UNDP: Sustainable Collaboration Between Veterans and Local Authorities in Ukraine

Deadline: 27-Apr-21

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a call for proposals for the Sustainable collaboration between veterans and local authorities in the hromadas of Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr oblasts.

The purpose of this Call for Proposals is to inform non-governmental organizations operating in Ukraine on the grant competition held by the United Nations Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme and to explicate the procedure for submitting project proposals.

The United Nations Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme is implemented by four UN Agencies:
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women),
the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and
the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Components

The Programme’s interventions are grouped under the following key Programme components, which reflect the region’s priority needs:

Component I: Economic Recovery and Rehabilitation of Critical Infrastructure
Component II: Local Governance and Decentralization Reform
Component III: Community Security and Social Cohesion (CSSC).

Mandatory outputs to achieve the overall project goal, objectives and deliverables:

Each selected target hromada of Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr oblasts has in place active working groups on veteran reintegration:
- Select hromadas to participate in the project. The selection should take into account those hromadas in the target oblasts where the UN RPP is currently operating.
- Develop Provisions on working groups, define the composition of the working group, formally agree the documents with the local authority and approve them through formal and informal consultations with the veteran community.
- Arrange an information campaign on the activities of working groups in the target hromadas (by own efforts or with subcontracting).
- Hold introductory meetings with representatives of the veteran community in each target hromada.
- Perform a socio-demographic analysis (by own efforts or with subcontracting) of each target hromada, using open data and inquiries, in particular exploring the socio-economic capacity of the hromada, local policies and regulations related to the reintegration of veterans. Socio-demographic analysis should include expert interviews with key field experts.
- If applicable, cooperate with veterans’ spaces funded by the UN RPP in the target hromadas.
There are formal and efficient working relations with civil society organizations, local authorities, relevant executive bodies:
- In each target hromada conduct an analysis of potential partners (by own efforts or with subcontracting) among civil society organizations, local authorities, and relevant executive bodies at the level of the target hromada, raion, oblast.
- Hold working meetings and establish working relationship with identified potential partners in each target hromada in Zhytomyr and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
Veterans participate in other community-based tools of local democracy through working groups:
- Analyze tools of local democracy being available and in use in each target hromada (by own efforts or with subcontracting).
- If necessary, conduct training for veterans on the use of local democracy tools.
A record of a public event on the needs of veterans; the event should bring together all target hromadas in Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr oblasts:
- Develop a program for an event that will bring together stakeholders both from the target and other oblasts.
Implemented advocacy measures to improve the opportunities for medical and psychological rehabilitation and social adaptation of veterans in the target hromadas:
- Develop an algorithm for processing inquiries in the hromada knowing the availability of services and service providers in each particular hromada.
- Identify the key issues that the working group will deal with to support the reintegration of veterans in the hromada.
- Conduct a series of advocacy activities.
- If necessary, cooperate with experts of the UN RPP in the field of veteran reintegration.
- If necessary, provide training on advocacy for the veteran community.

Duration

The project shall start on May 10, 2021. The project shall be fully completed by March 31, 2022.

Eligibility Criteria

The Call for Proposals is intended for organizations interested in working with local hromadas to support the reintegration of ATO and JFO veterans. Potential grantees must have experience in project implementation, working with ATO and JFO veterans and related groups (veterans’ families), as well as experience in working with local authorities. Experience in advocacy activities, information campaigns, and analytical work will be a significant advantage.
Non-governmental or charitable organizations wishing to participate in this competition must meet the following requirements:
- be officially registered and have the status of a legal entity in the Government controlled areas (GCAs);
- have the status of a non-profit or charitable organization (non-profit activity codes 0032, 0034, 0036, 0038, 0039 or 0048);
- have at least 3 years of relevant experience;
- have confirmed experience in implementing and reporting on at least two projects dedicated to the competition’s topic. The applicants must provide examples of the implemented project results.
- have experience in working with ATO and JFO veterans and their families;
- have experience in working with local authorities and understand the principles of the local self-government;
- having experience in the target oblasts (Dnipropetrovsk and/or Zhytomyr) will be a significant advantage.
- have relevant experts and project staff to implement the project (project manager, financial expert/accountant, and other specialists to respond to the project needs, e.g. on-staff or involved specialist/consultant on social adaptation of ATO and JFO veterans, communications expert, etc.). Should the experts be involved only on the condition that the project proposal is selected, the application must include the key requirements for each of the specialists envisaged by the project (field-specific education, work experience, etc.). The project team must include ATO and JFO veterans. Their participation must be supported with documentary evidence.
Project staff must meet the following requirements:
- The project team should at least consist of: a project manager (in charge of the general coordination of project implementation and reporting to the UN RPP), an accountant (in charge of accounting and financial reporting), and persons directly involved in the project implementation;
- At least half of the project team members must have higher education (this requirement applies to those being directly in charge of the project implementation);
- At least one year of experience in the public sector (for the project manager);
- Language proficiency ??- fluency in Ukrainian;
- The accountant must have higher (accounting) education, experience in accounting for at least two years;
- Willingness to follow all rules and regulations of cooperation set by the international donor.