Deadline: 19-Aug-22
Through the USAID-funded Governance Integration for Stabilization and Resilience in the Middle East and North Africa (GISR MENA) Task Order, USAID is seeking climate change and environmental solutions from youth-led or youth-serving organizations across the MENA region.
Through this NOFO, MENA Youth for Climate Action (MYCA) seeks to increase financing to and engagement of YLOs/YSOs advancing climate initiatives in the MENA region. The Activity also aims to leverage growing windows of opportunity to increase dialogue and awareness on climate change within the region more broadly.
For the purposes of this competition, youth are defined as those between the ages of 10-35 years of age.
Funding Information
Grants to be awarded under this NOFO may vary in size from USD 50,000 to a maximum of USD 62,000. A grant of a value lower or higher than this range may be considered based on the discretion of the Grant Evaluation Committee (GEC).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be legally registered in one of the following countries: Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, West Bank/Gaza or Yemen with a recent history of implementing activities in the focus areas of this NOFO. Grant funds awarded under this NOFO cannot be used towards any profit by the grantees.
- Organizations must be youth-led (leadership is under 35 years) or youth-serving (implement initiatives that support and benefit youth). Organizations led by or serving youth from underrepresented groups, which may include age, gender, disability, ethnicity, and other identities, are encouraged to apply.
- Organizations must have previous experience implementing at least two donor-funded climate-related programs. Donors are considered international development agencies, local or national government, foundations, private sector organizations, or other similar institutions that have awarded funding to your organization to implement a climate-related project. Each award will be made to a single recipient organization. An organization may not pass through award funding to other organizations, due to the simplified nature of grant competition awards.
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