For decades in North Africa, high youth unemployment and lack of financing for small and medium enterprises have been preventing young people from developing their full potential. At the same time, the increasingly tangible effects of climate change are having a devastating impact on the region’s economic development. Our GreenWorks Alliance, funded by the Dutch […]
At a time when underemployment, unemployment, and extreme vulnerability to climate change are gaining a stranglehold on North Africa, we cannot afford to ignore the huge unexploited potential of green Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs). Launched in November 2022, the Challenge Fund for a Just Transition (CFJT) builds on our GreenWorks Alliance, but is specifically […]
Together with pioneering green entrepreneurs, climate activists, investors, and civil society actors from the Middle East and Africa we explored the future of just green transitions. Our conclusion? The future of climate adaptation must be inclusive and locally-led.
Immediately following the COP 27, Hivos and the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment will collaborate with New Silk Roads and ElRehla to organize a Futures Lab in Sinai – Egypt, to explore the future of just green transitions in Africa.
This paper underlines why money should flow to the local level and showcases promising examples of locally-led climate solutions. It shows ways for international donors and funds, as well as for intermediaries, to increase and secure the effective flow of financial resources to the local level.
Our GreenWorks program is a pioneering initiative in North Africa funded by the Dutch Foreign Ministry and run by Hivos and over 15 GreenWorks Alliance partners. It contributes to a Just Green Transition by supporting local climate change solutions that create new or improve existing green jobs for 9000 young women and men in North […]
We are seeking Tunisian networks and coalitions to join the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program, and more particularly, to help build a strong movement which advocates for climate rights, just action and climate agendas. Are you (member of) an active movement operating in the field of climate action, part of a formal or […]
Are you interested in partnering with us to ensure societies are more open and inclusive? Do you want to contribute to safeguarding the participation of underrepresented groups demanding social justice? Hivos is seeking a consultant to do a study on mapping and analysis of climate financial flows and instruments in Tunisia in support of the […]
Fake news in the press and on social media is a growing problem in Tunisia. With support from Hivos, the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) set up the fact-checking platform Tunifact in 2021
Applications to the GreenWorks Fund for Just Transition (GFJT) are now open to Small & Growing Businesses Hivos’ GreenWorks program contributes to a Just Green Transition by supporting local climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions that create new and/or support existing green jobs for 9000 young women and men in North Africa. The GreenWorks Program […]
Introduction and background VCA Tunisia is seeking a Monitoring & Evaluation Expert specialising in Outcome Harvesting (OH) to take on the role of OH consultant for the Voices for Just Climate Action program in the country. The OH consultant is expected to support country teams using this methodology to monitor the program results and provide […]
Hivos is seeking a consultant to devise and help initiate a comprehensive donor engagement strategy aimed at identifying and securing European Union (EU) funding in support of Hivos’ Climate Justice impact area in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Specifically, the consultant will support Hivos in building a strong relationship with the EU […]