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GFF X Civic Pillar 2: Advancing Local Innovations Through Gevorenance and Networks
Details
Application deadline:
Oct 21, 2026
Location:
Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Funding agency:
Grantmaking entity:
Status:
Closed
Budget:
USD 2,568,000
Award ceiling:
USD 214,000
Award floor:
N/A
Sector:
Community Development & NGOs, Health, Social Development, Youth & Child Welfare
Languages:
English, French
Eligible applicants:
NGOs / Nonprofit Organisations
Eligible applicant countries:
Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Date posted:
Oct 19, 2026
Description
About ALIGN
Civil society and youth-led organizations are essential partners in improving health and nutrition outcomes for women, children, and adolescents. Yet too often, barriers to participation limit their influence.
The World Bank Group’s GFF × CIVIC Platform —a joint initiative of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) and CIVIC: The Civil Society and Social Innovation Alliance—works to help close that gap.
Through its second pillar, the initiative is supporting a consortium led by Action Against Hunger, in partnership with The Youth Café and the Emergency Nutrition Network, working together as ALIGN – Advancing Local Innovations for Adolescent Health & Nutrition through Governance and Networks – to support civil society and youth-led organizations in adapting, expanding, and integrating proven community-driven adolescent health and nutrition innovations into national systems. The program combines competitive grants, tailored capacity strengthening, meaningful adolescent engagement, peer learning, evidence generation, partnership building, and policy influence.
ALIGN is a two-year initiative running from August 2026 to July 2028 across 12 African countries.
Funding Opportunity
- ALIGN will award a total of USD 2,568,000 across 12 eligible African countries. One consortium in each country will be awarded up to USD 214,000.
- Eligible applicants are legally registered local nonprofit civil society organizations (CSOs) and youth-led organizations (YLOs) operating in one of the 12 eligible countries.
- ALIGN anticipates selecting one CSO–YLO consortium per country; partnerships should clearly define the lead organization, partner roles, governance, accountability, and grant-management arrangements.
- Selected consortia will receive an 18-month grant together with tailored technical assistance, mentoring, peer learning, and capacity-strengthening support.
ALIGN’s Goal
Adolescents experience improved access, equity, and outcomes in health and nutrition services through integrating and expanding proven civil society innovations in national systems.
Where ALIGN Works
ALIGN operates in Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
How ALIGN works
- Identifies and supports promising evidence-based civil society and youth-led innovations.
- Strengthens organizational, technical, financial, monitoring, evidence, and policy-engagement capacity.
- Connects innovators with peers, governments, technical experts, and development partners.
- Generates evidence on performance, implementation, impact, and cost-effectiveness.
- Supports policy dialogue, financing, adoption, integration, and pathways to scale.
Adolescent and youth engagement: Adolescents and young people are engaged as co-creators throughout design, implementation, monitoring, learning, governance, feedback, and accountability.
Call for Expression of Interest
This document provides information on the ALIGN initiative, eligibility criteria, application requirements, and submission instructions for interested organizations. Please download the call here.
Submit Your Application
Expressions of Interest must be submitted by 5:00 PM EDT on October 21, 2026. For more information, please review the Call for Proposals and download the Expression of Interest template here.
If you have technical difficulties uploading the file or submitting the form, please email your submissions to [email protected].
Link to original source: https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/global-impact/align/
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grant Background
About the Funding Agency
The World Bank (USA) is part of an international financial agency that makes loans and grants to governments in low- and middle-income countries to fund capital projects. The United States was a driving force behind the founding of the World Bank in 1944 and it is still the World Bank's largest shareholder today.
The United States contributes to tackling critical international development concerns through the World Bank Group and has a long history of generously supporting the objectives of the World Bank Group and has been a champion of the International Development Association (IDA) which provides low-interest loans and grants to the world's poorest countries. The key U.S. priorities at the World Bank include a multilateral health and economic response to COVID-19, debt sustainability and transparency, promoting governance and fighting corruption, ending energy poverty and supporting a strong emphasis on accountability, transparency and development impact.
About the Sectors
Community Development & NGOs
Focuses on initiatives that support community empowerment, civic engagement, and the work of non-governmental and civil society organizations at local, national, and international levels.
Key areas:
- Community development and social inclusion initiatives
- Civil society and NGO programmes
- Civic engagement and citizen participation
Health
Covers healthcare services, public health systems, and activities aimed at promoting physical and mental well-being.
Key areas:
- Healthcare services and facilities
- Public health and disease prevention
- Medical equipment, supplies, and services
Locations
Cote d'Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire has positioned infrastructure investment at the core of its economic development strategy, with major projects in transport corridors, energy expansion, urban mobility and digital networks that support one of the region’s fastest-growing economies. Regional integration initiatives and improved logistics capacity bolster the country’s role as an economic hub in West Africa. Continued focus on institutional reforms, regulatory frameworks and enhanced public-private partnerships aims to ensure that infrastructure financing effectively drives productivity gains and inclusive growth.
Nr. of tenders: 22723
Nr. of grants: 3595
Nr. of donors: 748
Nr. of jobs: 42
Nr. of tenders: 22723
Nr. of grants: 3595
Nr. of donors: 748
Nr. of jobs: 42
Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s infrastructure strategy has been transformative, centered on large-scale energy, transport and industrial development projects that support economic transformation. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - Africa’s largest hydroelectric facility - exemplifies national efforts to expand energy access and build export capacity, while ambitious transport initiatives include expanding expressways and planning what is set to be Africa’s largest new airport. Free trade zones and enhanced logistics corridors aim to improve competitiveness and regional integration. Continued reforms to strengthen institutional capacity, attract investment, and extend services to rural areas are essential to sustaining inclusive growth.
Nr. of tenders: 24168
Nr. of grants: 4369
Nr. of donors: 860
Nr. of jobs: 99
Nr. of tenders: 24168
Nr. of grants: 4369
Nr. of donors: 860
Nr. of jobs: 99
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