Call for Proposal – Civil Society Innovation Fund 2

The French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement - AFD) has opened a call to finance Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations (CSO) to implement projects aiming at strengthening the diversification and innovation of Ethiopian civil society, to ensure a pluralistic and democratic organizational sphere, novel and creative civic activism and the defence of civic and associational rights of Ethiopian citizens.

The AFD has earmarked a fund of maximum 1.6 million EUR to fund 3 to 5 projects, with a duration of maximum of 36 months. CSOs can apply in consortia of 2-4 members. The projects selected are expected to be between 250,000 € and 600,000 €.

You can download the Call for Proposal as well as supporting documents to prepare your project proposal from this website.

Requests for clarification can be submitted to afdcsos@gmail.com and answers will be posted on this website once a week.

The projects will be selected based on a project proposal, to be provided together with an administrative dossier and information sheets, to be submitted electronically at the latest by 9 am, Ethiopian time, on Monday July 1st.

 We’re looking forward to reading your proposal!

 The AFD Selection Committee

Call for Proposals - CLOSED