Deadline: 17-Jan-22
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, invites qualified organizations to submit proposals for the implementation of its programme of support to Liberia in the areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health, Adolescent and Youth, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, and Population and Development.
The purpose of the Invitation for Proposals is to identify eligible non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for prospective partnership with UNFPA Liberia Country Office/UNFPA West & Central Africa Regional Office to support achievement of results outlined in the 2020-2024 Country Programme Document (CPD).
Areas
- Sexual and Reproductive Health:
- Strengthened capacity to provide Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care(EmONC) through a functional EmONC network, while improving quality of care through integrated midwifery and mentorship programmes that incorporate gender-based violence and adolescent sexual and reproductive health in health facilities;
- training of local medical doctors in obstetric fistula case management, strengthening community level interventions and medical treatment of gender-based violence using the essential service package for SRHR and GBV;
- Effective supply chain systems by improving the logistics management information system to provide reliable data, last mile distribution and tracking of reproductive health commodities;
- family planning outreach and community-based distribution of modern family planning commodities;
- design and implementation of an integrated demand-generation strategy for maternal health and family planning; and
- capacity of the Ministry of Health to deliver an integrated package of SRHR services for adolescents and youth using a multi-sectoral platform, and the three access point model and innovation that improve access for young people.
- Adolescents and Youth:
- advocate for implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education curricula for in-and-out-of-school young people and roll-out of a standardized school health programme;
- fortify the capacity of state and non-state actors and youth leaders and their networks to support access to SRHR information and services;
- build up the capacity of teachers, parents and faith-based organizations using a combination of advocacy, social mobilization and behaviour change communication to fulfil SRHR of adolescent girls and young people; and
- strengthen capacity on adolescent health competencies.
- Gender and Women’s Empowerment:
- strengthen national capacity to deliver high quality and appropriate prevention, multisectoral (health, psychological, economic) responses for the survivors of GBV;
- advocate for the adoption and implementation of laws, policies and regulations, of international human rights standards; and
- strengthen capacity for planning and implementation of gender-transformative approaches for boys and girls.
- Population Dynamics:
- strengthening national capacity and systems in data collection, management and use for development and humanitarian programming, including PHC, LDHS and small area estimates;
- collection, analysis and dissemination of disaggregated data on different forms of gender-based violence and harmful practices through the gender-based violence information management system platform;
- sensitization and advocacy on benefits of achieving the demographic dividend; and
- capacity building of national experts on demographic dividend programming.
Criteria
The expression of interest shall include the following documentation:
- Copy of provisions of legal status of the NGO in Liberia [Required to be eligible for review]
- Copy of provisions of legal status of the NGO in [home country] (for INGOs)
- Attachment I – NGO Profile and Programme Proposal
- Latest annual report and audit report as separate documents or hyperlink to the documents
Selection Criteria
Eligible organizations will be selected in a transparent and competitive manner, based on their capacity to ensure the highest quality of service, including the ability to apply innovative strategies to meet programme priorities in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
For more information, visit https://liberia.unfpa.org/en/submission/partnership-implementation-unfpa-liberia-country-programme-document-2020-2024