Deadline: 20 April 2019
The Assistance for the Development of Afghan Legal Access and Transparency (ADALAT) is inviting organizations to apply innovative approaches for the following types of activities:
- Raising awareness of legal rights in Afghan communities where educational and economic opportunity has recently or historically been limited.
- Advocacy campaigns that mobilize citizens and encourage influential authorities to promote social justice and gender equality through better policy and practice.
- Collaboration with justice institutions to encourage accountability and improve the performance and public perception of courts and Huquq. The collaboration should involve research and public engagement. It may, for example, include the collection of data on cases related to divorce, custody or property rights that will contribute to knowledge about how women are treated in the judicial system and how women’s justice needs and interests may be better understood – and met.
ADALAT will fund a program for up to twelve months to implement innovative interventions and to evaluate promising technologies and processes, using an evidence-based approach. Potential grantees should consider credible sources of evidence in order to identify areas for high impact programming, such as data collected by the recent World Justice Project (WJP) and The Asia Foundation (TAF) studies of Afghans’ perceptions of justice sector fairness and effectiveness. The proposed intervention should demonstrate the potential to have a measurable impact on citizen engagement and access to effective justice services. Grant funds will support development of the selected innovations to a point where they are better positioned for additional investment or integration into existing programs and/or systems.
Funding Information
- It is anticipated that each grant award may range from between USD 80,000 – USD 150,000, the final amount will be dependent upon grant activities and final negotiation and may be lower or higher than that range.
- The anticipated period of performance anticipated is 12 months from date of award. The anticipated start date for this program is on or about June 01, 2019.
Eligible Applicants
- Applications should be from qualified Afghan non-governmental organizations, such as private, non-profit organizations (or for-profit companies willing to forego profits), including private voluntary organizations, civil society organizations, universities, research organizations, media houses, professional associations, and relevant special interest associations.
- In addition: –
- Applicants may only submit one application per prime organization under this Request for Applications (RFA).
- Proposal must include expected outcomes and results consistent with and linked to ADALAT’s objectives including an approach to gender integration before and during implementation.
- Must be registered as a legal entity in Afghanistan with one of the key ministries such as MoEC, MoJ, and MoWA.
- Must receive vetting eligibility from the USAID Kabul Vetting Support Unit for the period of the grant agreement.
- Must agree to follow USAID Multi-Tier-Monitoring requirements for remote activity verification including possible use of third party monitors.
- Applicants must operate a separate bank account for this grant under the name of the organization with all staff salaries being paid directly to their respective bank accounts.
- Must have a DUNS number and be registered in the System for Awards Management (SAM).
- Applicants must display sound management in the form of financial, administrative, and technical policies and procedures and present a system of internal controls that safeguard assets; protect against fraud, waste, and abuse; and support the achievement of program goals and objectives. ADALAT will assess this capability prior to awarding a grant.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted electronically via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit http://www.acbar.org/rfq/8543.jsp