APPLICATION FORM GUIDELINES

These proposal guidelines are for the End Violence’s Safe Online initiative Open Call “Technology Solutions & Research for Tackling Challenges in the Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA): Age Assurance & Livestreaming of Abuse,’’ focused on solutions that leverage technology to address age assurance and tackle livestreaming of abuse. The geographical target for this Call is Global.

We are looking for solutions that seek to address one of the following focus areas:

1. Addressing age assurance in the online CSEA landscape
2. Tackling livestreaming of online CSEA

Additionally, your project focus must seek to identify one of the following modalities:

1. Technology solution - Design of a proof of concept, development of new prototypes or products, or adaptation / combination of existing technology tools to address age assurance or livestreaming of abuse
2. Research - Exploratory or actionable social / policy research to facilitate or strengthen the use, adaptation or scale-up of tech solutions in addressing age assurance or livestreaming of abuse

The online application serves to collect all available information required for the proposal to be considered for funding under the Open Call “Technology Solutions & Research for Tackling Challenges in the Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA): Age Assurance & Livestreaming of Abuse.’’ Submitting this application in no way guarantees award of a grant. All submissions must be made in English, and will be reviewed by technical experts at End Violence as well as external experts, as applicable. Please note that your organisation may be invited to do a demonstration of your technology or provide more details before funding decisions are final.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED ALL DETAILS CONTAINED IN THE END VIOLENCE 2023 SAFE ONLINE OPEN CALLS WEBPAGE BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR APPLICATION. You can review the full Call for Proposals, FAQs and download the editable version of the Application Form on the End Violence Safe Online 2023 Open Calls here. However, the final submission must be made on this online portal. 

Any links you provide that are not specifically requested as evidence of meeting a required criteria will be regarded as supporting documents and may not be studied in detail. End Violence may review external links and record the content of those links with day and hour stamp upon submission. It also reserves the right not to consider any changes made to the content of these links after the submission date of the full proposal.

 

How to Submit:

Please submit your Application Form along with any attachments and supporting documents by Wednesday, 29 March 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Please be mindful of word limits in responses and page limits for supplementary documents as materials included beyond these limits may not be considered. 

If you have technical issues with this form, please reach out to us through the FAQ portal with your contact information. 

Checklist:   

• Full proposal form
• Annex 1 - Guidelines - Results Framework, Monitoring Plan and Project Implementation Plan (to be downloaded from End Violence website)
• Annex 2 - Results Framework and Project Implementation Plan (to be downloaded from End Violence website)
• Annex 3 - Budget and Financial Reporting Template (to be downloaded from End Violence website)
• Annex 4 - Product Requirements Document (to be created by the applicant)
• Annex 5 - Team Structure (to be downloaded from End Violence website)
• Donor/Partner references - optional (to be created by the applicant)
• CVs of the team (to be created by the applicant)
• Evidence of research / methodological experience - *Only for Research Modality 
• Safeguarding Policy (final or draft)
• Compliance
• Audit reports (to be created by the applicant)
• Subcontracting form (where applicable)     

NB: All items on this checklist are to be included/uploaded to this online application form. 

The Safe Online initiative has a clear preference for proposals that can demonstrate:
• Active involvement of local partners and authorities in the design and delivery of activities including strengthening of local capacity through the project;
• A cross-sectorial and holistic approach including the interlinkages between online violence and other forms of abuse against children;
• Strategic partnerships with the Safe Online grantees and partners across levels;
• Alignment with other End Violence Partnership initiatives such as Pathfinding Countries and Safe to Learn; and,
• Availability to match the funding, and a strong evaluation and impact assessment component.

 

IF ELIGIBLE, PLEASE CONTINUE 

List the key partners or collaborators for the implementation of this project. Confirmation of the status of the partnerships and collaborations via written commitment such as signed MoU or, in the case of verbal commitment only, a support letter for the project from listed partners or collaborators is highly encouraged.

If your organisation is working with local organisations, please make specific reference to this here.

 

Suggested Format for response:

Partner 1

Name of organisation: 

Type of organisation: 

Area of work: 

Contact person: 

Purpose of partnership: 

Status of partnership: (e.g. actual or potential)

 

 Partner 2

Name of organisation: 

Type of organisation: 

Area of work: 

Contact person: 

Purpose of partnership: 

Status of partnership: (e.g. actual or potential)

 

ADD MORE PARTNERS AS REQUIRED