WACSI Response and Resilience Strengthening Programme for CSOs in Ghana & Liberia 2025 – YOA

Deadline: January 8, 2025

Are you a group-based mostly or non-governmental organisation (CSO/NGO) engaged on conservation advocacy in Ghana or Liberia? The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) invites functions for the Response and Resilience Strengthening Programme 2025, supported by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF).

This yr-lengthy programme goals to equip 14 chosen organisations with the instruments and methods to deal with institutional gaps, strengthen their capability for useful resource mobilisation, and affect conservation coverage successfully. Participants will interact in coaching, teaching, and digital studying occasions designed to boost sustainability, resilience, and influence in biodiversity conservation.

Programme Components

• Leadership and Induction Meeting (digital): The management and administration of the chosen organisations in Ghana and Liberia will take part in a 90-minute digital induction assembly on the programme. During this assembly, WACSI will present extra particulars of the programme to determine the homogeneity of thought by WACSI and the associate organisations.
• Training (4 days): In February and March, WACSI will conduct a 4-day in-person capability strengthening programme in Ghana and Liberia respectively. The coaching will handle institutional and capability gaps of organisations specializing in advocacy in conservation and enhance their capability to mobilise and diversify their funding sources.
• Coaching: WACSI will use the organisations’ motion plans to conduct digital teaching classes for them as they implement the methods and instruments they realized from the coaching. It may even present mentorship help to the organisations to make sure that their motion plans are effectively-carried out and impactful.
• Learning Events digital studying conferences (Ghana and Liberia): A key part of the programme is linking companions to one another throughout international locations and constructing a bigger community of actors that be taught and help one another. This venture will mandate participation in 3 digital studying classes, one studying assembly per nation and then a joined studying assembly amongst companions in Ghana and Liberia.

Eligibility

CSOs which are in making use of should meet the next standards:

• Must be a Community-Based organisation(CBO) or Non-Governmental Organisation NGO working in Ghana or Liberia.
• Must be legally registered and based mostly in Ghana or Liberia.
• Must have a great monitor file inside its group of operation.
• Must be a CSO engaged on themes of conservation advocacy.
• Must have sturdy management and governance buildings.
• Must have a minimal of 1 yr of operational expertise.
• Must be absolutely obtainable to dedicate workers and time to all points of the programme. Please, word that the dedication price is per organisation NOT per participant.
• Must decide to designate 2 representatives (feminine and male) for the programme who will absolutely take part in the course. Each organisation’s consultant should have the ability to switch information and affect the institutionalisation of the talents learnt in their organisation.
• Organisation should decide to actively taking part in all points of the programme together with studying occasions and teaching classes.

Application

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For extra info, go to WACSI.