CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Interagency Community Outreach and Communication Fund on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Deadline: 31 August 2023

UNHCR and ICVA are proud to announce the launch of the fourth round of the Interagency Community Outreach and Communication Fund on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).

Since its launch in 2020, the PSEA Outreach Fund has been met with immense interest from NGOs, community-based organisations, safeguarding experts and other humanitarian actors involved in PSEA activities, with more than 3,500 grant applications received from NGOs worldwide, operating in all regions and humanitarian contexts. All eligible applications were reviewed and scored by an interagency steering group of PSEA experts, which in 2022 included representatives from IOM, UNICEF, Care International, World Vision International and the Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities (CDAC) Network, as well as ICVA and UNHCR. Since 2020, 49 projects have been supported through the Fund. You can read more about the projects here. The deliverables created through the PSEA Fund projects are available and can be accessed on the Deliverables Database.

Raising community-awareness on the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by aid workers and available reporting channels is critical to preventing SEA, as well as to ensuring that those affected know where and how to safely report SEA when it does take place. Local stakeholders have noted the need for effective, updated information, education and communication materials on PSEA that are tailored to local cultural contexts, operational realities, the groups that are most at risk, and which take into account aspects like languages, literacy, age and capacity.

To support NGOs in meeting these needs, the PSEA Fund will provide rapid, targeted financial support to NGOs to develop and disseminate PSEA outreach and communication materials, and to make available to all IASC members and the wider sector the materials developed through the Fund for their further use or adaptation.

The online application form can be accessed on the PSEA Outreach Fund website under the Call for Applications section. The online application form is available in English, French and Spanish. In order to change the language of the application form, open the link and choose the language from the drop-down menu located on the upper right-hand corner.

 Application deadline is 31 August 2023 COB CEST.

The selection of grantees will be carried by a Steering Group of experts from NGOs and UN agencies.

In case of questions, please contact: PSEAfund@icvanetwork.org.

Applications sent via email will not be considered, please apply using the online application form on the PSEA Fund website.https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ln70_cqdYEm33kihFhHGncOqiobhpFBFoUOb4c5_GtBUOENDSkQ0REUzOEQxREk5ODVQQzRBS1dZNi4u