Deadline: 15-Dec-20
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hereby invites you to participate in a Call for Proposals for CSO/NGO to support Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) project, Innovative Finance as Instruments for Social Protection and Economic Recovery in Post Pandemic in Palu, Central Sulawesi.
In Indonesia, it is expected that the country will experience an increase in poverty and inequality in the short run. The Government of Indonesia (GoI) is planning to expand the social assistance to those impacted by the pandemic but not yet been recorded in the system. This issue raises a need to explore sources of financing for social assistance during and post-largescale social restriction. Innovation in measures and ways to help communities cope and recover from the repercussions of COVID-19 becomes crucial.
Such innovations allow stakeholders to strengthen existing government’s social protection system and to facilitate the involvement of the private sector and philanthropy in ensuring social protection for most affected people, including households, MSMEs, informal workers, and vulnerable groups.
Key Activities
To achieve targeted program output in Innovative Finance as instruments for social protection and economic recovery in post-pandemic in Palu, Central Sulawesi, there are activities need to be implemented as follows:
- Identity initiatives of local government and community organizations related to the provision of social protection assistance programs at a local level.
- Identify the resources of funding that can be used for local finance social protection assistance programs.
- Identify challenges and problems faced by local government and community organizations in initiating and implementing social protection assistance programs at a local level
- Stakeholder engagement and community mobilization whereas communication with communities is established and agreed including setting up feedback mechanism at a community level. The engagement at local community should be included women, PwDs and others, vulnerable group.
- Preliminary design financing innovation activities that will be done for the community involving local and national innovative financing institutions.
- Conducting activities with communities and innovative financial institutions to guarantee that social protection increased especially for households, MSMEs, informal workers, and vulnerable groups.
Eligibility Criteria
The grant recipient (civil society or non-governmental organization) with experience in:
- At least 4 years or more of work experience in the area of collaborative management of community development, livelihood, local development planning and stakeholder coordination in rural areas. The proposal shall include the structure of Team Leader and members and their background and areas of expertise.
- At least 4 years of experiences working with the Government of Indonesia on related key issues of social protection, environment, disaster management, or economic/livelihood development would be an advantage.
Selection Criteria
The Selection Criteria are as follows:
- Method (30%): proposed methodology, work plan, approach, timeline, completeness of deliverables, including how the organization applies gender inclusion in its program.
- Identity (20%): registration status, having a specific status if that is necessary for the country context, etc.
- Capacity (25%): specialized knowledge and experience on similar engagement, standard operating procedure, financial report (audit report if available).
- Utilization of resources (20%): financial SOP, realistic budget for how funds will be spent (in accordance with UNDP standard cost: UN Harmonized Cost Rates, etc.).
- Submission Requirements (5%): ideas presented, including any requirements with regards to the utilization of resources, reporting, duration, and other formal criteria.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=73676