Feminist Organizations Support Fund (FSOF)

Call for projects “Bodily autonomy in sexual and reproductive health”

This call for projects aims to select one CSO consortium that will create and implement a financing mechanism (intermediated fund) and capacity building activities for local feminist CSOs. The general objective is to support the action of feminist CSOs from partner countries of France’s international development and solidarity policy. The theme of this call is bodily autonomy in sexual and reproductive health

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The call for projects is open until August 30, 2024 at 8am from Paris.

The call for projects

Eligible project leaders:

  • National or international, structured in consortium, and working in partnership with structures, particularly local;
  • Meeting the definition specified in the FSOF Strategic Framework, namely “Feminist civil society organisations in all their diversity, formally or not, whose objective is to act in favour of gender equality and to sustainably transform gender-based social relations, and especially those whose main mission is the defence and promotion of effective rights and the empowerment of women and girls.”
  • With proven expertise in bodily autonomy right and the SRHR sector ;
  • With experience in leading transformational gender frameworks, in the area of rights-based approach, using an inclusive approach that takes into account factors of multidimensional inequalities;
  • Previous experience in partnering with civil society feminist organizations, networking and financing their activities;
  • Having the capacity to deploy communication channels with local and community CSOs in various contexts;
  • With expertise in building community capacity and civil society organizations, and identifying good practices;
  • Previous experience in action research/capitalization (intellectual production, south-south knowledge sharing) /advocacy, influence and political action;
  • Having a detailed knowledge of the ecosystems of the countries of intervention proposed;
  • With proven administrative and financial management capabilities in multiple and varied geographical areas;
  • Having operational capacities/ management of multi-stakeholder projects, including in remote areas.

This call is open to national and international non-profit organizations, civil society organizations (CSOs) from all countries of the world.

The lead organization of the applicant consortium must have an annual budget of 2.8 MEUR for a project of 3 years and 2.1 MEUR for a project of 4 years. This criterion is not applicable to consortium members.

Geography: 1 to 2 regions (including LDCs)

Sectors concerned: Bodily autonomy in sexual and reproductive health

Budget available: 5. 880 M€

Project duration: 3 to 4 years

 

Calendar

  • Opening of the call for projects: 07/06/2024
  • Deadline for requests for clarification: 21/06/2024
  • Closing of the call for projects: 30/08/2024

 

Submit a project

  1. Download the call for projects dossier on this dedicated web page – Please note: only the call for projects dossier in French is legally binding, documents circulated prior to the launch of the PAA or documents translated into English are not contractual.
  2. Complete the online application form making sure to provide all the requested elements.

 

 

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