ThaiNGO

Women Overcoming the World’s Climate Crisis with STEM

(WOW CCs) Project

Call for Proposal

Project Background:

Thailand is vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and gender and social inequalities are determinants of exposure to climate change risks; in particular, women and girls at the intersection of multiple forms of oppression bear the brunt of climate change. Gender and social barriers prevent women from taking on leadership roles in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and further prevent their contributions from being fully recognized. In Thailand, there are few women-led CSOs working on climate change, and even fewer promote women in STEM. Networks of women-led STEM-based CSOs working on climate change are yet underdeveloped. This project will address these issues through comprehensive interventions to create and enhance peer networks among pioneering women-led CSOs, tailoring opportunities and support for women climate innovators and leaders to develop their capacity, highlight their contributions and leadership, and advocate for better social and policy environments for women in STEM.

Project Goal: Women-led and gender-responsive networks and coalitions are supported to implement and scale-up community-led, STEM-informed solutions that mitigate or promote adaptation to the negative effects of climate change.  

Application Submission Deadline:  4 January 2024 at 5 P.M. (Thailand Standard Time UTC +7)

Project Objectives:

• Objective 1 Build and strengthen cross-sectoral networks: Develop and strengthen networks of women-led CSOs and MSMEs working on STEM-based climate change solutions in Thailand.
• Objective 2 Support innovative climate change adaptation or mitigation solutions: Women-led CSOs increase their development and implementation of innovative, gender-responsive and locally designed climate change resilience, mitigation and adaptation solutions.
• Objective 3 Support women climate innovators to achieve increased capacity, investments and an enabling policy environment for leading innovations in developing blue and green economies. 

Objectives:

• To seek partnerships with three women-led organizations and/or network[1] that work on climate change to co-implement with the WOW CCs project under Save the Children Thailand
• To support the women-led civil society organizations with vision, mission, and values focused on strengthening adaptive capacity, resilience, and reducing vulnerability to climate change and environmental problem
• To promote women’s role as climate innovators and leaders to develop their capacity and leadership role to actively participate at the national and/or regional levels

Implementation start date: 1 March 2024

Implementation end date:  28 February  2025

This call is open to women-led non-profit organizations with the aim to:

• Seek partnerships with women-led organizations and/or network that work on climate change to co-implement the WOW CCs project which’s focus on utilizing STEM on mitigate the negative impact of climate change, support adaptation, and resilience with climate change and environmental crisis
• Promote the role of women as climate innovators and leaders to develop their capacity and leadership role to actively engage in the public sphere at the national and/or regional levels
• Support the women-led civil society organization with vision, mission, and values focus on strengthening adaptive capacity, resilience, and reducing vulnerability to climate change and environmental crisis

Eligibility Criteria:

The consideration of the selection committee based on these following criteria:

• Applications are invited from women-led civil society organizations in Thailand
• Applications must have experiences in climate change and environmental project implementation and/or mobilization
• The proposal should address one or more areas described in the project objectives
• The project proposal should significantly illustrate women as an agent of change and demonstrate the project development of addressing conceptual framework, women impact and value from the gender perspectives
• The proposal should include a detailed of rationale, clearly defined goals, the scope of work, methodology, project log-frame and indicators, as well as the project timeline
• The proposal should provide a comprehensive list of  activities and their corresponding budget, while demonstrating how the expected outputs align with the project objectives
• The proposed project’s timeline should allow for the completion of all activities within 12 months from the grant being awarded
• Proposed budget maximum: USD 50,000

Evaluation Process and Criteria:

For the purpose of competitiveness and transparency, a selection committee has been appointed by Save the Children Thailand Executive Director. The committee will represent; 1) Program Operations, 2) Technical Expert team, 3) Finance, and 4) Business Development, to ensure transparency, verifiable, and fairness.

The committee will review the proposals based on criteria such as relevance, coherence, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability. The criteria will be scored from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest score and 5 the highest. Proposals will then be ranked according to the total score.

Following the selection process, selected proposal will be reviewed and approved by the Department of States.

Evaluation Criteria:

• The project has primarily focused on women's participation in all processes and local women play the role of an agent of change, as well as demonstrate the conceptual framework, women impact and value from the gender perspectives will be valuable
• The project addresses the broader scopes of climate change and environmental crisis issues
• The project activities include organizational capacity development and technical capacity strengthening with a priority targeted to the local women
• The organization is experienced in policy advocacy in Climate Change issues or policy advocacy planning with the community, CSOs, and government agencies will be considered
• The women-led organizations are experienced in collaborating with IOs, INGOs, or institutions on the transboundary scale ex; Mekong River

• Additional criteria (preferred):
  1. Financial management system and procedure in place to ensure transparency,
     accountability, and cost-effectiveness
  2. Demonstrated effort in collaborating with local communities, CSOs, and government agencies
  3. The organization demonstrates values in promoting women and girls participation, inclusion and diversity

Submission Requirements:

1. Proposal, work plan and budget plan (in USD and THB), including estimated exchange rate used in the calculation
2. Evidence of programs experiences in climate change and environmental issues
3. Organization registration certificate
4. Organization profile and/or structure
5. Applicant is required to disclose funding details under various funding sources such as EU, USAID, etc.

Project proposal and budget plan template can be downloaded from this Link

Completed applications should be sent to grant.thailand@savethechildren.org by 4 January 2024 at 5 P.M. Thailand Standard Time UTC +7).

For further information please contact grant.thailand@savethechildren.org or muslin.vananetikul@savethechildren.org