Sunday, September 10, 2023

Open call: Multi-stakeholder Adolescent and Youth Review Group

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The Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing is opening a call for five experts to serve on the multi-disciplinary 'Adolescent and Youth Review Group'

The Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing brings together a diverse group of 41 Commissioners including ten Youth Commissioners from across disciplines, sectors, and geographies.

Meaningful adolescent and youth engagement is front and center of the approach of the Commission, we have ensured youth mainstreaming at every stage of the Commissions' activities. Since its inception, the Commission appointed eight young experts who are serving as Youth Commissioners and are playing a pivotal role in the application of a youth lens to the Commission's work, as well as serving as co-chairs leading workstreams through an intergenerational, equal partnerships model.

Please complete and submit the application by Sunday 17 September 2023.

Ideal applicants:
  • Aged 18 to 30 years;
  • Have a passion for improving the health and wellbeing of all young people;
  • Work in or have an interest in all fields including political sciences, gender equality, climate justice, economics, and health financing;
  • We welcome applications from all regions of the globe as well as marginalized populations such as indigenous youth, refugees and the LGBTQI+ community.
Read more and apply: https://redcap.mcri.edu.au/surveys/?s=37FWER8NXD4XD39R

UNICEF Funding Opportunity for Health Tech Startups

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Call for Frontier Technology Applications for Strengthening Systems for Health, Nutrition and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

The UNICEF Venture Fund is looking to invest in Open Source frontier technology solutions that have the potential to create radical change in children’s health, nutrition, and mental health. We are offering up to US$100K in equity-free funding for early stage, for-profit technology start-ups that can improve the lives of children.

If your company is leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science (DS), drones, blockchain, or extended reality (XR), we want to hear from you! We are specifically seeking companies registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries that have impressive working prototypes and a commitment to Open Source licensing.

  
Application Deadline: 20 October 2023

SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2024

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Are you running a tech startup and want to transform the agriculture and food tech industry in Africa? Do you have a tech solution that makes the industry more sustainable and profitable while at the same time empowering value chain actors? Do you want support on raising investment, reaching more customers and having a significant impact?

The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) offers you a yearlong, tailor-made support programme to raise investments and scale up your business! Precondition is that your tech startup registered in Africa, works in Africa, and offers scalable, market-based solutions for agriculture, food or climate change. The Programme is available in English and French.

Read more and apply: https://vc4a.com/giz/sais-2024/

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

JWH grants for young people in the environmental sector in developing countries

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The Joke Waller-Hunter (JWH) Initiative creates opportunities for young people in the environmental sector in developing countries to unfold their full potential. By providing small grants to individuals to expand their knowledge, experience and training, the Initiative aims to strengthen environmental Civil Society Organisations capacity and efficiency. The mission of the JWH Initiative is thus to provide an accessible and tailored small grant for education and training of individuals who are nominated by their organisation as potential future leaders.

Great candidates are: 
  • showing potential and ambition towards becoming a leader in her/his/their field of work.
  • working with or linked to local communities, community based organisations or civil society organizations.
  • fully embracing the idea of sustainable development, gender equality and climate justice.
  • having a strong background in and commitment to working on environmental and sustainable development issues.
  • showing potential and ambition to be innovative and creative.
The grant can be applied for a wide range of activities, depending on the individuals’ need and interest. Most grantees request funding for advancing either their knowledge, and skills through courses, training or expanding their experience through internships, exposure and exchange travels, participation in conferences, high level meetings etc. It is crucial the activities requested are exclusively for personal development and should not be part of a larger organisational project.

Applications for 2023 are open from August 1 until September 15, 2023 (5 PM CEST)

Read more and apply: https://www.jwhinitiative.org/contact#apply

AVAC 2024 Advocacy Fellows Applications

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AVAC is thrilled to invite applications for the 2024 Advocacy Fellows Program. Fellows accepted into the program, will mark the 13th cohort of this program. Read further to explore the history of the program, learn about new features for 2024, find application details, and register for upcoming informational sessions.

Eligibility
  • Emerging or mid-career community leaders and advocates who want to advance their advocacy skills and advocate for HIV, SRHR, STI, TB, and pandemic prevention and preparedness.
  • Individuals with experience or education in HIV or public health, or in advocacy for key populations (e.g., sex workers, LGBTQIA+ individuals, pregnant individuals, people who use drugs) or for social and economic justice.
  • Based in low- and middle-income countries with substantial HIV burdens and ongoing HIV prevention research or introduction of new interventions.
  • Please note that for 2024 fellowships, priority focus lies in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Proficient in written and spoken English.

Indigenous Fellowship Programme

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The candidate must be indigenous (non-indigenous persons will not be taken into consideration, even if they have close links with indigenous communities and/or organizations).

Age should not be a limitation to participation in the programme.

Formal education should not be a limitation to participation in the IFP given the socio-economic barriers confronted by many indigenous peoples that limit access to formal educational institutions.

Candidates should agree to train other indigenous persons after the return to their respective communities/organizations.

The candidate should be proposed, and his/her candidacy supported by his/her indigenous organization and/or community. It is desirable that the sponsoring organization has a firm constituency or membership and that it is representative.

The candidate should have a good working knowledge of the language in which the programme is imparted.

Consultancy: Development of guidelines - Sustainable Landscape Restoration

   
Project title: Supporting the Implementation of Integrated Ecosystem Management Approach for Landscape Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation in Tanzania

Consultancy title: Development of guidelines for public and private sector engagement in SLR related production systems in targeted basin

Post level: National

Location: Dar es Salaam, Lake Rukwa and Great Ruaha River Basins

Office: IUCN Tanzania

Estimate start and end date: 25th September – 24 November 2023

Objective of the assignment:

The overall objective of this assignment is to develop guidelines for enhancing public and private sector engagement and investment in sustainable landscape restoration related production systems in Great Ruaha and Lake Rukwa Basins.

Specific objectives of the assignment are to:
i. Review of public-private related policies and regulatory frameworks;
ii. Analyze existing SLR related public-private partnerships and initiatives and explore potential opportunities for investment in target Basins; and
iii. Develop guidelines for enhancing public and private sector engagement and investment in SLR.

Read more and apply: https://hrms.iucn.org/iresy/index.cfm?event=vac.offline.download&offline_vacancy_id=6508