One Health at the Community Level – Funding opportunity by invitation only
This funding opportunity process is now closed. The deadline for submitting a concept note was April 12, 2022.
This funding opportunity is part of ¶¶ÒùÊÓƵ’s (GAC’s) Department-Initiated – Multiple Invitations (DIMI) pilot project within GAC’s funding processes for international assistance. Only organizations invited by GAC were able to apply.
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Application period
Invited organizations had from February 23 to April 12, 2022, to apply.
Description
Action area(s):
- gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
- human dignity
- environment and climate action
Geographic focus:
- Sub-Saharan Africa (65%)
- South America (TBD)
- Asia (TBD)
Estimated size of project(s): Can$4,000,000 to Can$6,000,000
Number of projects to be funded: 3 to 5 projects
Overall budget: Can$20,000,000
Objectives: Improve community health and equitable One Health empowerment for poor, marginalized and Indigenous women and girls in areas with a high prevalence of zoonotic and human-animal-environment interface-related diseases. This DIMI initiative invited applicants to submit concept notes expected to contribute to the prevention of, preparedness for and response to human-animal-environment interface-related diseases at the local community level.
Eligibility (by invitation only)
- Organizations invited to submit an application were selected based on criteria ensuring a wide range of multi-sectoral expertise and experience covering both One Health specifically and indirectly related to One Health. Selection criteria included the following:
- Must be a Canadian organization.
- Must have a solid understanding of the critical interlinkages between human, animal and environmental health, as well as the major drivers of zoonotic diseases at the community level.
- Must have significant experience supporting and working with local partners and must include local civil society partners.
- Must have experience in improving sustainable and equitable community practices, influencing policy and training workers at the community level in the health, agriculture/livestock and environmental sectors.
- Must have experience in integrating gender equality into projects, with a particular focus on poor, rural, Indigenous and marginalized women and girls.
- Must have experience in implementing multi-sectoral approaches.
Organizations invited to apply
- Alinea
- Doctors Without Borders
- Farmers Helping Farmers
- Université de Montréal – École de santé publique
- University of Calgary - One Health at UCalgary
- University of Guelph – One Health Institute
- University of Saskatchewan - Western College of Veterinary Medicine
- Veterinarians without Borders
- WaterAid
If you have any questions, send an email to DIMI-IMIM@international.gc.ca.
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