Call for Proposals Small Grants for Youth-led Research and Youth-led Action

with Finn Church Aid
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Invitation for Bids

BTDC-ID: 22248
Closing Date:
 
Bid Components

Announcement Description

Finn Church Aid (FCA) is Finland’s largest organization for development cooperation and humanitarian assistance. FCA is a founding member of the international aid alliance of churches, ACT Alliance. We seek positive changes by supporting the most vulnerable people in fragile contexts. We specialize in supporting local communities’ right to peace, livelihoods, and quality education.

FCA has been working in Cambodia since the end of the 1970’s, providing humanitarian aid and supporting the development of livelihoods, quality education opportunities and youth participation for the poorest people, in partnership with local organizations. Currently the main donors for FCA’s Cambodia Country Programs are the Government of Finland, Government of Sweden (Sida) and private donors.

FCA Cambodia has collaborated with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) since 2014 in the creation and implementation of Career Guidance and Counselling (CGC) within the public formal education system. Since 2018, FCA Cambodia has extended collaboration to the National Employment Agency (NEA) of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training.

FCA in Cambodia is providing small grant scheme to youth group to take part in project implementation through their own initiative activity of the conducting research and community action.

Detailed Information about the Small Grants

Youth-led Research: the purpose of the small grant project is to support youth-led research to promote evidence-based advocacies. Individual or youth groups could get access to the small grants of the project through submitting their research proposal for the research project or collaborating with research institutions in requesting support.

Youth-led Action: the purpose of this grant is to support young people in Cambodia to take lead in their own initiatives to promote youth participation in solving the specific problems in their own communities as active citizen of Cambodia.

Bid Components

Call for Proposals Small Grants for Youth-led Research and Youth-led Action

  • Category: Call for Proposals
  • Location: N/A

Location: Phnom Penh and other provinces

Criteria

  • The project led by Cambodian individual or groups of youth (maximum of 10 people) at the age between 18-30 years old,

Female youth, youth from rural areas, ethnic minority, LGBTIQ+ youth, and youth with disabilities are encouraged to apply

  • Submit research proposal and project proposal with specific topic and objectives in responding to the interested issues and the designated themes mentioned above,
  • The youth led research and youth led action project will be implemented in the period ranging from 1 to 3 months based on the nature of project and expected to finish by the end of June 2023 (negotiable for timeline flexibility to conduct the research)
  • Demonstrate strong motivation and commitment toward promoting evidence-base advocacies related to social issues,
  • Demonstrate strong interest in critical researching skills and ability to learn and work with people from the different backgrounds and skills,
  • Demonstrate strong motivation and commitment toward promoting youth participation and solving the problems in the community
  • Demonstrate strong interest in improving project management skills and ability to learn and work with people from the different backgrounds and skills.
  • Demonstrate strong commitment in promoting transparency and accountability on the budget provided by FCA,
  • Ensure that the project will not bring any harms to people especially children in the communities and strictly followed to research ethics.

Selection Processes

  • Small grant announcement: 1st February 2023
  • Deadline of the small grant announcement: 28th February 2023
  • First round selection: 1st week of March 2023 (after the project screening, shortlisted projects will be contacted for project presentation)
  • Final round selection: 2nd week of March 2023 (selected projects will be informed for funding support, financial and project management orientation)
  • Internal policy orientation for the project implementation: 3rd week of March 2023
  • Implementation starts from: April - June 2023

Submission Requirements

Submit the research and project proposal in Khmer or English, both in Microsoft Word and PDF format, send to the email address provided in the contact details under the subject: FCA Small Grant for Youth Led Research _Your Project Name or FCA Small Grant for Youth Led Action_ Your Project Name

Click here to download for template for Small Grant Application and Research Proposal for Youth Led Action and Youth Led Research.

Closing Date: 28th February 2023 by 11:59 PM

For further information, please contact Mr. YATH Seyma, Youth Facilitator at Finn Church Aid via email or contact number.

 
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  •  Mr. YATH Seyma, Youth Facilitator
 
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