UNDP/Montenegro: Call for Proposals for Gender Aware Society

Deadline: 1-Mar-22

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is inviting Civil Society Organizations, focusing on media and issues of gender equality and women’s rights, to submit proposals to:

• Contribute to the creation of an enabling environment fostering the public discourse that enables reduction in structural inequality between women and men, through:
  • Innovative awareness raising initiatives:
    • development of innovative communication products;
    • implementation of innovative awareness raising campaigns (online and offline);
    • engagement of influencers from diverse areas, including but not limited to, media, culture, art, STEM, academia, CSOs, etc.
    • with transformative potential to influence the development of similar initiatives through creation and fostering of partnerships and cooperation with diverse set of stakeholders.
  • Utilizing media, culture and art to convey messages that promote favorable social norms and values, including but not limited to:
    • women’s rights and anti-discrimination;
    • gender equality, promotion of diversity and social inclusion;
    • women’s political and economic empowerment;
    • women’s participation in decision making and democratic governance;
    • ending gender based violence and femicide;
    • other.

Scope

The Project builds on the strong links of UNDP with civil society organizations (CSOs) in Montenegro and UNDP’s work on promoting the gender equality and favorable social norms and values. Civil society, plays a crucial role in the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights. Additionally, the role of CSOs is instrumental – in terms of their networks, outreach and innovation – to facilitating the required behavioral and attitudinal changes for tackling the structural barriers to gender equality.

Objectives

• The support to Civil Society Organizations, particularly those in the area of media, to contribute to the creation of an enabling environment fostering the public discourse that enables reduction in structural inequality between women and men, under EU funded Project “Communicating Gender Equality”.
• The objective of this Call for Proposals is to contribute to changing attitudes and perceptions regarding gender equality through awareness raising work with the aim of creating the enabling environment for achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Montenegro.

Funding Information

Total eligible amount of funding under this small-scale grant will be est. up to 5000 USD.

Eligibility Criteria

CSOs that have specialized knowledge, expertise and track record of working focusing on media, gender equality and women’s human rights.

Evaluation Criteria

Proposals passing the eligibility criteria will be scored against the following:

• Relevance of the proposal (20 points): quality of the context analysis and assessment;
• Implementation strategies (30 points): Soundness of strategy, proposed activities, and expected results against the problem analysis in designing the project;
• Budget Proposal (20 points); and
• Applicants’ institutional capacity and relevant experience (30 points) Minimum score to be eligible is 70 points.

For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=88161