Deadline: 30-Nov-21
As part of its Promoting Resilience in the Maldives (PRIME) program, Transparency Maldives invites Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) registered in the Maldives to submit Concept Notes for community programs and interventions focusing on reducing vulnerability and improving community resilience and social cohesion.
The grants can be used to build capacity of the CSOs to sustainable deliver programs in the focus area, to strengthen and increase outreach of existing programs, and/or to develop and pilot new programs in the area.
The overall project is designed to address four interrelated social problems that drive youth towards violence and criminal activity in the Maldives:
- Break down of family structures
- Gangs and drug use
- Weak Education system
- Unemployment and underemployment
Objectives
- Enhance agency and social cohesion of populations vulnerable to substance abuse and gang recruitment
- Improved career prospects and employment opportunities for vulnerable youth
Funding Areas
- Civil society efforts towards supporting and enabling long-term youth and community engagement.
- Civil society efforts towards developing and conducting programs to support vulnerable youth to reduce gang recruitment and drug use.
- Civil society efforts on community-based programs for reintegration of prisoners and/or youth in detention/ rehabilitation centers and other social issues back into society.
- Civil society efforts to address issues relating to sense of purpose and identity of at-risk youth within the educational system through school interventions.
- Civil society efforts to enable employment and entrepreneurial capacity building through career fairs targeted at career guidance, networking and internship opportunities.
- Civil society efforts towards reviving and or expanding youth centers to address issues such as unemployment and underemployment, lack of inter-intra personal and vocational skills.
Funding Information
Applicants may combine activities/interventions supporting several objectives in one application. If applicants include multiple objectives as per this funding call, the grant should not exceed USD 75,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grant support may be extended to NGOs, associations, and firms legally registered in the Maldives. Illustrative types of organizations may include:
- NGOs
- Private enterprises and entities
- Business Service Organisations
- Industry/Sector, Trade, or other private sector associations
- CSO Coalitions (Registered CSOs may partner with smaller CBOs in applying for grants)
- Eligible organizations must also:
- Demonstrate the ability to contribute towards the objectives and perform the award in accordance with USAID policies and practices.
- Display sound financial, administrative, and technical management systems to safeguard assets and protect against fraud and waste.
- Able to demonstrate satisfactory performance with relevant experience.
- Have satisfactory record of business integrity and ethicality
- Commitment and flexibility to work in partnership with TM
- Must NOT subgrant the funds to a third party
For more information, visit https://transparency.mv/v16/2021/10/call-for-concept-papers/
