Burkina Faso: Strengthen Resilience of Internally Displaced Populations and Local, Vulnerable Communities

Deadline: 6-Oct-21

The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), with the support of the European Union’s Instrument contributing to Sustaining Peace (IcSP), is implementating a project to “Strengthen the resilience of local authorities in the face of massive population displacements and the Covid-19 pandemic” in the regions Centre-North (Kaya, Kongoussi and Tougouri and the Sahel (Dori).

In coordination with the Ministry of Town Planning, Housing and Cities (MUHV), through the implementation of the project, it will be:

increase the institutional and operational capacities of the municipalities impacted by the influx of populations in order to better respond to the challenges generated by these massive and unexpected arrivals of populations;
increase the access to basic social services (school, health, drinking water and sanitation) and to suitable housing for the benefit of vulnerable communities (IDPs and local people) in the face of the strong pressure induced by the unprecedented population growth;
contribute to strengthening the socio-economic and health resilience of vulnerable internally displaced and indigenous communities, especially women and girls through income-generating activities;
to strengthen social cohesion, peaceful living together, the mitigation of stigmatization of vulnerable communities and ultimately the consolidation of peace, and finally
reduce the environmental impact of the humanitarian crisis.

Centered on a participatory planning approaches putting the beneficiary populations and local and regional administrative services at the heart of its implementation strategy, the implementation of the project in the cities of Kaya, Kongoussi, Tougouri and Dori builds upon the establishment of Municipal Urban Resilience Cells ( CMRU) for each city with the support of certain local associative structures (CSOs or local NGOs).

The implementation of certain activities related to the strengthening of the socio-economic and health resilience of vulnerable populations (IDPs as well as local people) and the reduction of the environmental impact of the security and humanitarian crisis will be ensured by associative structures in the regions of Centre Nord and / or Sahel with proven experience in the conduct of activities in the context of a humanitarian emergency.

Activities

Strengthening socio-economic resilience
- Identify suitable income-generating activities for women in vulnerable situations (both local people as well as IDPs), tailored to the local context (including the security and humanitarian crisis settings as well as the existing skills), (including those under B);
- Organize consultations with each CMRU for the validation of the proposed lists of activities for income generating activities;
- Develop training modules around the identified promising income-generating activities;
- Facilitate micro-clusters of businesses focused on creating a productive alliance between local and IDP women.
Environmental protection, green jobs and circular green economy (including waste recovery and greening of urban spaces)
- Organize training sessions on the management chain (collection, sorting and recycling) of household waste for the inhabitants of the project’s neighbourhoods and introduce opportunities for businesses development around waste management and environmental protection);
- Based on the trainings, equip community groups (Local Cooperatives for Housing and Waste Recovery) with equipment for the collection, sorting and recycling of waste;
- Design and organise awareness raising activities (e.g. in schools, which have benefitted from the project’s investments and for the women beneficing for the) on the importance of environmental protection;
- Acquire and install bins in public spaces in areas benefitting from the project implementation;
- Organize activities for planting and maintenance of green spaces in public spaces in the project neighbourhoods or nearby, based on proposals and in coordination with the CMRU.
Reducing and preventing Gender-Based Violence
- Organize community awareness forums and/or activities on GBV in informal settlements with high concentrations of IDPs and within SATs (e.g. theatre sessions; or similar);
- Develop a communication strategy around GBV including design and disseminate key messages to be disseminated on local media on the risks of GBV (including in local languages) or information materials around GBV;
- Organize training sessions for actors at regional and provincial level (Kaya, Kongoussi and Dori) on how to reduce GBV in their areas of responsibilities.
Hygiene and public health
- Organize awareness campaigns for IDP and indigenous communities on good practices in hygiene and sanitation adapted to their current living environment (with limited access to water and sanitation);
- Design and disseminate relevant messages on good practices in hygiene and environmental public health;
- Organize activities on public health actions in schools, health centers, green spaces, public gardens, etc., including on the impact of environmental degradation on health;
- Organize, in conjunction with regional and / or provincial health services, awareness campaigns to prevent the spread of Covid-19;
- Provide communities with materials for reducing the spread and preventing Covid-19.

Eligibility Criteria

Legal Status
- Certificate of registration / incorporation ie,
- 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.