Deadline: 11-Apr-2024
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is looking CSOs, NNGOs and CBOs based in Abyei with demonstrated capacity to deliver inter-and-intra stakeholders dialogue and trauma awareness support to advance social cohesion and peacebuilding.
The situation in Abyei has been characterized by the lack of an agreement on the final status of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, and South Sudan’s referendum for independence in 2011. The highly politicized environment, insecurity, and violent conflicts have created restrictions in ways that threaten UN programme delivery in accordance with the UN principles of neutrality, impartiality, and leaving no one behind. At the local level, inter-communal violence between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya represent the primary factor that has impeded stability, reconciliation, and recovery in the area. More recently the conflict in Sudan and Twic conflict with Abyei have exacerbated the humanitarian and situation in Abyei.
The lives of women and girls continue to be marked by violence and discrimination, including reports of rape and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV), women and girls face a host of protection concerns connected to intimate partner violence (IPV) in addition to child, early and forced marriages (CEFM), rooted in societal perceptions of women and girls as commodities and valuation of females in terms of the bride wealth (dowry), as revealed through other assessments. The rationale behind the UN Joint Programme is that vulnerability and severe poverty and gender discrimination reinforce fault lines and act as conflict drivers between communities in the Abyei area. Competition over natural resources, especially during migration season, is additional conflict trigger and often increases the risk of attacks targeted on women and children. The severe effects of climate change and the lack of interventions proposing mitigating these effects for the agro-pastoralist communities in the Abyei box further increase community vulnerabilities and compromise efforts to promote peaceful coexistence.
Objectives
- The objective of this call for proposal is to facilitate local communities to engage in peace building, by promoting dialogue, mediation, and community interdependency initiative; supporting women and youth’s role in the peace process and strengthening communities’ social economic and cultural ties that support community relationships and build peace. UNDP seeks to identify credible and capable CSOs and youth groups presently working in the identified conflict clusters to undertake some of the proposed initiatives in the call for proposal. UNDP also seeks the services of one international NGO with proven capacity to transfer skills to local CSOs as part of the sustainability of the project.
- Main project initiatives include.
- To support dialogue between various Ngok Dinka subsections on conflict issues cutting across various conflict axes and border communities, including peaceful utilization of resources,
- To conduct women- and youth-led inter-and intra-communal and inter-generational dialogues to reach consensus on the types of initiatives both communities agree would have an impact on reducing conflict and violence,
- To conduct awareness raising workshops, seminars and accompanying events promoting peaceful coexistence,
- To support peace committees for conflict resolution and community stabilization initiatives.
Funding Information
- The budget should be detailed, complete, rational, and realistic, and must not exceed the equivalent of USD$50,000 (Fifty thousand United States of American dollars).
- Administrative costs must not exceed 10% of the total proposed amount.
- The Project duration is seven (3) months.
Expected Output/Deliverables
- Some key outputs are expected:
- Dialogue between various Ngok Dinka subsections on conflict issues cutting across various conflict axes and border communities are conducted.
- Women- and youth-led inter-and intra-communal and inter-generational dialogues conducted, and conflict and violence reduced.
- Awareness raising workshops, seminars and accompanying events promoting peaceful coexistence conducted.
- Peace committees for conflict resolution and community stabilization initiatives established.
Eligibility Criteria
- The CSO/NNGO/CBO must meet the following criteria to be eligible for selection:
- Legally registered with the MoJCA and in possession of a valid registration certificate.
- Mandate and founding documents should be in line with activities for which the fund is being sought.
- CSO must based and have an office in Abyei.
- Have an established office in the state where the civic education will take place with email and office telephones; and possess experience in implementing similar/related activities.
- Politically neutral.
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