Deadline: 22-Feb-22
The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), in collaboration with the Regional Accelerated Funding Panel (RAFP) in the Western Balkans, is pleased to announce a call for expressions of interest (EOI) for civil society organisations (CSOs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to form a consortium and become a Principal Recipient (PR) of GCERF funding from GCERF’s Accelerated Funding Mechanism (AFM).
Under the AFM, GCERF will fund consortia of CSOs to implement initiatives aimed at enabling the environment for rehabilitation and reintegration (R&R) of returned foreign terrorist fighters (RFTFs) and their families. Consortium grants are managed and supported by the Principal Recipient (PRs), who are the legal recipients of GCERF funding and provide funding to other consortium members or “Sub-Recipients” (SRs).
Objectives
GCERF will fund a consortium led by a local organisation to implement programmes that facilitate safe, healthy, and dignified rehabilitation and reintegration (R&R) of returning foreign terrorist fighters (RFTFs) and their families while creating resilience to violent extremism in the wider community over the long-term. CSO actions will be implemented in collaboration with government authorities and aligned with existing R&R strategies. R&R interventions will contribute to the following objectives:
- National and Local level Collaboration
- Contribute to the implementation of national and local strategies to prevent violent extremism and support community based rehabillitation and reintgreation of FTFs and their families.
- Foster an enabling environment for resocialisation of FTFs and their families while strengthening community resilience to radicalisation and prevent recidivism to violent extremism, including Far-Right Extremism and Ethno-Nationalism.
- Inform the broader field of practice and contribute to a national and regional ecosystem of actors capable of assessing, preventing, and countering extremist reengagement and other forms of violence over the long-term.
- Collaboration with Front-Line Workers and Communities
- Provide access to physical, mental, and psychosocial support services to FTFs and their families to recover from developmental, mental, and physical injuries sustained and to maintain physical, mental, and spiritual health.
- Promote family cohesion for FTFs, through offering family education, counselling, and therapy support.
- Contribute to advancing the social and economic capital for FTFs and their families to address basic needs and enhance the quality of life.
- Increase access to educational and development opportunities through formal education and soft skills for FTFs and their families.
Funding Information
- GCERF plans to sign grant agreements with CSOs by the end of August 2022. GCERF will use the Accelerated Funding Mechanism (AFM) to fund at least 1, or perhaps two, consortium grants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The grant size will be USD 500,000 to 1,000,000. GCERF has allocated USD 1.2 million for this round of funding.
- The grants will be no less than 18 months and no more 36 months in duration.
Selection Criteria
- Prerequisites
- Appropriate legal registration of the consortium lead in one of the four countries for this call.
- Willingness and capacity to accept and fulfil the role of a PR.
- Capabilities
- Established relationships and credibility with the relevant national and local authorities, institutions and front liners (e.g. schools, psychologists, social workers, etc.), and other stakeholders involved in R&R of FTFs and their families.
- Experience and capacity in community-level initiatives focused on strengthening resilience against violent extremism and particularly on R&R of FTFs and their families.
- Experience and capacity in programme management.
- Experience and capacity in financial management and in the management of and accounting for donor grant funding.
- Experience in managing sub-recipients and assessing and enhancing their capacities.
- Willingness and capacity to engage international partners as sub-recipients and service providers.
For more information, visit https://www.gcerf.org/call-for-application-bosnia-and-herzegovina/