Deadline: 10 June 2020
The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Uganda is seeking proposals for actions which support peaceful and safe co-existence under the rule of the law within the refugee and host communities in refugee hosting districts, with financial assistance from the Emergency Trust Fund for Stability and Addressing the Root Causes of Instability and Irregular Migration and Displaced Persons in Africa (EUTF).
Objectives
- The Overall Objective of this Call for Proposals is: Peaceful and safe co-existence under the rule of law within the refugee-hosting districts.
- The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are:
- Strengthened capacities of formal and informal justice actors for coverage of additional population and for responding to specific justice and protection needs and vulnerabilities of refugees and host communities;
- Strengthened capacities and knowledge of refugees and host/resident communities to access their rights and fulfil their legal obligations;
- Increased support to refugee and host communities to peacefully resolve conflicts, have access to justice, and be protected from infringements of legal and human rights.
Indicative Activities
- Increase access to justice through, inter alia, expansion or improved reach of existing legal aid and counselling or paralegal services, translation services, training and support for duty bearers with a specific focus on gender.
- Strengthen child and family protection structures and services including community based child-protection groups.
- Support civic or peace education, anti-discrimination campaigns including in schools, settlements etc. to promote social cohesion and peaceful co-existence.
- Strengthen the sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) prevention, holistic response/support and coordination structures e.g. expansion of specialised services, establishment of gender sensitive reporting, medico-legal response, psychosocial support etc.
- Increase access to information on rights and duties, the peace process, peaceful co-existence, legal or JLOS services, official/civil or legal documentation through innovative communication tools and media.
- Enhance access to community, local and national protection mechanisms (information campaigns and strengthened linkages to the communities’ own protection structures).
- Strengthen community, informal and collaborative or alternative conflict resolution mechanisms and structures (including Local Council Court, Refugees Welfare Committees etc.).
Funding Information
- The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 3,100,000.
- Size of grants
- Minimum amount: EUR 450,000
- Maximum amount: EUR 750,000
Duration
The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 36 months.
Location
Actions must take place in the Northern Uganda region – applicants are requested to select relevant districts. Applicants are required to propose districts (minimum 2) for implementation of their activities.
Eligibility Criteria
Lead applicant(s)
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- Be a legal person, and
- Be non-profit-making, and
- Be a Civil society organisation.
- Be established in Uganda where the action is taking place or be established in a Member State of the European Union or a member state of the European Economic Area or in a developing country as included in the list of ODA recipients, or in member countries of the OECD
- Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary, and
- Have representation in Uganda, and
- Have a demonstrated capacity in the area of the proposed action, including thematic and technical expertise.
- Additional criteria that will be assessed at Step 2 for those who are invited to submit full proposals:
- Established presence in the targeted areas,
- Technical competence in the sector, with the key stakeholders, including with national and local administration stakeholders, including technical expertise and sound experience in rights-based programs, conflict sensitivity and gender equality, and
- Administrative capability and the experience to implement this type of intervention due to its mandate, experience and expertise, and
- Demonstrated capacity to coordinate with minimum at least two stakeholders, and
- Expertise within the proposed applicants and co-applicants covering the result areas which the specific application is proposed to address
Co-applicant(s)
- Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
- Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.
Affiliated entity(ies)
- The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
- Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
- Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
- This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
- Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
- Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
- Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
- Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
- Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
- Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.
For more information, visit https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/uganda/77879/call-proposals-%E2%82%AC31m-support-peaceful-and-safe-co-existence-within-refugee-and-host-communities_en