The A6. Youth-led Development is a very important section of the application form as it will define the relevance of your organization for youth-focused work. UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund prefers to fund organizations led by young people between 15-32 years. But this can also mean that if young persons are actively represented in the governing/management board of the organization, it is still eligible to apply for the funding support. The Fund also encourages adults above the age of 32 years to work in partnership with youths (if organizations are headed by a senior person but has an active organizational board comprising of young people between 15-31 years, there are still high chances of participating in this competitive process). After ticking ‘yes’ in this section, make sure that you clearly define the process as to how young people are involved in running the organization.
The A7. Gender Equality signifies that it is not just enough to have young people running the organization. They should also be equally represented by gender. This also needs to be explained as to how both young females and males contribute towards running the organization. There may be cases where an organization is run only by females focused on girls and young women. In such a case, this should specifically be justified as to why such an organization has been established.
The A8. Legal Registration seeks information about when the organization was founded and registered. The Fund is also open to receiving applications from organizations that are not legally registered. In such cases, they can collaborate with another legally registered organization and submit the proposal. More information about such a collaboration is sought later in the application form.
The A9. Facilitating Organization will specify whether the applicant organization, if unregistered, is collaborating with another registered organization to facilitate the grantmaking process. If this is applicable, then the following
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Part B. Facilitating Organization has to be filled in with details about the name, contact information, mission, profile, registration and back account. It seems that it is not necessary for the Facilitating Organization to be youth-focused in this regard.
