Call for Proposals: Civil Society Organizations on Women Political Participation – Lebanon

Deadline: 24-Jul-23

UN Women Lebanon Office welcomes proposals for partnerships to achieve results under its Women’s Political Participation Programme, with a specific focus to increase women’s participation in and impact on decision-making in political and civic spaces.

Focus Areas

• This is complemented by work that seeks to engage communities, women and men, on issues of gender equality with the objective of addressing discriminatory gender norms. This work is done through the following focus areas:
  • Women’s Economic Empowerment and Protection from Gender Based Violence.
  • Women’s Political Participation
  • Women, Peace and Security
  • Social Norms work – to engage men and women in issues of gender equality.

Funding Information

• The budget range for this proposal should be 60,000 USD – 150,000 USD depending on the output.
• Timeframe: Start date and end date for completion of required services/results Projects under Output 1.1 – 1.2 – and 1.3 should be implemented between 30 August 2023 – 31 March 2025, and projects under output 2.1 between 30 August 2023 – 30 July 2025.

Outcomes & Outputs

• Proposals should suggest interventions to achieve the following outputs, activities, and indicators below, utilizing an approach recommended by the applicant. Organizations applying to the Call for Proposals can submit proposals targeting only one output.
• Organizations can submit more than one proposal. One award will be granted per lead organization (an organization can receive an award as a lead applicant and another one as a sub partner). Organizations should clearly indicate in their proposals for which output(s) they are applying to. Sub partnerships are encouraged under this call.
• Outcome 1: Women political leaders experience fewer practical and structural constraints to their voice, decision‐making, and leadership at national and municipal levels.
  • Output 1.1: Political parties have increased capacity to include women on their lists and to develop gender-inclusive policies in their programs.
    • Budget range for output 1.1: between 120,000 and 150,000 USD
  • Output 1.2: Media professionals recognize and reject social norms that reinforce gender equality and limit women’s leadership.
    • Budget range for  output 1.2: between 100,000 and 120,000 USD
  • Output 1.3: Youth and the general public have a higher level of awareness and reject social norms that reinforce gender inequality and limit women’s leadership.
    • Budget Range for output 1.3: 60,000 and 75000 USD
• Outcome 2: Improved skills of emerging female leaders across universities to occupy positions of leadership within their sectors, including in elected bodies
  • Output 2.1: More women in universities are able to reach decision-making positions and able to impact decision making within their sector or elected position.
    • Budget range for output 1.4: 100,000 and 140,000 USD.

Competencies

• In the selection of partners, the following competencies will be considered:
  • Soundness of technical competency described in the approach to the outcome/outputs as described in the Terms of Reference for the Call for Proposals.
  • Organisations with a track record of working on women’s rights and gender equality, in political and civil spheres, and delivering results for women’s rights in Lebanon.
  • Capacity to deliver expected results: governance and management competency, and financial and administrative competency.
  • Relevance of the mandate and the role of the organization to implement expected results and to contribute to the sustainability of said results.

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