Commons and citizen participation from a social and environmental justice perspective

Description

1) Objective

This call is dedicated to research projects that address the contribution of the commons to democratic issues and citizen participation. Research questions will be addressed through the lens of social and environmental justice.  This call is dedicated to teams of researchers and social actors engaged both in the production of new research and in a public policy dialogue with public actors, at an appropriate level (central, deconcentrated, decentralized).

The research projects will focus in a complementary manner on:

• The democratic and citizen participation practices within the commons.
• The transformative power and inspirational value of the commons through their interactions with public actors and their power to act within public action, with regard to the way in which public actors associate the commons with the creation and implementation of public policies.

2) Eligibility

AFD encourages applicant teams to call on a variety of partners to meet the requirements of this call. The application should specify the team’s lead institution: it can be an academic institution (university, research center, laboratory, think tank, etc.) or a social actor that would lead/facilitate the public policy dialogue.

3) Location

The research projects will have to be based on empirical analyses allowing highlighting and analyzing the existing commons. These analyses will be carried out if possible in countries according to the following priorities:

In priority 1: South Africa, Vietnam, Indonesia, Senegal, Morocco, Colombia, Rwanda
In priority 2: India, Ecuador, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Balkans – Serbia, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Nigeria, Niger, Uganda
In priority 3: Bolivia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Angola, Papua New Guinea, Mauritius, Armenia, Central African Forest States

4) Budget

The budgets requested by each research project proposal should not be less than EUR 30,000 and not exceed EUR 200,000. Co-financing is encouraged.

5) Application

The application deadline is 23 July 2023. A full proposal must be submitted. All application templates can be downloaded at the given website.