Deadline: 15-Oct-21
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) has announced a Call for Proposals for prevention and awareness raising on Gender Based Violence (GBV).
The MFA aims at supporting a national or international Civil Society Organization (CSO) a consortium of CSOs based in Kenya to work in three selected counties (Bungoma, Kilifi, Samburu), which will complement the Finland-Kenya bilateral program on Strengthening Prevention and Response to GBV in Kenya.
Objectives
The objective for the Call for Proposals is to support a civil society organization to:
- Create awareness of communities on gender-based violence in all its forms.
- Strengthen capacity at community level through engagement with relevant stakeholders to prevent gender based violence from happening.
- Change attitudes and behaviour related to harmful practices and social norms related to violence against women and girls in the communities.
- Encourage and enable male champions to take the lead in awareness raising and behavioural change work related to gender based violence.
- Support the duty bearers in the coordination of GBV related matters, but also hold the duty bearers accountable for their work.
- Scale up networking and sharing of good practices between duty bearers, rights holders, civil society organisations and community members including informal and religious leaders at community, county and national levels.
- Find new innovative ways of preventing gender based violence and contribute to behavioural change.
- Assist survivors to report and access the response chain.
- Relevant promotion of awareness on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
- Strengthening community structures for sustainability and continuity of GBV prevention work.
Funding Information
- The grant is allocated by the Unit for Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Financing will be available to maximum one proposal with a contract duration of up to four years (2022-2025). The total amount of funding available for this call for proposals is 2 million euros. Maximum 10 per cent of the project costs can be used for project related administrative costs.
- The expected duration of the selected CSO project is maximum 4 years (2022-2025).
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant (lead applicant in case of a consortium) must meet the following criteria:
- Be registered and/or legally competent in Kenya for at least two years (evidence of registration by the competent authority in Kenya to be shared)
- Have previous experience in prevention and awareness raising on gender-based violence in Kenya
- Clearly defined governance structure
- Currently have funding from at least one other donor and a minimum annual income of 500,000 euros in the previous financial year
- Have concrete evidence of proper bookkeeping and transparency (the most recent audited financial report by a recognized audit firm to be shared)
- The project proposal must:
- Have a minimum budget of 1.5 million euros (max. Funding available is 2 million euros)
- Contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals
- Be aligned with relevant development priorities in Kenya and the legislative and policy framework on Gender Based Violence
- Contribute to the implementation of the Finnish development cooperation objectives in Kenya as indicated in the bilateral development cooperation program 2021-2024
- Be aligned with the development policy priorities and principles set in the Finnish Report on Development Policy across Parliamentary Terms
- Be human rights-sensitive, at the very least.
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