Deadline: 28-Jul-24
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine in partnership with the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service (NAUCS) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS) developed and prepare to pilot a programme “Organization and support of the youth internships at local self-government bodies for young people”.
The main goal is not only to establish the program but also to assist in its institutionalization within Ukraine’s public sector to ensure sustainability. Prior to the internships, representatives of selected local governments will participate in a training program approved by the High School of Public Governance. This program aims to equip public servants with the skills and knowledge to recruit and motivate young people to explore careers in public office through the development and support of an internship program.
Objectives
- The successful proposal will involve collaboration with at least 10 local governments throughout Ukraine, specifically in areas where youth-related initiatives are not currently supported by other international technical assistance projects. Local governments and communities will be selected by NAUCS, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine UNDP and UNDP on a competitive basis. Each local government will organize internships for 5 young people from their respective communities, resulting in a total of 50 young people in the programme. The internships are planned to take place between August and October, each lasting 1 to 1.5 months. Successful proposals should focus on, but not be limited to, the following areas:
- Supporting Local Governments: Utilize the methodology developed by UNDP and NAUСS to assist local governments in preparing and executing all stages of youth internship programmes – preparation, execution and evaluation. This includes internship design, support with recruitment and interviews, support with preparation of internship plan, internship execution, collection of feedback from local-self-governments and young people about the program. In addition, providing mentoring support to the local government teams that will be responsible for internships.
- Communication support of the program: develop and execute communication plan (in line with communication messages of NAUCS, MYS and UNDP) to promote the program among young people and other stakeholders. This includes announcements to recruit young people, communication updates of the program for social media, and capturing and presenting achievements and lessons learned.
- Support the exchange of experience between local governments: create possibilities for local governments who took part in the programme to share their successes and lessons learned with one another.
- Proposals should be designed to address three objectives and should clearly articulate how the proposed project will enhance the capacity of local governments to engage meaningfully with young people. Successful proposals will be innovative, evidence-based, and grounded in a clear understanding of the needs and aspirations of young people and local communities.
Funding Information
- It is envisioned that the budget within project proposal should be no more than USD 30,000.
- The maximum timeframe for the project implementation is 6 months.
Geographic Location
- UNDP will accept applications from all regions of Ukraine operating on the areas under control of the Government of Ukraine. The applying CSO or consortia must prove its capacity to operate in the proposed area of the intervention which will be assessed by the Grant Selection Committee.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-profit organizations, in particular charitable organizations, public associations (including civil society organizations and unions) that are officially registered in Ukraine for no less than two years.
- The applying organization should have proven experience in working with youth in different regions of Ukraine; the contest does not provide grants to profit organizations, political parties, state authorities, local governments, religious communities and private (physical) individuals and entrepreneurs.
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