COMMUNITY ORGANIZING INCUBATOR FUND APPLICATION FORM

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

This template is to be used when applying for the Community Organising Incubator Fund. All information is required

The Project Proposal should be as brief as possible. The Proposal should be submitted in typed form. The ash font texts in this template are guidance and explanation. Additional attachments may be submitted, including documents certifying the status of the organisation, endorsements of the proposed project, funding commitments or other indicators of participation and support from other institutions, and evidence of support and participation.

SECTION 1:        INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEAD APPLICANT

  1. Please specify if you are an

Organization         Individual / Social Movement

  1. If you are an organisation

Name of the Organisation

Country and City

Website

Date of Creation

Name and title of Contact Person

Email Address and Phone Number of Contact Person

Organisation’s Mission and Vision Statement

Organisational history (Not more than 100 words)

  1. If you are an individual/Social Group/Activist

Provide your name

Gender: Male  Female         Other Country and city

If you are a social group, please provide the date of establishment Describe yourself and your motivation (Not more than 100 words)

Tell us about your area of work and recent achievements (Not more than 100 words)

Email Address and Phone number (Including website and social media pages for the group or individual, if any)

  1. Indicate which organising class/cohort you participated in:

Provide the following information from your organising class/cohort:

Name of the training

Year

Location of the training

  1. Team member 1

Provide the following information about members of your Team:

Full name

Contact details (phone number and email address)

Country/State of residence

Gender (Male or Female)

Name, year and location of organising training attended

  1. Team member 2

Provide the following information about members of your Team:

Full name

Contact details (phone number and email address)

Country/State of residence

Gender (Male or Female)

Name, year and location of organising training attended

  1. Team member 3

Provide the following information about members of your Team:

Full name

Contact details (phone number and email address)

Country/State of residence

Gender (Male or Female)

Name, year and location of organising training attended

SECTION 2:        INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT

Project Title

Project location (Country and city)

Project Priority Area

Project Finance

Financial sources

Local Currency

USD Currency

Total fund request from the Community Organising Incubator Fund

Total funds from other funding

Total Project Cost

Description of your project and justification (Not more than 500 words)

Description: Please provide a summary of the project, including context, rationale and objectives.

Justification: Please describe the challenges that the project intends to address and how the project will be contributing to promoting and advancing democratic values, principles, and norms in your country or at the regional level.

Project activities and output

Please describe the project framework and implementation plan by completing the table below, which can be replicated if there is more than one objective:

  1. Primary objective
  2. Project results or outputs (Please describe measurable changes which will have occurred by the end of the project as a result of the planned intervention)
  3. Project Activities

Primary objective One (1)

Output 1:………..

Activity 1.1: ……..

Activity 1.2: ……..

Output 2: ……

Activity 2.1: ……..

Activity 2.2: …….

Activity 2.3: ……

Gender, Diversity and Inclusiveness (Not more than 50 words)

Please describe how the project takes into consideration: the participation of both men and women (with a special focus on women), and other social inclusion groups.

Impact and Innovation – Sustainability, Scale-up and Replication (Not more than 100 words) Please describe the sustainability of the project impact in the medium/long term. Outline possible steps to be taken before, during, and at project completion to ensure that the project impact will continue after the project ends. Additionally, please describe innovative aspects of the project. This may include a new way of thinking, a new form of organising and mobilising people, including the use of technology, new approach and ways to connect with stakeholders, improvements of existing partnership, etc

Knowledge Management and opportunity for learning

Please describe the plan to capture, share and disseminate the knowledge, lessons learned, and good practices gained through the implementation of the project. Please specify the knowledge products to be generated by this project.

SECTION 3:        BUDGET

Please provide project budget according to the template below

Budget line items for core project activities such as training, media engagement, advocacy and campaign related activities must not be less than 80% of the total budget while non-project activities such as stipends and logistics must not be more than 20% of the total budget.

Activity

QUANTITY

UNIT

UNIT RATE

TOTAL IN USD

Total

Please provide any supplementary documents about the project and the organisation/individual including certificate of registration, if any.

SECTION 4:        SUBMISSION

Dear applicant,

Please submit your proposal in Word / PDF document to africaprogram@yiaga.org 

You will receive an email confirming the submission of your application in the email provided. The status of the application will be communicated after the review process.

Thank you

Yiaga Africa