Tadamon Accelerator Program 2022 for Civil Society Organizations ($40,000)

What is it like waking up to a world facing an emergency? After COVID-19, we all have plenty of answers, but the question is: Are we ready for the next emergency? To speed up recovery, ensure resilience in our communities, and be prepared for future emergencies we invite you to join the Tadamon Accelerator, funded by IsDB, ISFD, and implemented by UNDP.

Do you have an innovative solution that can improve our immediate response to an emergency such as COVID-19 and its long-term effects?

Are you a local civil society organization in one of the OIC member countries that aim to build resilience against an emergency, but lack knowledge and funding? Join the Tadamon Accelerator to fast forward your innovative solutions to the next level and amplify your impact!

Innovative solutions enable quicker responses, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.

The Tadamon Accelerator is offering you the opportunity to be among Tadamon’s game-changing innovators. Our world-class experts will be there every step of the journey to address your needs and improve your skills!

The Tadamon Accelerator curriculum is perfectly tailored for you to expand your knowledge and accelerate your innovative solution.

• A 14-week intensive online program
• 1:1 mentorship
• Workshops in Sensemaking, Impact Measurement & Management, Digital Transformation, Innovative Finance, and many more
• Access to a network of world-class professionals
• A total of 50 local CSOs will benefit from the Tadamon Accelerator
• Funding by grants (up to $40,000). A total amount of USD 0.46 million will be provided to the best proposals

Your project proposals should focus on one of the following three cross-cutting thematic areas:

50 civil society organizations – from 32 OIC member countries that have endorsed the NGO Empowerment Program – will get a chance to be part of Tadamon Accelerator trainings to accelerate their projects in these three thematic areas. Out of these CSOs, 25 local organizations will win a grant prize to support their innovative projects. Are you going to be one of these game changing innovators? To answer this question, let’s start from the first step! Prepare your pens to check the boxes!

Type: You are a local CSO operating as a small institution with an annual project budget of less than USD 280,000 and have a minimum of 2 years of proven experience in project implementation.

• Type of CSOs: NGO, social enterprise, development start-up, religious organization, cooperative or farmers’ association, community-based organization, foundation, saving clubs, civil society network, and credit unions.

Country Registration: You are registered and planning to implement your project solution in one of the 32 OIC member countries. These countries are:

• Algeria, Azerbaijan, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, State of Palestine, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen. You will be asked to submit valid registration documents upon applying.

Tadamon Membership: You are a member of the Tadamon platform. (If you are not a member, don’t worry! You can sign up now – it is easy and free). Please note that CSO will be screened through the UNDP security platform and/or any other due diligence process.

Experience: You have a minimum of two years of proven experience in project implementation.

Language: You must clearly demonstrate competence in both written and spoken English since the program will be conducted in English. In order to assess the language skills, interviews will be carried out for the short-listed organisations.

Innovation & Relevance: Your project proposal is clearly innovative and related to one or more of the thematic areas of the challenge. The objective of the proposal should also focus on one of the following areas as follows: promoting education for refugees /IDPs and orphans, women, youth, and people with disabilities, tackling unemployment, vocational training and skills development, empowering vulnerable communities through community resilience building (income-generating activities), social exclusion, poverty alleviation.

Do you fit all the eligibility criteria mentioned above? If the answer is yes, let’s move on to learn about the criteria we will be looking at during the selection process.

Feasibility: Your innovative solution is feasible – can be developed, tested, and implemented within 6-12 months upon graduation from the Tadamon Accelerator.

Innovation: You use cutting-edge technologies, and innovative digital tools, or introduce new ideas, approaches, products, or services to a target group or a market.

Team: You have a dedicated team consisting of at least 2 team members with relevant backgrounds and expertise.

Relevance: Your innovation solution responds to a concrete problem/need and has the potential to reach new target groups.

Potential for Impact: Your innovation solution has a high potential for impact which you can demonstrate via a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Partnerships: You can demonstrate a willingness and readiness to engage with local or other partners during implementation.

Now that you have learned all about the eligibility and selection criteria – it’s time to apply to the Tadamon Accelerator.

You can access the Tadamon Accelerator application form once you have signed up. If you are a member, you can find an application form via your Tadamon profile.

Make sure to provide the required documents and answer all the questions in the application form.