Deadline: 5-Jan-21
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Terre des hommes (Tdh) have announced a new call for proposals for Action for Gender Equality, Non-Discrimination, Civil Society Strengthening and Youth Empowerment aimed at preventing and responding to gender-based violence in Gaza.
For both the Swiss Confederation and Tdh, GBV constitutes a severe violation of human rights. Protection from and prevention of GBV is a priority of Switzerland’s foreign policy, both in its bilateral and multilateral cooperation. For the new Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, Switzerland advocated strongly for the inclusion of a stand-alone goal on gender equality (SDG 5). This calls for gender-based violence to be addressed as an essential part of achieving gender equality.
Objectives
Women, men, girls and boys in oPt are better protected against violence and their rights are upheld through empowered CSOs engaged in delivering effective, multi-sectoral community-based initiatives with a focus on GBV, People with Disabilities (PWD) and Youth.
- Outcome 1: Vulnerable women and men, girls and boys improve their well-being through access to adequate and appropriate support and protection multi-sectorial services (economic, medical, psychosocial, cultural, security and shelter, case management, legal aid, etc.) provided by empowered civil society organisations (CSOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs).
- Outcome 2: Authorities in Gaza and the West Bank are accountable to the population for prevention, protection and response.
The support will be disbursed annually but can last for up to three years, until December 2023. Terre des hommes Foundation is in charge of administering the fund and providing capacity building and technical support to Palestinian NGOs and community-based organisations.
The objectives are two-fold: on the one hand, the intervention aims at responding to urgent protection concerns; on the other hand at strengthening the service delivery capacity of Gaza actors. The contribution should also allow organisations to move from project-based planning to a longer-term and more strategic one. A longer-term programmatic approach will also allow the organisations to build up their institutional capacities and invest more resources in staff capacity and staff well-being.
Funding Information
- Awards of up to CHF 300’000 are available for a potential duration of three years. All grants will initially be for 12 months. Funding for year 2 and 3 could be conditioned to the successful completion of deliverables in year 1 including recommendations and measures to be taken following risk assessments.
- Categories of grants:
- Category A, primarily for small scale community-based organisations range from 50,000 CHF up to 70,000 CHF per year. They will benefit 7 (seven) recipients.
- Category B, primarily for community-based organisations and non-governmental organisations range from 71,000 CHF up to 100,000 CHF per year. They will benefit 4 (four) recipients.
Eligibility Criteria
- There are nine eligibility criteria to fulfil before any assessment on the merits of the proposals can be made by Tdh and SDC. They range from legal registration to organisational capability, existence and enforcement of policies including gender equality, written confirmation that statutory social insurance contributions, taxes, etc. provided by the national law have been paid in full for the last fiscal year, bank registration, due diligence, a track record of experience, appropriate personnel, prevention of irregularities.
- Track Record/Experience: Priority will be given to organisations with a track record in GBV, disability and/or youth empowerment.
- Institutions Only: Awards will only be made to Palestinian institutions and not to individuals. All non-profit organisations are eligible to apply, including NGOs, community-based organisations, research organisations. Inter-governmental organisations and international NGOs are not eligible.
- Number of Proposals: An organisation can submit only one application within the first year.
For more information, visit https://menaprotectionhub.org/en/agencyproposal