Deadline: 20-Aug-20
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a call for proposals for Grants to support public-private initiatives to improve employment opportunities and increase the competitiveness of graduates of vocational education institutions (VET) in Luhansk, Donetsk and some cities and districts of Zaporizhia region.
The UN Peacebuilding Program is implemented by four UN agencies: the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Framework for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (FAO).
As a territorial program designed specifically for the conflict-affected regions of eastern Ukraine, the UN Peacebuilding and Peacebuilding Program addresses the main priority needs for stabilization, peacebuilding, economic and governance in eastern Ukraine after the conflict.
- Component I: Economic recovery and infrastructure development;
- Component II: Local Government and Decentralization Reform;
- Component III: Public Security and Social Cohesion.
Funding Information
- It is expected that the received project proposals will be funded in the amount of 20,000 to 35,000 dollars (in hryvnia equivalent).
- Territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts controlled by the Government of Ukraine;
- Berdyansk, Primorsky, Pryazovsky, Orikhivsky, Huliaipilsky, Yakymivsky, Bilmatsky, Melitopol and Tokmatsky districts of Zaporozhye region and the cities of Berdyansk, Melitopol and Tokmak.
- Each project must provide a public-private partnership (PPP), ie cooperation between a public institution (institution P (PT) O) and a private institution (employer, ie business or business association).
- Partnership between the NGO applying for the project, the institution (or institutions) P (PT) O and employers is mandatory. The presence of other partners, in particular the State Employment Service or the authorities and local governments, is desirable but not mandatory. All partnerships must be documented (letters or memoranda).
- The direct applicants of the competition (and future executors of projects) are public and charitable organizations, unions and associations of entrepreneurs and other non-profit organizations. They must meet the following requirements:
- be an officially registered legal entity with the status of a non-profit organization (non-profit codes, 0032, 0034, 0036, 0038, 0039, 0044, 0045, 0046, 0047, 0048);
- have documented experience in implementing at least two projects in the last five years, the cost of at least one of the projects must be at least 15,000 euros;
- have a proven organizational, technical and human capacity to coordinate public-private partnerships and to develop, organize and implement activities in the target regions of the competition. In this case, the partners-employers must be located in the target regions of the competition, but the official place of registration of the applicant (non-profit organization) does not matter and can be located in any (including non-target) region of Ukraine.
- The partnership of a non-profit organization with a public and private institution must be documented by a letter of partnership, memorandum, letter of commitment for project implementation or other document that will clearly understand the intention to cooperate, awareness of all parties with the project proposal and division of responsibilities.
- Applications submitted on behalf of individuals, commercial organizations, government agencies and organizations, local governments, political parties, religious organizations will not be considered (with commercial and government agencies may be partners).
- Non-profit organizations can apply for and receive funding for several projects (with different P (PT) O institutions) within the framework of the tender. In this case, one P (PT) O institution can act as a partner in several applications, but receive funding only within one project.
For more information, visit https://www.ua.undp.org/content/ukraine/uk/home/recovery-and-peacebuilding/grant-opportunities-UN-RPP/UN-RPP-employment-support-for-youth-in-eastern-ukraine.html