Advocacy Flexi Fund

Call for applications to promote Millennium Development Goal 5b (MDG5b): universal access to reproductive health by 2015.

With only 5 years remaining before the Millennium Development Goals framework comes to an end, it is clear that decisive and concerted action needs to be taken to ensure that MDG5 is prioritised at all levels.

Without sufficient attention or priority given to MDG 5 (particularly 5b – universal access to reproductive health) it is unlikely that any of the MDGs will be attained.

The 2010 MDG Review Summit along with the Country Progress Reports present a unique final opportunity to prioritise MDG5b amongst key decision-makers at the national, regional and global levels.

This opportunity should not be wasted.

The Advocacy Flexi Fund (AFF) provides small grants to support civil society organizations working with young people to advocate for MDG5b to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights.

We know that there are few resources available at country-level for advocacy, but sometimes a small amount of money can make a large difference.

The AFF aims to support civil society organizations working with young people to advocate for the MDG5b in their country and region.

Together these different advocacy campaigns will make an overall contribution to political and financial commitment for sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people globally.

They will help to ensure international commitments to universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights are achieved.

The Advocacy Flexi-Fund will prioritise organizations with a commitment to young people and meaningful youth participation from low income countries, since it is often difficult to find funding for national advocacy activities in these countries (75 per cent of all Flexi Fund grants will be awarded to organizations in countries on DAC List of Overseas Development Aid Recipients).

The key principles of the Advocacy Flexi Fund

• To support national civil society organizations, particularly youth groups
• To support national initiatives to increase political and financial support for MDG5b
• To promote youth partnership and meaningful involvement in advocacy

The Advocacy Flexi Fund provides grants from USD $3,000 to USD $10,000 to cover up to 90% of the cost of the activity, with a minimum 10% contribution from the grantee. 

The grant will cover activities over a period of one to 6 months starting in March 2010.

For more information, visit: http://www.ippf.org/en/What-we-do/Advocacy/Advocacy+flexi+fund.htm

 Deadline for applications: 15 February 2010