Deadline: 14-Feb-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a call for proposals to Strengthen public safety in rural areas of Luhansk oblast communities through strengthening fire safety.
The purpose of this announcement is to provide information on the public security grant competition for NGOs operating in Luhansk Oblast under the auspices of the United Nations Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Program and to explain the procedure for submitting project proposals.
Components
Program activities are grouped by the following key components of the Program, which reflect the priority needs of the region:
- Economic Recovery and Reconstruction of Critical Infrastructure;
- Effective local self-government and decentralization reform;
- Public Security and Social Cohesion.
Duration
Project duration – up to 4 months. The implementation of the project will start in March 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public or charitable organizations that will submit project proposals under this Call must meet the following mandatory requirements:
- be officially registered with the status of a legal entity in the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine and carry out their activities in the Luhansk region (organizations with registration in the target communities of the region will have priority);
- have the status of a non-profit or charitable organization;
- have two years of experience in the field of public safety and civil protection;
- have proven experience in implementing at least two projects and reporting on them;
- have appropriate specialists and project staff for its implementation (project manager, financial specialist / accountant and other specialists according to the needs of the project). If the involvement of specialists is envisaged only if the project proposal is supported, the descriptive application should contain the key requirements for each of the specialists provided by the project (profile education, work experience, etc.).
- Personnel involved in the project must meet the following requirements:
- the project team should at least consist of: a project manager (responsible for overall coordination of project implementation and submission of relevant reports to the UN Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Program), an accountant (responsible for accounting and financial reporting), and persons directly involved in project implementation;
- higher education in the areas of law, sociology, economics, public administration, social sciences or other relevant areas for the project manager, higher education in other team members;
- experience in the public sector for at least three years (for the project manager);
- preferably – previous experience in the field of public safety;
- knowledge of languages – fluency in Ukrainian and Russian;
- the accountant must have a higher education (related to accounting), experience in the field of accounting for at least two years;
- readiness to implement all rules and regulations of cooperation proposed by the international donor.
For more information, visit https://www.ua.undp.org/content/ukraine/uk/home/recovery-and-peacebuilding/grant-opportunities-UN-RPP/UA-UNDP-fire-safety/