Deadline: 9-Aug-22
UN Women calls for Proposals for strengthening the institutional capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) working in the area of women increasing women’s participation and leadership.
The grant is therefore expected to increase the resource and capacity of eligible CSOs to advance the rights of women to participate in public and political life and enable them to become agents of transformative change towards an equitable society.
Objective
The main objective of the call for small grant is to strengthen the capacity of CSOs that work to promote women’s participation and leadership in governance and decision-making positions. The grant is therefore expected to increase the resource and capacity of eligible CSOs/WROs to advance the rights of women to participate in public and political life and enable them to become agents of transformative change towards an equitable society. By strengthening CSOs working on promotion of women’s participation and leadership, UN Women aims to support the interventions/initiatives in women’s participation in public and political life to create a cohesive, just, inclusive, and democratic society.
Funding Information
UN Women’s small grants are limited to a maximum of USD 30,000 per CSO per 12-month period and a maximum USD 60,000 for the lifetime of the CSO.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicants must be a CSO legally established and operating in Ethiopia. To be considered for the small grant, the CSO must demonstrate that it works on women rights and gender equality in Ethiopia with a proven track record of working on the areas of women participation in public and political life including their participation in electoral processes. The applicant may apply if it:
- is a registered CSO in operation for at least three years.
- is not on the Consolidated UN Security Council Sanctions List ;
- is not being investigated for fraud, corruption, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or other wrongdoing.
- has not had funding received from UN Women entirely or partly written off by UN Women.
- is not currently engaged as an Implementing Partner (IP) or Responsible Party (RP) for UN Women.
- has not been engaged as an IP/RP for UN Women at any time after 21 November 2019.
- is not a government entity
- is not a UN organization
- is not an established CSO with the capacity to be engaged as an IP/RP
- has sufficient capacity to collaborate with various stakeholders.
- has sufficient financial stewardship, including having adequate financial policies and procedures in place to manage the small grant; and,
- past performance has been deemed satisfactory by UN Women For purpose of this advertisement, applicant CSOs are encouraged to demonstrate in their application their organizational approach to the principles of leaving no one behind (LNOB) and in addressing intersecting forms of vulnerabilities (young women, women with disabilities, rural women, migrant women, women living with HIV, internally displaced women etc.)
Review Criteria
The applicant must:
- propose eligible activities that develop or strengthen the institutional capacity of the applicant CSO and are consistent with the purposes of this advertisement: to support the organizational development of CSOs working in the area women’s participation in public and political life and leadership.
- not propose to use the small grant to provide an activity/output on behalf of UN Women, civil construction work, engineering work, purchases of vehicles or other tangible or intangible property, except for copiers, scanners, printers, laptops, and computers
- not propose to use more than 30% of the small grant or USD 5,000, whichever is lower, to purchase copiers, scanners, printers, laptops, and computers.
- propose a timeline that does not extend beyond January 2023 and eligible activities that are feasible to accomplish, including political, security and logistical considerations.
- not propose to cover its indirect costs/support costs with the small grant.
- not make a direct profit from the small grant.
- not propose to cover costs incurred or committed prior to a signed Small Grant Agreement.
- propose eligible activities sustainably supporting the applicant
- propose eligible activities where the applicant has the capacity to reach the target audience; and,
- propose a budget that is cost-effective given the eligible activities, the number of targeted beneficiaries, and the proposed location.
For more information, visit https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/programme-implementation/2022/08/call-for-proposals-unw-esa-eco-asg-2022-001-small-grants-ethiopia-csos