Call summary :

To support the action of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the field of the SDGs and international solidarity, with a view to funding in 2025.

The Call for expressions of intent is open until Monday May 13, 2024 (at 6 p.m. – Paris time at the latest). Project submission must be done online via the Oscar portal. For CSOs who do not yet have an account on the Oscar portal, the opening request must be made no later than May 1, 2024 .

CSOs under local law:

Eligibility: CSOs governed by local law (including unions) are eligible this year as long as they have been financed at least once directly, via a French CSO, on a completed project (at the latest in 2024), by an entity of the AFD Group (MPN/OSC, operations management, Expertise France) regardless of the amount received, or by a French embassy as part of annual funding of more than €100,000 (French Equipe Fund projects (ex-FSPI ), For example).

The CSO must have the financial and management capacity to carry out the project/program for which it is requesting co-financing. Thus, the average annual cost of the project must not exceed 70% of the CSO’s annual budget for the last three years, except in duly justified cases; the OSC’s minimum annual budget cannot therefore be less than €238,000.

The CSO must be at least 3 years old.

In which countries of intervention ?:
All countries eligible for official development assistance following the list established by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Mali is not eligible.

In which sectors ?
All AFD sectors of expertise: agriculture, environment-biodiversity-climate, urban development, energy, water and sanitation, education, integration and professional training, health and social action, productive sector and microfinance, governance (human rights , local development, control and citizen participation, gender equality), structuring of the associative environment.

Given the multiplication of complex crises, AFD will be attentive to the intentions of projects aiming to respond to the root causes or the most acute consequences of these crises: food insecurity, malnutrition, population displacements, decline of the State of law, effects of climate change, etc.) which primarily affect particularly vulnerable populations.

Project intentions must also promote and strengthen local stakeholders and contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Moreover, project intentions aimed primarily at:
i) gender equality, transforming gender-based social relationships and strengthening feminist civil society organizations,
ii) amplifying young people’s voices and empowering them to take action,
iii) climate and biodiversity issues will be given priority in the final decisions of the Call for Expressions of Project Intentions.

AFD will also pay particular attention to the project’s communication component in order to increase the visibility of actions and impacts for beneficiaries

The following sectors are not eligible:
Francophonie, university cooperation, emergency humanitarian aid.

What co-financing amounts and ceilings ?:
The total amount of the project must be greater than or equal to 500,000 euros. At least 10% co-financing must be provided by the CSO. No Maximum amount is noted.

How long?
Up to 3 years. To start after April 2025.

How to submit:
Submissions must be via the Oscar system using the CSO Expression of Project Intention form. In French or English.

If successful at this stage, a further completed file (proposal) will be requested to be submitted between 1st Dec 2024 and 30th April 2025.