Deadline: 28-Mar-23
With this Call for Proposals (CfP), Cities Alliance seeks new partnerships to enhance the skills of nine partner cities in the Horn of Africa, to plan for urban expansion and thereby improve the economic and social inclusion of migrants, displaced persons, and host communities.
This CfP seeks to consolidate cooperation with the cities of Arua, Gulu, Mbale, and Jinja (Uganda), Dire Dawa, Jigjiga, and Wajale (Ethiopia) and Borama and Gabiley (Somaliland, Somalia).
Objectives and Target Impact
- Lot 1: Uganda – Participating cities Arua, Gulu, Mbale, Jinja with support of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
- Objective 1: Establish one knowledge hub at a leading urban planning institution in Uganda to conduct training of trainers in urban expansion planning, forecasting and adaptation for greater inclusion.
- Objective 2: Establish one practitioner network in Uganda which provides remunerated technical advisory services on urban expansion planning to cities and ministries.
- Objective 3: Provide technical advisory on enhanced urban planning and forecasting, including climate risk and gender sensitive planning, to Phase I partner cities to progress the implementation of their urban expansion plans.
- Objective 4: Strengthening regulatory frameworks for cities to implement urban expansion planning.
- Objective 5: Scaling urban expansion planning and forecasting approaches at national level and across rapidly urbanizing regions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Lot 2: Ethiopia – Participating cities Jigjigia and Dire Dawa and a third city (Wajale)1 with support of the Ministry of Urban Development and Construction and learning cities from Somaliland (Borama and Gabiley).
- Objective 1: Establish one knowledge hub at a leading urban planning institution in Ethiopia to conduct training of trainers in urban expansion planning, forecasting and adaptation for greater inclusion.
- Objective 2: Establish one practitioner network in Ethiopia which provides remunerated technical advisory services on urban expansion planning to cities and ministries.
- Objective 3: Provide technical advisory on enhanced urban planning and forecasting, including climate risk and gender sensitive planning, to Phase I partner cities to progress the implementation of their urban expansion plans.
- Objective 4: Strengthening regulatory frameworks for cities to improve urban planning.
- Objective 5: Scaling urban expansion planning and forecasting approaches at national level and across rapidly urbanizing regions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Funding Information
- The total amount of grant/funding available under this Call for Proposals per Lot.
- LOT 1: USD 500,000 USD
- LOT 2: USD 250,000 USD
- The expected duration of the grant/funding is: 3 Year(s) 36 Month(s)
Target Beneficiaries
- Partner cities, additional cities engaging in urban expansion planning, line ministries, and other urban planning and urban migration stakeholders at local, national and regional level.
Eligibility Criteria
- The proposed project must meet all the objectives and targets.
- The Cities Alliance encourages a partnership approach with strong leadership by local organizations.
- Applicant organizations can be governments, international and national non-governmental organizations, research institutions and knowledge centres, United Nations agencies and/or international development organizations with a strong research track record and reputation on labour and/or involuntary migration to secondary cities in low-income countries. Commercial entities cannot be lead applicants for this call.
- Lead applicants must be able to provide proof of registration in the project country for at least five years.
- Lead applicants must have proven experience in working on urban planning with cities in Uganda, and/or Ethiopia.
- Lead applicant organizations must provide a bank statement to receive funds in US dollars.
- Project proposals must include at least 30 per cent co-financing of the total project budget (in-kind and/or cash). Verifiable commitment to be provided (e.g. letters from co- financiers).
- Entities on the UN Sanctions List are ineligible to apply.
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