Apply Now: Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security 2025

Food security is crucial to human well-being, directly impacting the health and stability of individuals and communities. However, many regions face growing food insecurity due to climate change, conflict, and crises. The Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security, funded by IsDB and ISFD and implemented by UNDP, invites Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)—with a focus on community-based organizations, tech-driven CSOs, and social enterprises—to address these challenges through innovative and impactful solutions that contribute to a more secure future.?

Do you represent a CSO with an innovative project aimed at enhancing food security? Are you operating in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, the State of Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, or Yemen? If so, you are invited to join the Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security and further develop your innovative solutions to create a more secure and resilient future with sustainable food access. Building on the success of the 2022 Tadamon Accelerator, this second edition promises to be even more transformative, impactful, and rewarding!

• Table of Content
• About TADAMON
• Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security
• Aim and Benefits of Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security
• Requirements for Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About TADAMON

TADAMON is a community and a platform for CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) in 57 OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) Member Countries.Tadamon provides visibility, funding, capacity building and knowledge. TADAMON uses cutting edge flexible financing mechanisms such as crowdfunding and Islamic social financing. We build partnership across range of avenues to mobilize resources to meet critical noble causes and build a sustainable source of support for vulnerable groups such as Refugees/IDPs, orphans, people with disabilities and the most deprived.... continue reading

Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security

Application Deadline	20 Jan 2025
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	TADAMON
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security

• An 11-week intensive online training program
• 1 – 1 mentorship
• Tailored, engaging modules and sessions on Business Model Development, Impact, Project Development and Management, Finance and Fundraising, and a Thematic Focus on Food Security
• Access to world-class experts and a vibrant community of changemakers
• Funding – grants (up to $40,000), a total amount of $850,000 USD provided to the best-performing CSOs.

Requirements for Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security Qualification

• You are an NGO, association, social enterprise, INGO, foundation, cooperative, community-based organization, or civil society network.
• You are a registered CSO in one of the following 12 countries and planning to implement your project in these countries: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, the State of Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, or Yemen.
• You are a member of the Tadamon Community.
•  You must clearly demonstrate proficiency in both written and spoken English, as the program will be conducted in English.
• Your proposal must align with one of the Accelerator’s thematic areas and contribute to the program’s goal of enhancing food security in 12 conflict-affected countries. The focus should be on improving food access and sustainability for vulnerable communities while promoting innovation.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security

Selection Criteria

• Project feasibility: Your innovative solution is feasible—it can be easily developed, tested, and implemented within 6 months of graduating from the Tadamon Accelerator.
• Innovation novelty: You leverage cutting-edge technologies, digital tools, or introduce new ideas, approaches, products, or services to a target group or market. Projects that effectively integrate technologies such as AI, blockchain, IoT, or data-driven solutions to enhance food security, resource management, or community resilience will be prioritized.
• Established partnerships: You show a willingness and readiness to engage with local or other partners during implementation. Collaboration with INGOs is strongly encouraged.
• Scalability: Your organization demonstrates a need for the proposed solution/innovation and potential to reach new target groups and markets.
• Potential for impact: Your innovative solution has a high potential for impact, which you can demonstrate through a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Management: You have a dedicated team consisting of at least 2 members with relevant backgrounds and expertise.
• Co-financing: You demonstrate a willingness and potential to provide a minimum of 1:2 of the project’s total budget, either as an in-kind contribution or as co-financing from external sources.

In addition to the above selection criteria, the following criteria will also be taken into account when selecting final participants:

• Gender: You promote gender representation, and to ensure gender balance, submitted solutions should be gender-responsive and/or contribute to gender equality. At least 35% of the selected organizations will need to be women-led CSOs.
• Conflict areas and vulnerable groups: You operate in conflict-prone areas and support vulnerable groups.

Application Deadline

January 20, 2025

How to Apply

You can access the Tadamon Accelerator application form once you have signed up. If you’re already a member, you can find the application form in your Tadamon profile. Be sure to provide all the required documents and complete all the questions in the form.

For more details,visit Tadamon webpage