GFF Civil Society and Youth-Led Organizations Grants

Organization: Population Action International (PAI) in partnership with Global Financing Facility (GFF)

Geographic Scope: Sub-Saharan Africa countries supported by GFF:

• Burkina Faso
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Ethiopia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Senegal
• Zambia

Award Amount: First round: US$969,678 total distributed to 14 organizations

Eligible Organizations:

• Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
• Youth-Led Organizations (YLOs)

Focus Areas:

• Advance the health of women, children, and adolescents
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
• Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH+N)
• Building capacity of CSOs and YLOs to conduct evidence-based advocacy
• Strengthening community voices and engagement with policymakers
• Advocacy for GFF investment cases
• Domestic resource mobilization for health
• Social accountability and monitoring of health services
• Knowledge dissemination on SRHR and primary health services
• Community awareness and demand for essential health services
• Capacity and coalition building among civil society
• Advocacy to remove barriers to sexual and reproductive health access

What They Support:

• Financial grants to selected CSOs and YLOs
• Strategic advocacy support
• Capacity strengthening
• Technical assistance
• Resources to build networks of health champions
• Projects addressing hard-to-reach and excluded communities
• Youth engagement in health decision-making
• Migrant and student SRHR initiatives
• Advocacy with Parliament and Ministry of Finance
• Private sector engagement for health financing

Partner Countries and Organizations (First Round Recipients):

• Ethiopia: Fiker Behiwot Children & Youth Development Association (FBCYDA), Future Hopes Integrated Development Organization
• Zambia: Marie Stopes Zambia
• Mozambique: Associação Observatório do Cidadão para Transparência e Boa Governação no Sector Saúde
• Malawi: Health and Rights Education Programme, Youth Initiative for Community Development
• Senegal: Réseau Jeunesse Population Développement, Alliance Nationale des Jeunes pour la Sante de la Reproduction
• Burkina Faso: Organisation pour de Nouvelles Initiatives en Développement et Santé (ONIDS), SOS Jeunesse et Defis
• Regional (Senegal): Réseau Des Plateformes d'ONG d'Afrique De L'ouest
• Chad: Cellule de Liaison des Associations Féminines
• Central African Republic: Association Nationale des Jeunes Femmes Actives pour la Solidarité, Mouvement d'Action des Jeunes de l'Association Centrafricaine pour le Bien-Être Familial

Funding Source: Global Financing Facility (GFF), channeled through a World Bank project

Application Process

Selection Process:

• Competitive and transparent application process
• Applications reviewed for subsequent rounds (second round notifications sent by March 30, 2023; third round to follow)

Application Submission:

• Applications received through PAI
• Announcements made through PAI website, partner websites, Civil Society Coordinating Group (CSCG), and other platforms

Timeline:

• First round: Awards announced February 27, 2023
• Second round: Awardee notifications by March 30, 2023
• Third round: To be announced

Note: Specific application requirements, forms, and detailed submission instructions are not provided in the available website content. Contact PAI for detailed application materials and current deadlines for open rounds.