Deadline: 19-Jul-21
The British Embassy in Dakar, Senegal is issuing a call for proposal for projects and activities for the 2021 to 2022 financial year.
Thematic Priorities
The British Embassy is particularly interested in projects on the following thematic priorities:
- Climate change, green recovery and biodiversity
- Green growth: focus on renewable energy, tackling emissions, green growth in sectors such as power, transport and industry
- Nature-based solutions: mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss, restoration of natural habitats and ecosystems
- Adaptation and resilience: help communities to prepare for natural disasters
- Open societies (media freedom)
- create inclusive media spaces i.e. reduce discrimination against women and vulnerable groups in media. Build capacity for media professionals and regulatory bodies’ representatives on media freedom and gender sensitive reporting
- promote and protect media pluralism and media freedom for an increase in equitable access to information. Enhance safety and security of journalists. Prevent or reduce harassment and physical assaults on journalists, media houses and media technicians
- promote the strengthening and understanding of the laws and regulatory frameworks necessary for a free, diverse and independent media, including an increase in their alignment with international standards
- Human Development (gender, public health)
- build capacity for improving public health systems. Preference for initiatives focused on pandemic preparedness and cross-sector approaches to delivering public health (eg. outcomes recognising the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment)
- build capacity for promoting and improving legal and regulatory reforms on issues related to women, girls and those with disabilities
- promote and strengthen inclusion of women and girls in education and the economy. This can include initiatives relating to policy and data inclusion.
Funding Information
- Maximum budget limit: £10,000
- First phase of Activity should ideally be completed by 15 December 2021 (Preliminary report) and Second phase and Final phase by 15 March 2022
Criteria
The proposal submissions will be assessed based on the following criteria:
- alignment with the above-mentioned priorities
- organisation’s specialised knowledge, expertise and experience in the field
- they should cover the issues and proposed methodology
- activities should be value for money (VfM) and cost-efficient
- clear and achievable deliverables within the funding period
- long-term impact: project benefits continue after the funding ends
- good project design including established monitoring and evaluation procedures
- project feasibility, including capacity of implementing organisation and ability to deliver under current circumstances
- identifying risks and establishing mitigation strategies
- all programmes (and the projects, interventions or events within them) must align with the Paris Agreement – an international treaty on climate change – and assess climate and environmental impact and risks, taking steps to ensure that no environmental harm is done. Any International Climate Finance (ICF) programmes must identify and record ICF spend and results
- all projects (and policies) must consider and provide evidence on how their interventions will have an impact on gender equality, disability inclusion and other marginalised groups
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/call-for-bids-for-international-programme-fund-ipf-in-senegal