The Goalkeepers Youth Action Accelerator is a 12-month pilot program for youth advocates who understand what it takes to create lasting social change in their communities. The Accelerator supports young people in generating and using data from their communities to improve accountability in local development initiatives related to poverty, hunger, health and well-being, education, gender equality and clean water and sanitation.
The launch of the Accelerator is a direct response to the challenges young people face in accessing sufficient and appropriate resources to meaningfully engage in development decisions and activities that affect their communities.
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- Data sourcing & Accountability: Initiatives that gather community views and experiences and/or crowdsourced data related to the specific development issue you’re working on. For example: Float Beijing Citizen Generated Data Quality
- Data translation & Storytelling: Initiatives and campaigns that translate existing development data into stories that showcase progress and encourage leaders across sectors to act. For example: Stories for Advocacy
Chosen youth advocates will receive funding, technical and networking support, valued at up to US$30,000
Proposal Criteria
Your idea should fulfill the following criteria:
- The idea contributes to driving progress towards Global Goals 1-6 ending poverty, eliminating hunger and/or promoting health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, and/or access to clean water and sanitation.
- The idea focuses on the national or subnational (i.e. local) level.
- The Accelerator will serve your long-term strategy.
- The idea has been tested and is ready for acceleration.
- The idea focuses on (1) data sourcing and accountability (e.g. initiatives that collect community feedback to gauge how people perceive progress over time and/or crowdsource quantitative data on how much progress is being made on specific indicators) and/or (2) data translation and storytelling (e.g. storytelling initiatives and campaigns that translate development data for advocacy efforts with leaders across sectors).
Applicant Criteria
We’re looking for young advocates from all walks of life with proven determination and experience. You’re an ideal candidate if you:
- Are an experienced social activist, researcher, campaigner, technologist, scientist or change agent.
- Are committed and ready to advance and accelerate the progress of a successful idea now and in the longer-term.
- Are passionate about solving local development issues, no matter what it takes
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You (the applicant) should fulfill the following criteria:
- You are a young person (age 18-35 as of 1 January 2019) or represent a youth-led organisation.
- You or your organisation are affiliated with one of the following partners:
- Action for Sustainable Development
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Goalkeepers Community
- CIVICUS
- George W. Bush Institute
- Obama Foundation
- Restless Development
- *If you’re not affiliated with any of these organisations, you can sign-up to become a CIVICUS member here.
You work in your community to enhance local development in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East (with priority given to Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia).
- You are able to dedicate up to 50% of your time to Accelerator-related activities from January to December 2019, including a 5-day workshop in Arusha, Tanzania, from 21-25 January 2019, and twice-monthly online calls.
- You have the capacity to deliver on your proposed idea/plan.
- You can share your expertise and knowledge with other participants, and bring learnings or synergies back to your organisation/community.
- If you are applying as an organisation, you must demonstrate alignment between your organisation mission and the initiative.
- If you are applying as an organisation, the governance structure of your organisation must approve your application.
To apply
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Application Close: 31st October 2018
Assessment Criteria
- Relevance to the Accelerator’s themes, i.e. data sourcing and accountability and/or data translation and storytelling
- Feasibility, viability, and coherence of the idea
- Impact and scaling potential in the near-term
- Innovation, with a focus on creative ideas for generating and using citizen generated data
- Proven experience and understanding of the problem
- Soundness of budget and implementation plan
- Clearly articulated link between Accelerator support and the initiative’s success
- Human resource capacity
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