Deadline: 08-Jun-21
The Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) of IFAD has called for proposals to select a recipient or consortium of recipients to receive a three-year IFAD grant financing to implement the project Strengthening Borrowers’ Capacity on Environmental, Social and Climate Best Practices (SUSTAIN) for a total IFAD grant of US$2 million.
Goal
Position IFAD to better promote equitable, socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable rural transformation in LICs and LMICs (including fragile countries) by strengthening Borrower frameworks and capacity through ESC best practices for greater beneficial development impact and results.
Objectives
Immediate objectives to:
- strengthen the ability of Borrowers to meet ESC standards, and commensurately manage reputational and financial risks of the IFAD-supported portfolio;
- bridge skills gaps of direct and indirect target groups involved in ESC mainstreaming and compliance; and
- share knowledge on the value and purpose of ESC mainstreaming and compliance to promote behavioural change.
Funding Information
The total Grant cost is US$ of which IFAD will contribute US$2,000,000 as a Grant.
- Component 1: 500,000
- Component 2: 1,000,000
- Component 4: 260,000
- Component 3: 240,000
Activities
To achieve this goal the Grant is structured into four interlinked components:
- Component 1: Development of Capacity Building Programme on ESC requirements
- Component 2: Delivery of Capacity Building
- Component 3: Knowledge Management and Communities of Practice
- Component 4: Programme Management
Outcomes
- Strengthened Borrowers’ ESC institutional frameworks and implementation capacities which embrace and enforce international good practices;
- Improved ESC skills of direct and indirect target groups for effective project preparation and implementation; and
- Enhanced partnerships and knowledge sharing between and within regions to nurture environmental and social sustainability.
Key outputs
- Three gap analyses and training needs assessments carried out covering three regions;
- Seven tailored e-learning modules developed in English, French, Spanish and Arabic;
- Up to 400 government staff from PMUs, key sector ministries and ESC regulatory bodies, trained and IFAD-certified ;
- Up to 200 consultants, contractors and NSOs trained and IFAD-certified;
- Online platform to share web-based toolkit (learning modules, lessons learned and knowledge products) established;
- Skills built in integrated three GIS, mapping and monitoring technologies(poverty/resource mapping, GIS and risk screening) to help design and implement projects in 3 regions;
- ESC consultants roster established in each participating country;
- E-learning modules, web toolkit and lessons learned accessible to participants from the two nonparticipating regions;
- Two self-sustaining Communities of Practice established for PMUs and contractors;
- Three intra-regional learning visits conducted;
- One strategy paper highlighting ESC provisions and actions for Borrowers developed; and
- Three joint learning events conducted with other Multilateral Financial Institutions and UN Work stream on ESC.
Countries
- All Low Income Countries (LICs) and Low Middle Income Countries (LMICs) (including fragile countries). The three participating IFAD regions are East and Southern Africa (ESA), West and Central Africa (WCA) and Asia and the Pacific (APR).
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