Deadline: 15-Jun-25
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine announces the Partnership for Recovery grant program.
The grant program is implemented within the framework of the “Enhanced Partnership for Sustainable Recovery” (EPSR) project, which is funded by the Government of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida).
The goal of the grant program is to support innovative economic development and promote gender equality in the face of full-scale war.
Priority Areas
- In accordance with the project strategy, UNDP plans to provide small grants to intersectoral partnerships consisting of at least two organizations and able to demonstrate their capacity to implement the proposed initiative in the following priority areas:
- Inclusive local economic development, which includes, but is not limited to, promoting sustainable horticulture, farming, tourism, as well as innovation in creating spaces for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and providing access to the local market.
- Gender equality and economic empowerment for women and men, including internally displaced people, veterans, and other groups significantly affected by war.
Funding Information
- The maximum size of the grant for the program will be 50,000 dollars. It is estimated that the average size of the grant will be US$30,000.
- The grant will be paid in two tranches: 1st tranche – 80%; II Tranche – 20%.
Expected Results
- It is observed that the proposed initiatives will lead to:
- Building an inclusive local economy through the introduction of sustainable activities that lead to significant improvements in areas of employment, entrepreneurship and access to risks for vulnerable groups of the population (VPO, veterans and other groups, which are significantly victims of war);
- Strengthening the economic potential of underrepresented groups with an emphasis on gender equality and expanding economic rights and opportunities for women and men, including veterans and VPO, to improve equal access to economic resources, innovation and loose soil;
- Economic changes, ground-breaking innovations, digital technologies, new business models and the introduction of technologies for increasing productivity, efficiency and market competitiveness of small and medium enterprises and public initiatives;
- replication of successfully piloted solutions for local economic recovery and development;
- The scaling up and national application of successful programs, which serve as models for replication in other communities, are the basis to develop policies at the national level aimed at supporting sustainable development and achieving the CCR.
Eligible Expenses
- Funds awarded within the “Partnership for Recovery” program can only be used for:
- paid consultants and experts (cannot exceed 30% of the total budget of the project);
- Purchase of goods and services (including office and technical equipment, certified software, if appropriate) based on the manner), necessary for the implementation of the project activity;
- communication and information services (including production and distribution of digital and paper communication materials);
- Consulting, research and IT-services that respond to the goals and objectives of the project;
- purchase of stationery, consumables and printing materials;
- expenses on transportation services or planning, directly directed to achieving the goals of the project;
- Purchase of building materials, repairs and construction services (accepted only in a limited scope and considered as an exception, in view of the uniqueness of the project activity).
Ineligible Expenses
- Unacceptable expenses within the framework of the project are:
- Any operating expenses of grant-seeking members that are not directly related to the implementation of the project activity (for example: office rental, communal services, etc.);
- salaries of members of grant-giving organizations that do not participate in the implementation of the project;
- Expenses related to the preparation of a project proposal;
- Previous obligations, taxes, penalties, debts, etc.;
- migration outside Ukraine;
- Buying real estate and land.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-governmental organizations in cooperation with at least one partner from local authorities, business associations, educational institutions, and micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises are invited to participate in the competition.
- An applicant who meets the criteria must:
- be registered as a legal person in accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine no later than January 2023;
- mother non-baby status;
- To carry out activities on the territory under the control of the Government of Ukraine.
- The applicant must not:
- to become bankrupt or to undergo bankruptcy in the process of ceasing activity;
- the mother has tax debt and/or court disputes, and/or business disputes, and/or has to be responsible for court cases and executive proceedings, connected with corruption law problems;
- working or having a parent company in the Russian Federation and/or Belarus and other countries, included in the sanction list;
- Repurchase under sanctions (including from owners and managers) of the Government of Ukraine or the EU.
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