2025 RISK Award on Disaster Risk Reduction: Call for Applications

About the Award:

• Topic: “Children and youths as agents of change for DRR”
• Project funding of up to €100,000
• Application deadline: 13 October
• Winners ceremony at the Global Platform for DRR in June 2025, in Geneva

Goals:

• The RISK Award has been set up to help improve risk reduction and disaster management by providing financial support to projects dedicated to these issues.
• The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) highlights the importance of children and young people in DRR
• Target region: developing and emerging countries in the Global South

Focus of the Award: Children and Youths

• Over 1 billion children affected by disasters since 2000
• Approximately 1 billion children at high risk due to climate impacts
• 2025 RISK Award dedicated to empowering children and youths in disaster risk reduction

Eligibility:

• The project must be non-profit
• The project must include an implementation part (action)
• The risks must be related to climate change and natural hazards.
• Risks due to social turmoil, war, chemical disasters, and/or political crises are not in the scope of the RISK Award.

Evaluation

• We will evaluate the proposals according to 5 indicators: (1) Potential for impact, (2) Equity, (3) Scalability, (4) Viability and Sustainability, (5) Institutional capacity.
• Clearly define your target group and beneficiaries
• Clearly define the outputs, outcomes and impact
• The online sessions are NOT mandatory for the application process.

Dates and Deadlines

• Online Seminars: 24 July & 25 September 2024
• Deadline: 13 October 2024
• Individual notification of application status: 01 April 2025
• Winner announcement: June 2025

Apply HERE for the 2025 RISK Award to make a difference in disaster risk reduction!