Deadline: 17-Jun-22
UN Women Turkey invites women’s rights/women-led civil society organizations (CSOs) and other relevant rights-based CSOs legally registered and operating in Turkey to submit project proposals under this Call for Proposals.
This Call for Applications is launched within the framework of the “Strengthening civil society capacities and multi-stakeholder partnerships to advance women’s rights and gender equality in Turkey” (short name- ‘Strong Civic Space for Gender Equality’) project implemented by UN Women Turkey with the financial support of the European Union.
UN Women will award indicatively 5 Partner Agreements (PAs) to civil society organizations to contribute to the achievement of the project Output, “Women’s rights/women-led civil society organizations and other relevant rights-based CSOs in Turkey have increased resources and capacities to advance the rights of women and girls in fields where gender gaps persist in line with Turkey’s national and international commitments and in consideration of COVID-19 impacts.”
Thematic Areas
PAs will be awarded in four lots and in the thematic areas of:
- Elimination of violence against women and girls
- Advancing women’s economic empowerment
- Enhancing women’s leadership and meaningful participation in climate action
- Advancing youth’s transformative role in gender equality
Funding Information
- The budget range for this proposal should be equivalent to minimum USD 100,000 and maximum USD 150,000.
Competencies
Technical/functional competencies required:
- Track record of experience in the field of women’s human rights, gender equality, women’s empowerment.
- Specialized knowledge and expertise in the field that the proposal is submitted under (elimination of violence against women, advancing women’s economic empowerment, enhancing women’s leadership and agency in climate change action, advancing youth’s transformative role in gender equality).
- Experience in engaging with multiple stakeholders, including but not limited to: governmental and non-governmental organizations, community based organizations and advocacy networks, private sector, academia, etc.
- The CSO will be selected only if it has proven capacity to deliver the proposed activity. The CSO’s capacity will be assessed by UN Women as per UN Women’s policies, rules and regulations.
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services:
- Experience in facilitating exchange of ideas, good practices and dissemination of knowledge and information throughout Turkey in the specific field of work is an asset.
- Familiarity with UN Women will be an asset.
For more information, visit https://eca.unwomen.org/en/stories/news/2022/04/call-for-proposals-strengthening-civil-society-capacities-and-multi-stakeholder-partnerships-to-advance-womens-rights-and-gender-equality-in-turkey