Deadline: May 31, 2024
Apply for the Crisis & Support Centre 2024 Humanitarian Innovation Call for Projects. The aim of this call for projects is to encourage the establishment of high-impact underlying solutions that benefit the whole sector, in order to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian action. It is fully aligned with the aims of the 2023 – 2027 French Humanitarian Strategy and seeks to ensure its implementation by supporting initiatives from humanitarian NGOs.
The APIH also aims to foster pooling of approaches and help develop synergies between humanitarian actors, so as to contribute to transforming practices and the comprehensive evolution of the humanitarian sector.
The APIH’s priorities are based on the evolution of the challenges faced by the humanitarian sector.
In 2024, it seeks to continue support for initiatives related to:
- Integrating the place of women and girls and gender issues in humanitarian action and emergency response;
- Addressing the consequences of climate change on humanitarian crises and reducing the environmental impact of humanitarian action;
- Protecting the humanitarian space, civilians and humanitarian personnel and fighting impunity for crimes against them.
Eligibility
- Open to local and international humanitarian organizations specialized in emergency responses.
- Project budgets must be between €200,000 and €1,000,000.
- Project durations should be between 12 and 18 months, starting from November 1, 2024 onwards.
In the following cases, projects will be ineligible for APIH funding:
- Projects with insufficient innovation for the humanitarian sector;
- Projects in a specific geographical area with no plan for wider replication;
- Projects for development assistance;
- Projects targeting none of the priorities;
- Projects focused only on communication, information and awareness;
- Organizations proposing more than one project proposal;
- Projects submitted by private companies, research centres, public institutions and international organizations.
Application
Applications must include the following documents:
- An initiative note of 2 to 4 pages setting out the innovative nature of the project and planned activities (recommended template attached);
- A provisional summary budget, per activity (template attached);
- A logical framework (template attached);
- An implementation timeline.
Applications must be submitted to the following address: [email protected].
For more information, visit APIH.
