Deadline: 30-Oct-2024
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is accepting proposals to empower rural women by strengthening their role in agriculture, particularly in the beekeeping sector.
Objectives
- The program focuses on three main results:
- Role of Rural Women: Promote the contribution of rural women to food security, nutrition and the fight against climate change.
- Institutional Strengthening: Improve the institutional framework for an effective gender response, highlighting women’s leadership as agents of peace and development.
- Income Generating Activities: Increase economic activities by supporting beekeeping as a path to economic empowerment.
Priorities
- The six priority areas are:
- Develop women’s voice, leadership and participation.
- Eliminate violence against women and girls.
- Strengthen the implementation of the women’s peace and security agenda.
- Increase the economic autonomy of women.
- Make gender equality priorities central to national plans, budgets and statistics, local and sectoral.
- Implement global norms, policies and standards on gender equality and women’s empowerment, thereby laying the foundation for action by governments and other stakeholders at all levels.
Funding Information
- 150,000.00 -170,000.00 USD
Targets
- The program targets women’s associations in the Sud, Nippes and Grande Anse departments who are interested in beekeeping and seeking to strengthen their capacities in this area.
Expected Results
- Strengthening the beekeeping skills of 10 women’s associations.
- Development of the beekeeping value chain within these associations.
- Empowerment of association members through the production and sale of honey and derived products.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this call for proposals, the partner must:
- Not be an institution listed by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee;
- Be a legal entity authorized to operate in Haiti;
- Have no profit motive;
- Have a valid authorization to work in Haiti issued by a competent Haitian institution;
- Provide proof of programming experience in the intervention area over the last 3 years;
- Being directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action and not acting as an organization intermediate;
- Provide proof of management experience of at least 60% of the amount requested.
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