalyze nation-wide advocacy, the Women Advocates for Vaccine Access (WAVA) Coalition has announced the second round of Small Grants for Advocacy. The current push is focused on using innovative advocacy approaches to increase government funding for vaccines. This is intended to expand the vaccine budget and step up domestic resource mobilization towards achieving greater coverage and equity of life-saving vaccines.
This request for proposal seeks responses from Nigerian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), research or academic institutions, not-for-profit social enterprises and from WAVA members to implement innovative advocacy strategies. Proposals should focus on innovative and effective strategies of promoting sustained engagement and interactions with policy makers and key stakeholders to increase immunization funding; and advancing new ways of building public awareness, engagement, and support for sustainable immunization financing and for increasing immunization coverage and equity in Nigeria. The use of traditional community outreach and social mobilization activities is not desired.
Objectives
- Champion the cause of equitable access to vaccines through advocacy to:
- Urge the federal government to expand the federal vaccine budget.
- Urge states to cost share with the federal government on central procurement of vaccines.
- Urge state governments to provide sufficient budget line for immunization.
- Generate demand and increase immunization uptake
Funding Information
The project anticipates awarding four (4) grants of ₦2,000,000 each, with duration not to exceed three months running from September 1st to December 1st 2017.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a Nigerian non-governmental entity
- The applicant must be duly registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria.
- Applicant must be able to demonstrate previous experience in successfully implementing an advocacy project or grant
- Applicants must be able to provide 3 professional references that can attest to their work
- Applicants must display sound management in the form of financial, administrative and technical procedures.
How to Apply
Completed applications should be submitted in electronic form at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Nigeria
For more information, please visit Small Grants for Advocacy.