ITJA Project: Call for Proposals

The ITJA aims to support the popularization and implementation of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy by providing technical and financial support to civil society organizations and local groups to implement TJ initiatives that are informed by the AUTJP.

This initiative primarily seeks to empower victims, marginalized groups, and communities affected by conflict to achieve accountability, justice, redress, reconciliation, and sustainable peace. The ATJLF in partnership with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) form a consortium of organizations supporting civil society and state actors in the implementation of the AUTJP in transitional justice processes on the continent.

The call for proposals seeks to support initiatives aligned with the following objectives:

1. Strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), victims’ groups, women and youth to meaningfully participate in the design, implementation and monitoring of Transitional Justice processes that are informed by the AUTJP.
2. Increase awareness and popularization of the AUTJP among citizens and stakeholders in affected communities.
3. Promote agency and active citizen engagement and dialogue on transitional justice through civil society and victim-led initiatives.
4. Activate citizen’s participation in domestic transitional justice processes and monitoring of the AUTJP’s implementation.
5. To promote accountability through African transitional justice mechanisms while ensuring wide consultations with the various strides of affected societies, in particular with women, youths and victims’ groups.
6. To leverage digital innovation and technology to advance inclusive and effective transitional justice processes.

1) The fund prioritizes the following groups: victim centres and survivor groups, local NGOs and community-based organizations (CBOs), women’s groups and youth networks working on Transitional Justice initiatives in areas affected by conflict and violence across Africa.

2) Media and Tech-Based Organizations: This call also targets media and tech groups who can leverage digital innovations to promote the documentation of mass atrocities, accountability, citizen awareness and engagement with transitional justice.

The Fund will focus on specific themes as follows:

1) Victim participation in Truth, Justice, Reconciliation and Accountability processes.

2) Women and Youth engagement in transitional justice processes.

3) Projects incorporating African shared values and leveraging on traditional reconciliation/ justice mechanisms.

4) Projects focused on designing and utilizing digital technologies to promote the documentation of mass atrocities, accountability, citizen awareness and engagement with transitional justice.

5) Projects that focus on popularizing the African Union Transitional Justice Policy to various stakeholders (e.g community leaders, traditional leaders, religious leaders, etc in local communities.

Organizations will be eligible if they satisfy the following criteria:

• A Registered civil society organization or community-based group operating in any of the priority African countries in this call;
• Demonstrated experience in transitional justice, human rights, or related fields. · Have ongoing projects/Initiatives addressing specific needs within the scope of the call.
• Must have at least three (3) staff members (including the Founder/Director)
• Must have a functional bank account (corporate) in the country of operation
• Must have a clearly defined operational structure – accounting processes and procedures, management structure, evidence of monthly/quarterly/semi-annual or annual financial accounting
• Must be known or embedded in communities that have experienced atrocities or human rights violations and have strong connections and networks with victims, survivors and the community in which they operate.
• Must already be working on human rights and transitional justice issues in the identified communities in the countries of focus

• This call targets CSOs and CBOs working in areas affected by conflict and violence across the continent but priority will be given to CSOs and CBOs working in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, The Gambia, South Sudan, Niger, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. CBOS and CSOs from these countries are strongly encouraged to apply.