The Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) is a not-for-profit organization with the aim of rebuilding local communities and promoting survivor agency in societies emerging from conflict in Africa. The Fund, established in 2019 in Accra, Ghana supports community-based and survivor-led transitional justice initiatives in Cote D’Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, North-eastern Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. We support small organisations and groups to deliver locally led, transformative and impactful interventions in transitional justice processes in Africa, starting with West Africa. The ATJLF’s key focus is on sub-granting and capacity building of its grantees. Since its establishment, the organisation has made seventy-one (71) grants to forty-six (46) different organisations and institutions of varying sizes across Africa. This is in addition to the strategic grant support provided to the African Union, a key institutional partner to the Fund.
The Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) is pleased to announce this call to elicit proposals from civil society organizations, community-based and victim-led groups, working to advance truth, justice and reconciliation in countries emerging from conflict across Africa. This call is part of a European Union and African Union joint initiative, the Initiative for Transitional Justice in Africa (ITJA), a project launched in October 2023 and focused on the implementation of innovative transitional justice initiatives that are guided by principles and provisions of the Africa Transitional Justice Policy Framework (AUTJP) and its accompanying roadmap.
The ITJA aims to support the popularization and implementation of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy by providing technical and financial support to civil society organizations and local groups to implement TJ initiatives that are informed by the AUTJP.
This initiative primarily seeks to empower victims, marginalized groups, and communities affected by conflict to achieve accountability, justice, redress, reconciliation, and sustainable peace. The ATJLF in partnership with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) form a consortium of organizations supporting civil society and state actors in the implementation of the AUTJP in transitional justice processes on the continent.
Benefits
- A maximum award of Fifty Thousand Euros €50,000 per grantee for qualifying CSOs/CBOs from the aforementioned countries. The exact amount of the award will be determined by the nature/scope of the proposed interventions.
Eligibilities
Organizations will be eligible if they satisfy the following criteria:
- A Registered civil society organization or community-based group operating in any of the priority African countries in this call;
- Demonstrated experience in transitional justice, human rights, or related fields. · Have ongoing projects/Initiatives addressing specific needs within the scope of the call.
- Must have at least three (3) staff members (including the Founder/Director)
- Must have a functional bank account (corporate) in the country of operation.
- Must have a clearly defined operational structure – accounting processes and procedures, management structure, evidence of monthly/quarterly/semi-annual or annual financial accounting
- Must be known or embedded in communities that have experienced atrocities or human rights violations and have strong connections and networks with victims, survivors and the community in which they operate.
- Must already be working on human rights and transitional justice issues in the identified communities in the countries of focus.
Application Process
- Interested organizations should submit a detailed proposal aligning with the outlined focus areas by completing the application form and budget. Ensure that the form is thoroughly completed detailing institutional background, project overview, objectives, methodology, activities, expected outcomes, and a clear sustainability plan etc.
- Submit proposals electronically to [email protected]. The subject line should read “ATJLF – ITJA Sub-Grant Proposal”.
Application Deadline: February 18, 2024
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