Deadline: 30-Jun-20
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced the Call for Proposals for engaging an NGO/CSO as Responsible Party for managing small grants programme to support participatory budgeting mechanism setting up in the 8 target communities of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (government-controlled areas – GCAs).
Objectives
The overall objective of this Call for Proposals is to select an NGO/CSO as a Responsible Party for:
- managing the process of allocation of small grants to NGOs/CSOs and initiatives groups (with organizational support of partner NGOs/CSOs where necessary) and to ensure its effective implementation in 8 target communities of Donetsk and Luhansk (government-controlled areas – GCAs) oblasts, which are piloting participatory budgeting mechanisms;
- building capacities of the NGOs, CSOs and initiative groups selected by communities on a participatory competitive basis to effectively plan, implement and report on their projects supported.
Funding Information
- The overall maximum amount made available under this Call for Proposals is equal to USD 80,000.00 of which:
- USD 55,000 is the is Small Grants Pool Fund for the provision of the small grants to support participatory budgeting mechanism setting up in 8 target communities of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (government-controlled areas – GCAs);
- USD 8,250 is the maximum amount of the administration and management services costs of the Selected Responsible Party for the management of Small Grants Pool Fund;
- USD 16,750 is the maximum amount of costs for capacity building of selected NGOs/CSOs. The RP selected will cover all costs related to capacity building activities – logistics, lodging, meals for participants and trainers), experts’/trainers’ fee, materials print, rent of conference room, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
Interested NGOs/CSOs must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the selection:
- Non-governmental, public, charitable, non-profit organization officially registered in Ukraine for at least 2 years;
- Experience in the management of grant programmes (at least two grant programmes with a total number of recipients over 20);
- Experience in the management of participatory budget mechanism setting up in local communities (at least one project and experience of work with initiative groups)
- Experience in project implementation or execution of contracts for the provision of professional services in the area of grant programmes management with a total budget of projects/contracts from USD 40,000.00;
- Legal status of the organization should enable it to receive grants pool from UNDP without the Responsible Party’s incurring in tax liabilities.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=66937
