GCA is an international organization that works as a solutions broker to catalyze action and support for climate adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector. This is to ensure that we learn from each other and work together for a climate resilient future. Adapting to the impacts of climate change provides a “win-win” for livelihoods, food security, water supply, health, security, and economic growth. GCA’s work elevates the visibility and political importance of climate adaptation and facilitates solutions, such as smarter investments, new technologies and better planning for more resilience to climate related threats. GCA is a rapidly growing organization with offices in Abidjan, Beijing, Dhaka, Groningen, and Rotterdam and a planned new office in Nairobi in 2025. 

GCA’s 2020-2025 business plan and strategy have three pillars:  

• Programs: Food Security; Using Nature for more resilient infrastructure; Water for Urban Growth and Resilience; Climate Finance; Youth Leadership.
• Knowledge: Building adaptation knowledge globally through cutting edge products such as the State and Trends in Adaptation Report and the Adaptation Knowledge Portal.
• Advocacy and Awareness: Formulating policy messages to move the global, regional, and local adaptation agendas forward.

With financial support from Global Affairs, Canada, GCA will contribute to gender transformation and equity in the scaling up of digital tools to promote climate adaptation technologies and innovations in the design and implementation of agricultural and rural development investment projects across Africa. It will contribute to targeted interventions that empower women farmers through gender-responsive implementation of Climate Smart Digital Adaptation Technologies (CSDAT) by IFIs, and Project Implementation Units, overseeing investment projects, among other stakeholders.

This GCA project will generate insights by identifying gender gaps in the implementation of CSDAT-related components of investment projects to contribute to the integration of genderresponsive approaches that prioritize the voices of women farmers, producer associations, and cooperatives in future projects This will ensure that efforts at promoting climate adaptation not only enhance resilience but also promote equitable opportunities for women in climate-smart agriculture.

• Only registered non-profit organizations (INGO, NGO, CBO, Company Limited by Guarantee) are eligible to receive a sub-grant from GCA.
• The organizations responding to this call must meet the minimum eligibility criteria and demonstrate their capacity to implement all the technical criteria.
• Proposals and all supporting documents must be submitted as a PDF, no later than, 30 May 2025, 04:00 p.m., Central European Time (CET) to subgrants@gca.org , with copy to Oladimeji.Oladele@gca.org and Mercy.Nyambura@gca.org.
• The proposal must include:

• Important to note:

• Proposals received after the closing date and time will not be considered. Organizations will be notified once a decision about the Sub-Grant is made.
• For all questions or requests for additional information contact Oladimeji.Oladele@gca.org and Mercy.Nyambura@gca.org. The email subject heading should be clearly marked with the following information: Call for Partnership – Gender-Responsive Digital Climate Advisory (DCAS) Assessment Study and Training in Eastern and Southern Africa
• If an interested organization has concerns about completing the template, please reach out to subgrants@gca.org.
• Proposals and all supporting documents must be drafted in English.
• GCA reserves the right to decline disclosure of the specificity of decision derived by GCA mission due to reasons related to confidentiality.
• GCA reserves the right to accept or reject any submissions, and to annul the selection process and reject all submissions at any time, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected implementing partners.

Please download the Call for Partnerships document for more information