Deadline: 8-Mar-22
UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme is launching a call for proposals (CFP) to seek partnership in the implementation of innovative public space projects in Brazil, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Niger, Nigeria and South Africa.
Funding Information
Size of grant: up to $20,000
Expected Results
- National and local authorities, non-profit organisations, as well as community-based organisations are invited to submit proposals which aim to achieve the following expected result:
- Influence cities to recognize the importance public space policies to protect and maximise public space areas.
- Effective creation, protection, design, and management of public spaces, particularly in disadvantaged communities in rapidly urbanizing cities and towns, as critical preconditions for poverty reduction and the fulfilment of human rights in urban areas.
- Re-build confidence about being out in urban and public spaces following the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Increase public participation in public spaces’ planning and design processes.
Outcome
Proposal must demonstrate that they contribute to the following outcome:
- Improved local policies, plans and designs for safe, inclusive, and accessible public spaces for all which supports more compact, better integrated and well connected, socially inclusive and resilient cities and neighbourhoods in partner cities.
What they are looking for?
- In this call for proposals, UN-Habitat is looking for implementing partnerships with national and local governments, non-profit organisations as well as community-based organisations that can manage and deliver innovative public space upgrading and regeneration projects. The projects will demonstrate that multifunctional public spaces can contribute to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG11.7: “by 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, particularly for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities”.
- Interested applicants shall propose a project that aims at the implementation of small-scale public spaces. The proposal shall present the importance of stakeholder engagement, citizen participation, assessments, quality design, policy and management for the development of multifunctional public space, demonstrating how even smaller public space interventions can have a larger impact on neighbourhoods and cities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Legal Status
- Certificate of registration/incorporation i.e.,
- Proof of registration in Country of Origin
- Proof of registration of Country of operation
- Proof of country operational presence
- Organization profile and details
- Clear organization profile and structure of the organization indicating:
- Organization’s vision, mission, and objectives
- Management structure
- Members of the Governing Board and their Designations duly certified by the Corporate Secretary, or its equivalent document
- Proof of membership to professional associations if any.
- Financial Capacity
- Audited company financial statements (balance sheet and income statement) and auditors report for the last two years (exception to governments and community-based organisations)
For more information, visit https://unhabitat.org/calls/call-for-proposals-small-scale-public-space-implementation-projects
