Deadline: 2-Jun-21
The British Embassy Chisinau has announced Good Governance Fund and is running a competitive bidding process to contract a partner that will deliver a project supporting the administration of the President of Moldova (PA).
Interested partners are invited to present project proposal that will provide targeted Technical Assistance (TA) to the PA, aimed at strengthening the capacity of the PA to promote and to lay the basis for judicial reform and accountable government and service delivery, within the mandate of the Presidency.
Objectives
- In Moldova, corruption remains pervasive across government institutions and services but is especially prevalent in customs, police, courts, prosecutor’s offices, SOEs, business regulators, education and healthcare.
- Low public confidence in the justice sector, fuelled by corruption and unscrupulous officials, as numerous assessments attest, are key factors preventing sustainable investments in Moldova’s economy, both local and international; reduce the efficiency of the public sector, and creates a general atmosphere of distrust in the Moldovan government.
- The project will pursue the following objectives:
- support anticorruption reforms in Moldova, improve the ability of public institutions to effectively fight systemic, high-level corruption
- contribute to increasing the effectiveness of the judiciary
- establish a strategic communications framework to raise public awareness and encourage broad support of the two objectives above leading to greater demand for reforms in these areas
Funding Information
- They welcome projects in the value range from £100,000 to £200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
This project is only eligible for implementation by non-profit and/or multilateral international organizations and must demonstrate:
- previous experience in delivering and managing projects
- preferably previous experience working with international agencies/organizations
Note: Due to the nature of this project it is our expectation that international expertise will be required throughout the implementation period. Therefore we would strongly advise any local Moldovan implementers to partner with an international or multilateral organisation (i.e. joint implementation).
Selection Criteria
- project should demonstrate strong gender equality and social inclusion considerations throughout all the outputs and deliverables. In particular these considerations must be mainstreamed into experts’ assessment of corruption (e.g. how social exclusion and gender inequality drive corruption and vice versa)
- project should have clearly defined, SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-limited) outputs and deliverables and demonstrate value for money
- outcomes are achievable within the funding period
- project design includes clear monitoring and evaluation procedures
- funding allocations for 2021/22 must be spent by 31 March 2022
- successful applicants will be required to submit quarterly and final financial and narrative reporting
- as a general rule, grants should not be used to procure goods and equipment but this will be considered on a case-by-case basis; no more than 10% of project funds may be used for equipment. The Fund may not be used for gifting
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-embassy-chisinau-announces-call-for-bids-good-governance-fund-moldova