Deadline: 15-Dec-21
The Clean Cities, Blue Ocean’s (CCBO) Request for applications: Technical Assistance for the Women in Waste’s Economic Empowerment (WWEE) Activity, Advanced Business Training in Metro Manila, Philippines seeks applications from organizations that are interested and qualified to work closely with CCBO in developing and delivering a training curriculum for WWEE Advanced Business Training.
CCBO seeks to issue one grant to a local private university, non-governmental organization, business incubator and accelerator, or business and gender training organization to work in partnership with the CCBO and WWEE program staff team. It is anticipated that the successful grant recipient will take a gender-sensitive, multi-disciplinary approach (i.e. a lead organization with consultants providing targeted technical support for curriculum development and delivery).
Tetra Tech was awarded the Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program, a five-year contract (2019-2024) from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). CCBO responds to the global crisis of ocean plastic pollution by focusing on plastics directly at the source, specifically in rapidly urbanizing areas throughout low- and middle-income countries.
Funding Information
CCBO anticipates awarding (1) one technical assistance grant for a period of February 2022- January 2024.The total value of the grant is not expected to exceed $150,000.
Activities
Under this grant, the implementing grantee will lead the following tasks in close coordination with CCBO and WWEE program staff:
- Lead the development of the Advanced Business Training curriculum for women in waste.
- Develop and conduct a training needs assessment with the first two cohorts of training participants who have graduated from the BBEST to assess and validate what advanced business skills are needed.
- Develop a training curriculum and conduct business incubation sessions for women who need additional training support to access the business grant funds (e.g. Identifying market opportunities and prospective clients, product development).
- Develop a training curriculum for Advance Business Training for women advancing through the WWEE activity, building on the BBEST curriculum and according to the results of the training needs assessment. The curriculum may include: logistics, operations efficiency, marketing, bookkeeping and financial management, how to source funding for business).
- Implement the Advanced Business Training for Women in Waste
- 5 groups of 10 BBEST graduates supported through business incubation sessions
- 5 groups of 10-15 of funded BBEST graduates supported through on Advanced Business training.
- Conduct follow-up and monitoring activities with Advanced Business Training Graduates and their business status through the duration of the grant.
- Conduct regular check-ins with all training participants via SMS, phone call or email.
- Conduct regular quarterly virtual outreach sessions, at the direction of CCBO, to BBEST graduates who have received funding through the WWEE Activity.
Geographic Focus
The project will be implemented in Metro Manila.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include:
- Local Philippine private universities, non-governmental organizations, business incubators or accelerators or business and gender training organizations; with
- Demonstrated experience (either as an organization or by proposed staff/consultants) in: developing and delivering on-line and in-person training materials for enterprise development; multi-stakeholder coordination; demonstrated experience in business training, particularly gender and business training;
- Demonstrated expertise in gender programming, training or research; and
- Experience working with women-owned micro, small and medium-enterprises1 required.
- Organizations that have never received funding from USAID are encouraged to apply.
- Eligible applicants must demonstrate the following:
- Be legally registered to operate in the Philippines;
- Be in good standing with all civil and fiscal authorities in the Philippines;
- Sign applicable assurances and certifications; and
- Be willing to register for a DUNS number.
For more information, visit https://urban-links.org/project/ccbo-grants/