CFPs: Equipping Youth, Syrian Refugees and Women in Jordan with Demand-Driven Skills

Deadline: 31-Jul-2024

Enabel has announced a call for proposals to equip youth, Syrian refugees, and women in Jordan with demand-driven skills to access inclusive and decent employment opportunities.

Objectives

• This proposal is linked to the first result as described above. As such, this Call for Proposals’ General Objective (GO) is “Youth, Syrian refugees and women in Jordan have increased access to decent employment and micro businesses opportunities” which will be achieved through the following Specific Objective (SO): “to equip youth, Syrian refugees, and women in Jordan with demand-driven skills and support them to access inclusive and decent employment opportunities”.

Sectors or Themes 

• Those are the sectors or themes to which the action must relate:
  • Local economic development: fostering economic growth and human development within a specific geographic area in Jordan, at the district or governorate level.
  • Social justice and equity: promoting equality, diversity and inclusion of vulnerable youths, Syrian refugees and women within the targeted geographical area.

Funding Information

• The total indicative amount available under this Call for Proposals is 1,2 million EUR. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award all of the available funds.
• Grant amount 
  • In the event that the applicant applies with a maximum of 1 co-applicant, the maximum grant application amount shall not exceed 600,000 EUR.
  • In the event that the applicant applies with 2 or more co-applicants, the maximum grant application amount shall not exceed 1,200,000 EUR.

Duration 

• The initial planned duration of an action may not be less than 22 months nor exceed 26 months. The action must end by the 31st of May 2027 at the latest.

Expected Results

• It is expected that this Call for Proposals achieves (at least) the following overall targets when considering all grant agreements combined:
  • 750 trainees and jobseekers participating in the work-based learning (WBL) model, the work readiness programme (WRP), and/or up- and reskilling programmes (of which 50% women and 35% refugees;
  • 345 trainees recruited by private companies for formal employment as a result of participation in the WBL or WRP;
  • 50 trainers of VTIs have been capacitated under the VET-WBL scheme and/or the WRP;
  • 150 coaches have been capacitated under the VET-WBL scheme and/or the WRP;
  • 100 mentors of companies have been capacitated under the VET-WBL scheme and/or the WRP;
  • 50 companies have been capacitated under the VET-WBL scheme and/or the WRP (25 per scheme).

Target Groups 

• The final beneficiaries of this Call for Proposals are:
  • Vulnerable Jordanian youth (18-35 years old)
  • Syrian refugees (35% of the targeted beneficiaries)
  • Women (50% of the targeted beneficiaries)

Geographical Coverage 

• The actions must be implemented in Jordan and covering at least 4 out of 6 of the following governorates: Amman, Mafraq, Irbid, Tafilah, Karak and Aqaba. Actions in additional governorates can be included if properly justified.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicant 
  • To be admissible for grants, the applicant must satisfy the following conditions:
    • be a legal person; and
    • be a public entity or be a non-profit private entity or a foundation; and
    • be established or/and officially represented in Jordan1 for at least 2 years; and
    • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and not be acting as an intermediary;
    • The applicant must act with one or multiple co-applicant(s) and
    • If the applicant is only represented in Jordan, then it must apply together with at least one co-applicant that is both established and represented in Jordan (i.e. a local Jordanian organization).
    • The applicant must have at least 3 years of documented experience in implementing similar projects.
• Co-applicant(s) 
  • The co-applicant(s) shall participate in the definition and the implementation of the action, and the costs that they incur shall be eligible in the same way as those incurred by the applicant.
  • The co-applicant(s) must satisfy the admissibility criteria which apply to the applicant itself.
  • The co-applicants must sign the declaration of the grant application file. If the grants are awarded to them, any co-applicants will become the beneficiaries of the action, with the Contracting-Beneficiary.
  • The applicant or at least one of the co-applicants must be a technical/vocational training provider.
  • Additionally, all applicants intending to serve as technical and/or vocational training providers and participate in the delivery of training programs within the proposed actions must hold a valid license issued by the TVSDC.

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