Grants and Contributions

This project is co-funded with The MasterCard Foundation, a global, independent organization that collaborates with partner organizations in 46 countries to create opportunities for all people to learn and prosper. The African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships Fund was created in honour of the late Nelson Mandela.

Project activities include : (1) Gender responsive Nature-based Solutions experimentation-innovation-learning cycles completed with women, girls, and other vulnerable groups; (2) Facilitation of water efficient and nature positive agriculture; and (3) Gender-responsive awareness and advocay campaings carried out on inclusive community and landscape governance, relevant policies, and role of women in biodiversity conservation and landscape governance.

This includes but is not limited to: recruiting planning and coordination staff; developing the Summer Institute theme and objectives; designing an interactive curriculum with speakers, reading materials, and other learning resources; organizing travel, accommodation, and meals for mentors and instructors attending the Summer Institute, as well as meals for trainees.

Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance from biodiversity experts to develop implementation plans for National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans that address the needs of vulnerable people; (2) establishing a data management system for national biodiversity focal points and other relevant government institutions; (3) supporting the engagement of women, Indigenous People, and tribal groups to participate in designing and managing select biodiversity project areas; (4) strengthening biodiversity negotiation and advocacy skills of relevant government representatives; (5) providing technical assistance to national biodiversity focal points and relevant government institutions to revise laws, policies, and regulations based on localizing biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements; and (6) developing biodiversity finance proposals with experienced writers and government staff (learning by doing).

The project is implemented in Mozambique by the Centro de Aprendizagem e Capacitação da Sociedade Civil (CESC) [Learning and Capacity Building Centre for Civil Society], a Mozambican NGO.

Additional countries and regional entities will also be supported through learning exchanges and actions that strengthen health and rights promotion efforts.

Project activities include: (1) mobilizing international and in-country public-private dialogues on trade facilitation reforms; (2) operationalizing cooperation of the private sector towards Alliance objectives; (3) trade facilitation project concepts with public and private sector perspectives; (4) co-creation and co-implemention of leveraging Alliance-developed inclusive trade methodologies, best practices and measurement tools to inform the design and implementation of trade facilitation projects; and (5) developing and disseminating the Alliance's measurable results, lessons learned, and best practices.

This project aims to continue improving access to primary education and support the learning outcomes of 53,822 primary school students (50% girls) in the 5 most food-insecure districts of Tete province, Mozambique.

This year-long project will strengthen relationships and professional networks and stimulate new opportunities for co-research and co-learning on topics including gender inclusive and anti-racist approaches, Indigenous ways, remote/Indigenous health provider recruitment and retention, and climate impacts on vulnerable groups.

The Pacific Women in Housing Forum will bring together women, people who identify as women, women with disabilities, young women, Indigenous and two-spirit women, and male gender champions from across the Pacific including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Toga, Samoa, and Vanuatu to learn about climate resilient and affordable housing and document the barriers and opportunities to women accessing safe and climate-resilient, affordable housing.