Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), in collaboration with the Accelerated Funding Panel in Sri Lanka, is pleased to announce a call for expressions of interest for organizations to manage the 2nd round GCERF’s Accelerated Funding Programme (AFM).
The grantee will provide small and medium grants to community-based organizations to implement initiatives in communities with diverse ethnic and faith composition, with particular consideration of Ampara, Colombo, Kalutara, Kandy and Kurunegala districts. Other geographical areas may be considered if their inclusion significantly enhances the impact of PVE programmes and is strongly justified by the applicant.
Thematic Areas
The thematic areas for the small and medium grants include but are not limited to the following:
- Strengthen critical thinking skills and counter hate speech through online and offline engagement with youth;
- Strengthen social cohesion through the promotion of communal harmony and PVE by engaging with Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian religious;
- Strengthen community agency through enhancing dialogue between youth and community-level government authorities, including the rule of law authorities;
- Increase access to economic opportunities for vulnerable youth from different religious communities;
- Promote individual sense of purpose and critical thinking of youth in educational institutions (high school and university level) by strengthening relations between mainstream and religious educational institutions through inter-institutional activities; and
- Promote individual sense of purpose and critical thinking skills by providing digital literacy to youth.
Funding Information
- The total value of the programme will be no greater than 950,000 USD for a period of maximum 24 months from the date of signature of the grant agreement between GCERF and the Grantee.
- The value of grants shall be between USD 50,000 to USD 150,000.
Geographic Coverage
The grantee will provide small grants to community-based organizations to implement initiatives in communities with diverse ethnic and faith composition, with particular consideration to the districts of Colombo, Kalutara, and Kurunegala. Other geographical locations may be considered if their inclusion may significantly enhance the impact of PVE programmes and is strongly justified by the applicant.
Selection Criteria
The purpose of the Expression of Interest is to invite applicant for GCERF funding to demonstrate that it meets GCERF’s established prerequisites and possesses the requisite capabilities to manage small grants.
- Prerequisites
- Appropriate legal registration in Sri Lanka.
- Willingness and capacity to accept and fulfil the role of a Grantee
- Capabilities
- Sufficient and recent experience in making grants or subgrants to other organisations in Sri Lanka, with relevant staff expertise and systems (policies, processes and information systems)
- Experience with programming focused on PVE, peacebuilding, reconciliation and social cohesion.
- Experience and capacity to assess and enhance the capabilities of community-level sub-grantees.
- Recognised ability to comply with good programmatic, financial and administrative practices (statutory and donor audits, reputation).
- Experience and capacity in financial management and in the management of and accounting for international donor grant funding.
For more information, visit https://www.gcerf.org/call-for-application-sri-lanka/