Deadline: 6-Feb-22
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) invites not profit-making organizations to submit grant proposals that focus on the project “Support the implementation of the Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism Action Plan 2022-23”.
UNDRR issues grants, in line with UN Financial Regulations and Rules, to apolitical and not profit-making organisations to facilitate, implement, or carry out activities related to UNDRR’s and the partner’s mandates and work programmes.
Objectives
- Promote an all of society engagement and action through strengthened partnerships with and between key stakeholders, in collaboration with Member States and UN system partners.
- Ensure a broader and more people-centred preventative approach to disaster risk by mobilizing and strengthening the voice of stakeholders in the Member State led implementation of the Sendai Framework.
- Catalyse collective action among different stakeholders and in collaboration with Governments and the United Nations system for risk-informed development.
- Co-create and co-design innovative solutions and approaches to implement the Sendai Framework and build coherence across the post-2015 agendas.
Focus Areas
- Action Area 1: Influencing global development policy – bring the voice of SEM and the importance of DRR to main global development fora and stakeholders
- Action Area 2: SEM contributions to main global fora and mechanisms focused on DRR – ensure the all-of-society approach is always present in DRR discussions.
- Action Area 3: Knowledge management – develop knowledge assets and campaign tools to raise SEM’s visibility and increase the sharing of its expertise in global DRR community
Funding Information
Amount: 60,000 USD
Outcome: Disaster Risk Reduction and resilience and engagement of stakeholders therein are promoted through multi-stakeholder action across the wider 2030 agenda.
Deliverables
- SEM engagement in select global Agenda 2030 fora and process strengthened, as per Action Area 1 in the action plan 2022-23.
- SEM engagement in UNDRR-led events (such as side events and webinars) continued and strengthened, including through continuous identification of opportunities by liaising with UNDRR regional offices.
- Strategy for SEM’s desired involvement at regional level and its modalities, including connections to regional DRR groups, defined, in consultation with the SEM AG.
- SEM advocacy campaign for International Day of DRR (IDDRR) on 13 October developed and implemented.
- SEM webinars on what the group is and does organised and delivered for targeted audiences including UN member states, donors, and UN agencies beyond UNDRR
Eligibility Criteria
- The role of the grantee should be to facilitate, steer and direct the work of SEM members in delivering the activities of the action plan, in line with the deliverables above. Any decision and activity will be implemented in prior consultation with and will be reported to the relevant SEM Focal Points and Coordinators.
- Within three weeks from the start of the grant, the grantee will have developed a clear implementation plan for each of these outputs, following consultation with the relevant SEM focal points or coordinators. The plans will include clear timeline, milestones, and deliverables.
- Applicants are required to indicate a plan for implementation, taking into consideration challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information, visit https://www.undrr.org/vacancy/call-proposals-2022-001-support-implementation-stakeholder-engagement-mechanism-action-plan