Deadline: 30/06/24
The ATscale Secretariat, hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Geneva, Switzerland, invites interested and eligible non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other non-profit organizations, as well as UN entities, to respond to a Call for Proposals for the grant project: ‘Program Management, Coordination, and Support to the countries’ government for the implementation of joint vision and hearing program for school-age children (2024–2027)”.
The grant aims to increase access to AT i.e. eyeglasses and hearing aids among school-age children in the selected countries by strengthening the AT system and removing barriers to access, including identification of vision and hearing loss. The funding targets screening in all selected countries of about 3.7 million school-age children for both vision and hearing loss and provides 270,000 eyeglasses and 65,000 hearing aids. AT system strengthening activities will lead to 6,000 personnel trained in all of the selected countries and improved awareness of vision and hearing AT in 45 million people in all of the selected countries. Furthermore, the grant also targets building a conducive environment for the broader AT ecosystem. This impact will be achieved by building the capacity of the national AT systems to work towards the goal of “universal access to quality AT.” This will involve working under the focal ministry or ministries’ leadership and in close partnerships with the other inter-sectoral ministries, NGOs, UN agencies, civil societies, organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), and the private sector.
Funding Information
- Egypt 3,000,000 USD
- Ethiopia 5,000,000 USD
- Jordan 3,000,000 USD
- Nigeria 5,000,000 USD
- Pakistan 5,000,000 USD
- State of Palestine 3,000,000 USD
- United Republic of Tanzania 3,000,000 USD
- Total 27,000,000 USD
- The expected duration of the grant/funding is: 3 Years
Scope of the Funding
- Two (2) critical areas covered under the overall scope of the funding supported in each selected country are: 1) scale-up joint vision and hearing screening approach to improve access to eyeglasses and hearing aids for school-age children and 2) create a favorable environment for broader AT sector development. Activities contributing to both areas are expected to take place in 2024–2027 are detailed below:
- Scale-up joint screening for vision,hearing and provision of eyeglasses and hearing aids in school-age children – 85% to 90% of grant: The funding focuses on supporting the effective expansion of joint vision and hearing screening and provision of eyeglasses and hearing aid interventions as part of the government-led program. The proposed approaches should be government-owned, based on proven models, and integrated into public health, social, and education systems that leverage the strengths of both the public and private sectors.
- Creating a favorable environment for AT – 10% to 15% of grant: The funding also aims to build a conducive environment in the selected countries for broader AT investments. Therefore, a small part of the grant can go towards creating a favorable environment through critical strategic activities focused on the broader AT ecosystem. This may include, among others, activities such as conducting national AT assessments, adopting a priority assistive product list, developing assistive product standards and specifications, publishing investment cases, or developing national AT procurement guidelines. It may also include creating a national strategy for AT to address policy gaps or raising AT awareness to increase demand.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant category(ies)
- The following categories of applicants are eligible to apply under this CFP
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Foundations
- Civil society organizations (CSOs)
- Institutions or federations
- Academic and research institutions
- UN system organizations
- The following categories of applicants are eligible to apply under this CFP
- Applicant’s country of registration and nationality
- Since ATscale expects individual proposals per country, all applicants (including consortium partners, if any) should be legally registered to operate in their country of interest. These countries are: Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, the State of Palestine, and the United Republic of Tanzania
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