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Gavi funding for civil society organisations
A funding mechanism providing grants for CSOs working to reach zero-dose children and missed communities.
About the Gavi CSO funding mechanism
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate more than half the world's children against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. In December 2021, the Gavi Board approved a new Civil Society and Community Engagement (CSCE) approach and introduced a new requirement for countries to allocate at least 10% of combined health system strengthening (HSS), Equity Accelerator Fund (EAF) and Targeted Country Assistance (TCA) ceilings for CSO implementation. To support this and help increase immunisation coverage in lower-income countries, Gavi has launched a series of opportunities for civil society organisations (CSOs) to apply for funding directly from Gavi. These include country-specific calls for proposals, alongside single-source funding driven by countries and approved by governments. This approach reflects a wider commitment from governments to endorse the role of CSOs in extending immunisation services to reach all communities.
There are three clear aims of the CSO funding mechanism.
- to increase immunisation coverage and reduce the number of zero-dose and under-immunised children;
- to support the roll-out of HPV vaccines to increase coverage; and
- to support the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines as an integral part of routine immunisation to increase both COVID-19 and routine immunisation coverage.
This funding mechanism supports Gavi to engage and work with a diverse range of CSOs and reach even more communities in Gavi eligible countries.
How does the CSO funding mechanism work?
Gavi is supported by MannionDaniels, a global health and social development consultancy, which is working with Oxford Policy Management (OPM) in a consortium to manage the end-to-end funding mechanism. This includes the design of the calls for proposals receive applications, and the management of grants to national and local CSOs to implement vaccination projects focused on increasing demand generation, community engagement, and service delivery. Their extensive experience as fund managers ensures all components of the grant management process is considered: from application, due diligence, pre-award review, contracting and initial disbursement, to project delivery and learning, monitoring and reporting. Successful grantees are supported every step of the way.
Opportunities for funding are tailored to country requirements
No one solution is appropriate for every Gavi-eligible country; therefore, opportunities for funding are unique to each context.
All open calls for proposals are posted on the Funding opportunities page and is available and tailored to each specific country opportunity as and when an open call for proposals is live. Please note that all applications should be completed on Grantelope, our online grant management system.
Our impact
The CSO funding mechanism aims to reach communities missed by previous immunisation efforts, including those most marginalised by poverty, geography, and conflict. To achieve this vision, the CSO funding mechanism enables Gavi to increase support directly to civil society organisations (CSOs) and local partners who are well positioned to extend Gavi’s reach to previously missed or underserved populations.
As of December 2024, the CSO funding mechanism has achieved:
Analysis of results and case studies and learnings will be shared as the CSOs start delivering and reporting on their activities. This page will be updated six-monthly with the next update due September 2025.
Where we are working
The CSO funding mechanism delivers country-specific calls for proposals, as well as single-source funding; all driven by countries and approved by governments.
Select the map below to find out more about our current project countries.
Next update: September 2025
Contact us
Send all media or communications related enquiries regarding Gavi’s CSO funding mechanism to communications-gavi-cso@manniondaniels.com
If an applicant has concerns or questions relating to their proposal, they should submit a query to the support enquiry mailbox: gavi-cso@manniondaniels.com
Alternatively, applicants and grantees can raise a query directly on Grantelope, the online grants management system for Gavi’s CSO funding mechanism.
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Last updated: 2 May 2025