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Call for proposals 

Water Justice and the Effects of Climate Change on Water resources governance 

Information Voices for Just Climate Action Program

• Website: https://hivos.org/program/voices-for-just-climate-action/
• Project period: 2021 – 2024 
• Country of intervention: Tunisia

 Information about the Open Call for Application 

• Themes: Climate justice and art 
• Sectors of intervention: water justice, water access, advocacy on legal framework related to water resources governance, advocacy and mobilization of vulnerable groups, vulnerability of water resources to climate change effects, any related topics to water 
• Countries of implementation: Tunisia 
• Deadline: 30 November 2023
• Grant size: small to medium 
• Available budget per grant: € 15000 to 25000
• Duration of the projects: Between 6 and 9 months 

 Application Timeline

Hivos invites proposals from potential partners actively engaged in the realms of water justice, equitable water access, advocacy concerning the legal frameworks governing water resources, as well as the mobilization and advocacy efforts aimed at empowering vulnerable communities. We are also interested in initiatives related to addressing the vulnerability of water resources in the face of climate change impacts and any other relevant topics pertaining to water. 

Partners selected in this process are expected to provide support to local communities lacking access to water and facing the effects of climate change in the most vulnerable regions in Tunisia. They are highly encouraged also to work with movements and informal groups actively engaged in advocacy, mobilizing local and national stakeholders, and facilitating interactive and inclusive platforms for advocating the right to water. The ultimate goal is to influence policies and legal frameworks, ensuring just and equitable access to water that takes into consideration climate justice principles. 

Hivos encourages applications from coalitions of local civil society actors and single organizations (including formal and informal CSOs, grassroots organizations, local climate action champions etc), and classic and/or alternative media organizations. Coalitions should bridge divides (national-local, urban-rural, gender, youth), to amplify the voices for just climate action especially in relation to the following outcomes with the specific focus on water justice:

• Strengthened and inclusive civic space, equipped and empowered to advocate for water justice, influence decision-making
• Establish comprehensive knowledge systems that prioritize water justice, ensuring decision-makers are better informed through the amplification of narratives that represent vulnerable groups in shaping the water-related agenda
• Develop a joint strategic roadmap for lobbying and advocating for water justice policies and financial allocations. 

Hivos is seeking for interested and eligible applicants to apply to the following grant:

• Climate grant: national movements, coalitions, established organizations, etc …

 This grant will support an individual or group of organizations that will create a program in any combination with the program’s pillars related to water justice. If applying as a coalition: The coalition must consist of at least three organizations, and one organization must apply as the lead organization. 

The lead organization should also be able to demonstrate – in assessments if shortlisted – institutional capability to manage sub-granting to the other organizations in the coalition. 

This intervention / project must include an element of policy and/or budget influencing and can operate at either subnational or national level.

The Voices for Just Climate program (VCA) is working on three pillars:  

• Mutual capacity strengthening for co-creating locally shaped climate solutions;
• Agenda setting and movement in climate action through amplified storytelling; 
• Joint lobbying and advocacy provide an enabling environment for civic space 

Budget: up to 25000 Euro 

Hivos seeks to partner with organizations that are involved in existing or potential climate movements, women’s rights and feminist movements, digital activities, environmentalists, or artists in Tunisia.

This grant will focus on strengthening the movement to achieve its goals through supporting interventions spearheaded by the movement, and any capacity development the organization might need. If applying as a coalition, one organization must be designated the lead in the application. The lead organization should also be able to demonstrate in assessments if shortlisted, institutional capability to manage sub-granting to the other organizations in the coalition.

 Who is eligible to apply?

• Locally registered Tunisian non-profit organizations
• Coalitions, networks, consortiums, and alliances with at least one locally registered Tunisian non-profit organization with sufficient operational and financial management experience
• Mainstream and alternative media registered as CSOs 
• Applicant with a clean human rights record
• The applicant should have a track record of experience in developing and advocating for water justice, the right to access clean water, and advocating for changes in legal frameworks related to water
• Applicant with ability to link to and mobilize larger networks or with the capacity to access, mobilize, convene, and influence power holders

 It will be considered favourable if the coalitions/organizations:

• Have prior experience carrying out activities in priority areas related to water resources governance, advocacy, civil society mobilization, etc… 
• Includes actors not traditionally working in water and climate justice issues, but that have skills and tools which are relevant and/or scalable
• Reflects a diverse perspective and intersectionality approach which will enhance participation and strengthen the wider climate justice movement and advocacy
• Led by or who work with women groups, youth, persons with disabilities, or other marginalized groups.
• Willing to collaborate with other actors to influence stronger impacts and to build capacity over time and jointly develop and implement a capacity strengthening plan.

Non eligible organization: 

International organizations Evaluation Criteria Generally, applications will be assessed based on eligibility or threshold criteria (minimum standards must be met), the quality of the proposal and the quality of the applicant organization or lead party of the coalition.

Key thematic area of evaluation: 

Promote and advocate: 

• Water justice principles 
• Approach of stakeholders’ engagement and mobilization
• Innovative practices and enhancement process 
• Gender and social inclusion
• Marginalized and minoritized groups
• Access to water and sanitation services & rights (social justice & environmental rights)
• Innovative and traditional actions that could enhance community resilience 

Specifically, the following criteria will be used during proposal review and selection:

• Clear aim and objective: the proposal is instrumental and/or strategic in contributing to VCA strategic objectives / outcomes (or even better the theory of change (ToC)) 
• Context analysis: the extent to which the proposal defines the problem and objective
• Rights holder representation: the degree to which the organization involves, represents, and potentially amplifies the voices of most impacted and underrepresented groups and communities
• Advocacy and lobby: the degree to which the project potentially influences the stakeholders to implement new procedures and policies, create new and unexpected connections and practice 
• Thematic focus and relevance: project addresses at least one of the thematic areas related to water justice in the context of climate change.
• Intersectionality approach: adopts a diverse, gender-equality and rights-based perspective to climate action and advocacy
• Regional presence: Tunisia, the priority is given to the hotpots of climate change vulnerability zone.
• Note: grants will be awarded by respective Alliance members directly to selected partners, depending on the thematic area chosen and applicant suitability. Grants will not be awarded collectively by the Alliance. 

Applications should include an indicative budget in the proposal. A full and detailed budget is not expected at the proposal stage. 

Proposal Requirements 

Proposal should include the following: 

• Indicate your thematic area of interest 
• Title of project
• A brief description of your organization or coalition and why you are well suited to carry out the proposed project 
• A detailed description of the experience of your organization related to the thematic (advocacy, stakeholders’ engagement at the local level, concrete projects and actions related to water justice 
• A detailed description of the proposed project including overarching goals. 

Clearly explain the targeted results, and how they will be measured

• Identify lead organization and list coalition partners in the case of coalition, network, consortium, and alliance applications
• Identify lead contact and list contact name, phone number, and email information
• Amount of requested and indicative budget 

Submission Applicant(s) information

• Date of application
• List of organization(s) applying for the call and a summarized organizational profile for each organization
• Name of the entity and representative that will sign the agreement if the grant is awarded
• Name of the program
• Grant you are applying for Deadline: Application deadline is 30 November 2023

Format of the application 

Template: kindly complete your proposal by using the template (see annex). 

Format of the application: send applications as a single PDF document

Subject line: please add the appropriate subject as follows: Water justice grant. 

Email: completed proposal should be submitted to the following email address: grantsmena@hivos.org  and cc’d to the following email addresses: eguezzi@hivos.org and sammar@hivos.org   

For further information, questions or clarifications, please contact eguezzi@hivos.org  

Who are we? 

Hivos Hivos is an international development organization guided by humanist values. Together with citizens and their organizations, we aim to contribute towards just, inclusive and life sustaining societies where people have equal access to opportunities, rights and resources. We work in partnership with others in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America on three impact areas: civic rights; gender equality, diversity and inclusion, and climate justice. Our approach is solution driven, and we build wider movements for change by amplifying and connecting voices. Hivos supports the development of alternative solutions to deep-seated problems so that individuals and communities can make responsible and equitable choices within political and economic systems that serve their needs and preserve the planet. We connect people and organizations offering alternatives to those looking for solutions in their fight for social and environmental justice. 

About the VCA program

The Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) is a lobby and advocacy program implemented by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Netherlands, SouthSouthNorth (SSN), Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA), Slum Dwellers International (SDI), Fundación Avina and Hivos under the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ five-year strategic partnership: “Power of Voices”. 

The program aims to ensure that by 2025, local civil society and underrepresented groups will have taken on a central role as creators, facilitators and advocates of innovative and inclusive climate solutions. 

Their inclusion is crucial for effective and lasting climate responses. The climate crisis is a societal challenge with ethical and human rights aspects occurring alongside a number of inequalities based on gender, socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, and age. 

The overall approach of the program is to work with civil society to build widespread societal support for locally shaped climate solutions through an inclusive and rights-based approach. This includes building a broad-based climate alliance at country level, bridging divides (urban-rural, gender, youth) that amplifies voices in new unusual ways. In addition, it will influence national and global policies and financial flows (e.g. climate finance, private sector investments) in support of these locally shaped solutions. 

Climate justice approach Climate change is essentially a human rights issue because of its devastating effect on human life – and rights. It exacerbates existing inequalities between rich and poor, ethnicities, sexes, generations and communities. It undermines democracy and threatens the economy and development at large. Likewise, by far the greatest burden falls on those already in poverty and on underrepresented groups such as Indigenous peoples, the rural and urban poor, women and youth, although they are the least responsible for climate change. 

Through a climate justice approach, the programme intends to see an expanded civic space where civil society voices, in particular those of indigenous and/or marginalised people are heard on climate action. Main strategic interventions at global level The program’s main strategic interventions are centred around the following three pillars:

• Mutual capacity strengthening for co-creating alternative scaled climate solutions
• Agenda setting and movement in climate action through amplified storytelling
• Joint lobbying and advocacy to make policy and financial flows responsible to locally shaped climate solutions Voices for climate justice in Tunisia In Tunisia, VCA is implemented by consortium members AMwA, Hivos, SSN and WWF. 

With this Call for Proposals, Hivos is seeking partners to join forces with us to amplify and strengthen voices for the achievement of the program’s goals. 

VCA-budget template

VCA-propsal_Template-2023

5th Call for prpposals – water Justice _ VCA-2023