CGIAR/WFP Stability-and-Peace Accelerator Programme 2024

This informs the public about the CGIAR/WFP Stability-and-Peace Accelerator Programme 2024. Details about the Program are given below.

CGIAR/WFP Stability-and-Peace Accelerator Programme 2024

The global challenge of hunger and malnutrition is felt most acutely in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAs), where over 1.5 billion people face unprecedented threats to food security and livelihoods. The CGIAR, in partnership with the World Food Progamme (WFP)  Innovation Accelerator, are launching the “Stability-and-Peace Accelerator Programme” to seek and scale high-impact innovations that bolster food, land, and water systems (FLWS) in these vulnerable regions.

We are calling on innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers to come forward with groundbreaking solutions that can drive resilience, ensure food and nutrition security, enhance climate adaptability and promote social cohesion and sustainability among communities battered by conflict and fragility.

Program Details 

The WFP Innovation Accelerator and CGIAR will support selected teams through a comprehensive programme designed to accelerate the development of promising solutions and prepare them for scaling. Alongside financial, technical and business support, this includes the provision of scientific advisory, aimed to improve the innovator’s ability to create life-changing sustainability impact. Our focus is on sourcing and nurturing solutions that are not only innovative but also sustainable and scalable, with the potential to create lasting positive change in some of the world’s most challenging environments.

We encourage organizations to submit their innovative solutions that help end hunger, reinforce communities against unexpected disruptions, ensure consistent access to nutritious food, foster inclusive economic opportunities, engage youth and enhance the resilience of food systems amidst the challenges of climate change.

Eligibility ($30,000 equity-free grant)

  • Your organization must be an established legal entity (for-profit, not-for-profit, social business, NGO, INGO).
  • Your organization should have a presence or willingness to build a presence in one of the four countries of implementation (Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria or  Yemen). This could take the form of a country office or other permanent presence, subsidiary, long-term operations or partnerships in the country.
  • Your innovation addresses one or more of the priority innovation areas related to pressing challenges faced in the humanitarian space of the country of implementation.
  • Your innovation should have reached the minimum viable product stage and is gearing up for scale.
  • Your innovation should have a clear pathway to scale and a potential plan to implement during the six-month Sprint with the available funding.
  • Applicants are expected to have strong intentions to collaborate with relevant humanitarian stakeholders, build relationships with CGIAR country offices, and connect with the innovation ecosystems.
  • The applicants should demonstrate a clear need for research and development for the conceptual and commercial development of their innovation.

Application

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  • Refer to the full criteria in the Call for Applications.
  • To submit your application, please complete the Application Form before 16 February 2024, 11:59 pm (CET).
  • We will review and select successful applications in April/May 2024. While we value all applications, we are only able to contact shortlisted applicants.
  • For more information, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 16 February 2024.

Open this link for more details about the CGIAR/WFP Stability-and-Peace Accelerator Programme 2024.

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