AICS launches CFPs on Recovery, Stability and Socio-economic Development in Libya

Deadline: 14 February 2020

This Call for Proposals is an integral part of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)-implemented Italian Cooperation Component of the “Recovery, Stability and Socio-economic Development in Libya” Programme, which is financed under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EU Trust Fund) and comprises two additional components implemented by UNDP and UNICEF.

Objectives of the Programme

Within the Specific Objectives and Results set in the broader Action – as stated in the Action Fiche, the Italian Cooperation Component’s Logframe is aligned to the EU Trust Fund – North of Africa window and contributes to:

• the Strategic Objective 4 “To foster more inclusive social and economic environment and stability in the region”;
• the Specific Objective VII “Stability and recovery of local communities, including migrant populations on the move and returnees, is progressively enhanced, most notably in conflict or post-conflict areas”;
• the Immediate Outcomes 3, 4 and 5 on institutional capacity building, and the Immediate Outcome 8 on awareness raising, as outlined below as Outputs of this specific Programme:
  • Professional competences and/or awareness of staff working for the supported institutions/ entities increased [EUTF IO.3];
  • Equipment of the supported institutions/ entities enhanced [EUTF IO.4];
  • General infrastructure enhanced [EUTF IO.5];
  • Awareness/sensitivity of general public regarding all aspects of migration enhanced [EUTF IO.8]

Specific Objectives

In order to achieve the above-mentioned Outputs, the global objective of this call for proposal is to rehabilitate- and build capacity to operate – basic service facilities in the health sector, in line with Output 2, 3 and 4 of this Programme, as outlined above.

The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals (CfP) are:

• basic service facilities upgraded in the municipalities listed below through supply of equipment and rehabilitation/maintenance works;
• relevant service providers’ personnel capacity built in the management, operation and maintenance of the upgraded facilities, including the provided equipment;
• awareness raised among the target population on inclusive access to services.

Program Lots & Funding Information

• Lot 1: Municipalities: Ajdabiya, Benghazi, Kufra (Upgrading of public health facilities)
  • Minimum amount: EUR 1,315,000
  • Maximum amount: EUR 1,545,000
• Lot 2: Municipalities: Al Bayda, Tobruk (Upgrading of public health facilities)
  • Minimum amount: EUR 1,280,000
  • Maximum amount: EUR 1,505,000
• Lot 3: Municipalities: Bani Walid, Khoms, Misrata, Zintan (Upgrading of public health, education facilities and provision of WASH equipment)
  • Minimum amount: EUR 2,478,000
  • Maximum amount: EUR 2,915,000
• Lot 4: Municipalities: Maya/Maamoura, Sabratha, Sorman (Upgrading of public health and education facilities)
  • Minimum amount: EUR 2,128,000
  • Maximum amount: EUR EUR 2,503,000
• Lot 5: Municipalities: Brak al Shati, Quatrum, Murzuk, Sebha, Shawerif (Upgrading of public health and education facilities)
  • Minimum amount: EUR 2,926,000
  • Maximum amount: EUR 3,442,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
    • be a legal person and
    • be non-profit making and
    • be a non-governmental organisation and
    • be established in a Member State of the European Union or in countries eligible under EDF- ENI and DCI- funded programmes
      • For British applicants: Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. Unless sector-specific eligibility rules provide otherwise, if the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible to participate) or will be required to leave the project on the basis of Article [insert reference to the Article allowing termination of the grant agreement (change of the legal situation of the beneficiary)] of the grant agreement’.
    • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the coapplicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary and
    • be registered and/or authorized to implement activities in Libya or in the process of being registered/authorized.
  • The lead applicant may act individually or with co-applicant(s).
• Co-applicant(s)
  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.
• Affiliated entities
  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
  • Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to coapplicant(s):
    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
    • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
      • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
        • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
          • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
          • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
          • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
        • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association, …) as the proposed affiliated entities.

For more information, visit https://tunisi.aics.gov.it/home/opportunita/bandi/