Call for Proposals “For an Intergenerational and Creative Ugandan Feminist Movement”
Deadline: 25-Mar-22
The Cooperation and Cultural Affairs Department of the Embassy of France to Uganda is launching a program to fund innovative projects by civil societies and coalitions of actors (FSPi PISCCA).
Objectives
The PISCCA Fund “For an Intergenerational and Creative Ugandan Feminist Movement” aims to support Ugandan feminist organizations in implementing concrete actions as a follow-up to the Generation Equality Forum. It also aims to strengthen intergenerational links between feminist organizations by promoting the development of coalitions of actors, capacity building and peer learning.
Sectors
Micro-project sectors (one to choose from):
gender and climate change;
sexual and reproductive health and rights;
gender-based violence.
Funding information
With a budget of 500,000 Euros over 2 years this project will fund the establishment of coalitions of actors and innovative micro-projects implemented by Ugandan civil society organizations (CSOs). Grant requests must be strictly for 30,000 Euros or 60,000 Euros depending on the application facility.
Duration: 18 months
Location: Any location in Uganda, rural or urban.
Target Association
Feminist youth associations (under 30 years old);
with more than one year but less than 5 years of legal existence;
annual budget of less than 100,000 Euros;
work on emerging issues or from a new angle, including reflection on masculinities, transformative and Afro-centric approaches;
strong capacity to mobilize youth and traditionally disenfranchised audiences;
good use of social media and innovativeActon methods.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, the organization must meet the following requirements:
Be legally constituted for at least five (5) years (before March 25, 2017) and registered with the NGO Bureau;
abets to the organization’seffectiveactives (activity reports for the last year)
Demonstrate sufficient budgetary capacity to carry out the proposed project (financial reports forthe last year, validated by the Board of Directors -see below);
Be in line with one of the themes of the PISCCA 2022 presented above;
Provide co-financing of at least 10% of the total project budget.
Ineligible Initiatives
The following initiatives will be automatically ineligible:
Prestige or opportunity operations with no economic, social or cultural purpose;
Humanitarian and emergency actions that can be funded through other financial instruments;
Real estate purchases and building construction projects (school, health center, etc.);
The operation or equipment of administrative services, associations or private works, when the financing of these operations is not part of a real development project (rent, purchase or repair of vehicles, salaries, charges, electricity, etc).
For more information, visit https://ug.ambafrance.org/Call-for-proposals-For-an-intergenerational-and-creative-Ugandan-feminist