Call for Proposals: Rebooting the Food System Program 2025

Deadline: 9-Feb-25

WeWorld is accepting proposals for Rebooting the Food System Program for grassroots and youth-led CSOs in Portugal, Spain, Poland, Estonia, Slovakia, Czech Republic.

Objectives of the Call 

• To empower youth (15-30 years old, ideally also the less engaged ones) to actively mobilize, campaign and advocate for agroecology and for fair and sustainable food systems.
• To engage institutions providing food in promoting sustainable food system, also involving other target groups, and in particular youth (directly or indirectly). This second objective is not obligatory but strongly encouraged.
• To provide and share capacities and experiences for the Reboot project, in terms of thematic expertise, capacity of involvement, innovative methodologies for global citizens education, etc.

Priorities 

• Promote youth activism in a relevant and concrete way, following the Engagement Pyramid framework: knowledge of the target groups, alliances with key stakeholders, capacity of involvement and mobilization are essential.
• Promote youth activism among less involved and non-active youth on global food supply chains or agroecology.
• Engage newly involved institutions providing food in promoting sustainable food system in the project with demonstrable commitment
• Have an intersectional approach on human and labour rights in supply chains, with a focus on the interconnection with environmental aspects and gender topics.
• Have a strong capacity-building and partnership approach, promoting multi-stakeholder collaborations among different target groups.
• Involve people who are directly impacted by the negative effects of the global challenges (women, girls, migrants, youth and other marginalized people).

Funding Information

• The indicative amount made available for this Call for Proposals is EUR 60.000 (sixty thousand) per each eligible country (Portugal, Spain, Poland, Estonia, Slovakia, Czech Republic).

Eligible Activities 

• Activities that empower active citizens to actively campaign and advocate for a fair and agroecological food system by participating in training and exchange activities
• Campaign, communication and outreach activities involving youth (preferably co-designed and co-realised with youth)
• Advocacy activities at local, national and international level
• Management activities that contribute to a strengthened involvement and participation in the capacity-building of the project (e.g., organisation of trainings/meetings, elaboration of factsheet, toolkits or other training materials, promotion of innovative collaborative tools and methods)

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible to this Call for proposals, applicants must meet the following criteria:
  • Being a non-state actor (CSOs or similar)
  • Being a legal person registered and constituted in accordance with the national legislations in force in one of the eligible countries of this Call for Proposals (Portugal, Spain, Poland, Estonia, Slovakia, Czech Republic).
  • Being a Non-profit making organization
  • Having at least one bank account in the name of the organization

For more information, visit WeWorld.