Deadline: 8-Jun-22
The British Embassy Kyiv is accepting project proposals for the 2022 to 2023 financial year (April 2022 to March 2023) from not-for-profit organisations under the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund Programme.
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UK is seeking to provide support to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (U-MOD) to help those who have served and are suffering from conflict-related trauma (psychological and physical).
Objectives
The Special Defence Advisory Team is looking for a partner who can lead on the delivery of the following four objectives to:
- assist with the development of U-MOD’s internal policies to ensure it delivers best-practice support for psycho-social trauma and trauma risk management; including recognising the specific needs of vulnerable groups (women and minorities)
- assist with the development of psycho-social trauma monitoring, lessons-learning, and support reach-back
- undertake a gaps analysis of psycho-social trauma within the AFU. Engage with UK military trauma support specialist to assist with the development of a package to improve the process in place and fill any gaps in support (through advice, facilitation, or direct delivery of needs, as required)
- undertake, in consultation with the AFU, a needs analysis of the provision on Ukrainian conflict-related trauma surgery. If required, work with the UK’s Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in the adaptation and delivery of their remote trauma surgery training package
Funding Information
- minimum budget limit: £75,000 (seventy five thousand pounds sterling)
- maximum budget limit: £125,000 (one hundred and twenty five thousand pounds sterling)
Essential skills and competencies of the implementer
The implementer will have:
- strong operational experience of working in Ukraine or in similar environments in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECAD) region
- strong working knowledge of military medical context, including the provision of psychological support within civil and military systems
- strong working knowledge of the operative framework of the AFU medical support services
- must have access and influence within the relevant government bodies
- the ability to source appropriate expertise to support the mapping, capacity building and advocacy components, both in-country and if necessary, from outside
- project and budget management skills, experience, capabilities and capacity
- experience of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning processes
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/call-for-project-bids-to-support-psychological-and-traumatic-medical-work-in-ukraine-in-2022-to-2023