Second call of proposals for the NEPAD/Spanish Fund for African Women's Empowerment

The NEPAD/Spanish Fund announces its second call for proposals. The Fund will provide grants to projects in sub-Saharan Africa aimed at enhancing the empowerment of women and gender equality.

The call for proposals will support initiatives under the following themes:  improving women’s economic empowerment, civil society strengthening and institutional strengthening.

Application Procedure:

Information on eligibility and guidelines for applicants is available on the NEPAD Agency website at ww.nepad.org/crosscuttingissues/gender , on the AU website: www.africa-union.org and also on the AECID website at www.aecid.es 

There is a specific proposal template/format, which must be adhered to when completing the application.

Eligible institutions:

Ministries for Women and Gender machineries, African women’s organizations and networks, government ministries and research institutions, RECs, CSOs and CBOs. A complete listing of eligible organizations is available on the NEPAD Agency website.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 29^th May, 2011 at 12hr midnight GMT.

For more information on the NEPAD/Spanish Fund please contact us on:

Tel: +27 11 256 3600

Emails:  nepadspanishfund@nepad.org or Mrs. Rosalie Lo, Head of Gender Programme on rosaliel@nepad.org 

Grant Applications:

Project Proposal Format [English | French | Portuguese]

Annex 1 -  Budget Format  [English | French | Portuguese]

Annex 2 - Declaration by the Applicant [English | French | Portuguese]

Annex 3 - Legal Entity Form [English | French | Portuguese]

Annex 4 - Financial Identification [English | French | Portuguese]

Annex 5 - Procurement Plan for NSF [English | French | Portuguese]

Guidelines:

Launch note: Second call for proposals, April 2011 [English | French | Portuguese]

Guidelines for grant applicants [English | French | Portuguese]

Selection of Eligible Countries for funding within the 2nd Call of Proposal [English | French | Portuguese]