The Harambee Project, conceived by the Association for Progressive Communications, Bellanet and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and funded by Connectivity Africa and Hivos, is designed to support increased capacity among a range of Africa-based networks and communities to coordinate and facilitate the interactions of their respective
constituencies.
The Harambee project coordinators are announcing a small grants facility (SGF) to provide a number of sectoral based networks and communities in Africa with funding for the development of greater collaborative capacity. The SGF will provide a one time grant of up to 5,000 USD per network for a maximum period of six months. A network applying for the SGF must be a recognized legal entity or hosted by one. Preference will be given to networks with an institutional base in Africa.
Applicants are required to submit, by email, a brief Concept Note (1-2 pages) by 13TH OCTOBER, 2006. The concept note should include the name of the applicant organisation and/or network, contact information, title of the proposed activity, description of the problem/issue the proposed activity will address, outline of the proposed activity including a description of how a small grant of up to $5000 USD would be used, beneficiaries and impact of the project and the expected duration of the activity.
Concept notes will be evaluated and selected applicants will then be invited to submit a more detailed proposal (5-6 pages).
Applicants who pass into this second stage will be assured that:
1. There will be a roughly 50% chance that their proposal will be funded
2. ALL APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO SUBMIT FULL PROPOSALS WILL BE FUNDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UPCOMING HARAMBEE WORKSHOP, held to develop capacity in network coordination, to share learning from the implementation of pilot projects, to validate project strategies, and to provide input into the design of activities for future phases of the Harambee project.
The following criteria will be used to evaluate applications:
* Quality and suitability of the proposed activity with respect to SGF objectives. (30%)
- Proposal clearly states objectives, includes a methodology, identifies outputs, partners/stakeholders and includes a realistic timeline and budget. (25%)
- Demonstrated potential for shared learning within the network and/or among broader networks. (20%)
- Planned output(s) in the form of a 1-2 page learning document, short video, journal article etc. highlighting results of the activity (20%)
- Suitability of applicant organisation and/or network in relation to the eligibility requirements. (5%)
Concept notes and proposals may be written in English or French and sent to harambee-sgf [at] dgroups.org.
Announcement of grant awards will be made on DECEMBER 22nd, 2006 and implementation of activities will commence in January 2007.
For more information on the SGF including eligibility requirements, please refer to:
http://wikis.bellanet.org/harambee/index.php/SGF_Call_for_Applicants
Please direct any inquiries to harambee-sgf [at] dgroups.org.
