Deadline: 25 September 2019
The British Embassy Kinshasa is inviting proposals for projects aimed at preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict in DRC in 2019/20.
The UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) aims to address the culture of impunity, ensure more perpetrators are brought to justice and provide better support for survivors. To do this, they are supporting the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, campaigning to raise awareness, rallying global action, promoting international coherence and increasing the political will and capacity of states to do more.
Target Thematic Areas
The target thematic areas for the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in DRC in 2019/20 are:
- Support for a more effective legal response to sexual violence in conflict in DRC, including sexual slavery. Under this theme they are particularly interested in bids that include some or all of the following: that can demonstrate strategic impact; that will increase access to justice for victims; that aim to strengthen investigative and judicial responses to sexual violence in conflict in DRC; that take a sensitive approach to tackling a culture of impunity, including consideration of the rights of suspects; that are conscious of and mitigate against some of the negative unintended consequences of interventions in this field.
- Challenging harmful attitudes towards survivors and victims of sexual violence in conflict, including victims of sexual slavery, and working to end the stigma they suffer.
Under both themes, they are particularly interested in projects that seek to apply innovative and/or strategic approaches to tackle sexual violence, including supporting the implementation of DRC government commitments.
Funding Information
- Bids are invited on one or both of these thematic areas.
- For each thematic area, they welcome bids for projects of $10,000 – $309,000 per year.
- Project proposals can be for one or two years, although funding will only be guaranteed for the first financial year (2019-20) and will need to be reapplied for annually thereafter.
Selection Criteria
- Please consider the below tips when designing applicants project:
- Projects should aim to start by October 2019 and end in March 2020
- Projects should plan to spend 90% by the end of December 2019
- Payments are normally made quarterly. Payments are made after the completion of project activities. Advance payments are not usually possible.
- They require monitoring reports throughout the project, including financial reports. At the end of a project, they require a completion report, including a detailed financial report.
- Project bids should ensure that the services are designed and implemented in a manner that respects international human rights norms, considers gender impact and is designed and implemented in accordance with the ‘do no harm’ principle.
- Duty of care for all staff and participants in project activities shall lie with the project implementer.
- They are particularly looking for suppliers who can demonstrate:
- A strong track record of successful project delivery in DRC and will be able to draw on previous lessons learned to mitigate against risks and any unintended consequences of interventions.
- A proven ability to coordinate with multilateral organisations, INGOs and the DRC government to avoid duplication of effort and direct services to those in need.
- Active consideration of gender inequality including by ensuring that where possible women are offered places in project activities, and included in training and consultative panels.
How to Apply
Applicants are invited to submit a project proposal and Activity Based Budget in English and send them electronically at the address given on the website, with “PSVI in DRC Bid” as the subject line.
Eligible Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/call-for-bids-preventing-sexual-violence-in-drc-in-201920