Deadline: 20-Jan-23
This Call for Proposal has been launched by UN Women for Moldovan Public Institutions and Civil Society Organizations/Consortiums to deliver a set of interventions to support the Refugee women and girls survivors of GBV and those at-risk of livelihood opportunities, required assets, and skills.
UN Women aims to ensure that vulnerable refugee women including GBV survivors and those at risk have strengthened access to protection services, capacities, and resources that reflect multisectoral coordination and are gender responsive and survivor-centered in Moldova.
Funding Information
- The total budget available for this call for proposal is of USD 300,000.00.
- Duration: The timeframe of the project is 8 months within February 2022 – August 2023.
Description of required services/results
- UN Women aims to ensure that vulnerable refugee women including GBV survivors and those at-risk have strengthened access to protection services, capacities and resources that reflect multisectoral coordination and are gender responsive and survivor-centred in Moldova.
- In the framework of the priorities outlined above, UN Women Moldova Country Office welcomes proposals against the following activities:
- Support the strengthening and operationalization of three multipurpose anti-violence centers to assist women victims of VAW/GBV and their integration in local communities.
- Strengthen the capacities of the GBV specialists in assistance and protection to the victims of VAW/GBV, including guidance on intersectoral cooperation mechanism for cases of domestic violence.
- Provide VAW/GBV referral support to up to 200 refugee women survivors of VAW/GBV including victims from national level following referral pathways.
- Build the capacity and knowledge of up to 20 counsellors and practitioners of local women’s organizations on VAW/GBV identification, case management, referral pathways and reporting.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proponents will receive a pass/fail rating on this section. UN Women reserves the right to verify any information contained in proponent’s response or to request additional information after the proposal is received. Incomplete or inadequate responses, lack of response or misrepresentation in responding to any questions will result in disqualification.
- Technical/functional competencies required:
- Demonstrates experience in applying the VAW/GBV Guiding Principles including Safety, Confidentiality, Respect and Non-discrimination;
- Has at least 1 year of administrative experience in managing and implementing projects that focus on VAW/GBV prevention and protection in Moldova
- Has experience in coordination with the state authorities in terms of ensuring that the provision of specialized services is in accordance with the legislation;
- Has at least 1 year of experience in implementing multi-sectorial responses to VAW/GBV (including health, psychosocial support, and legal assistance);
- Has experience in applying VAW/GBV referral pathways;
- Has experience in applying survivor-centred approaches;
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services:
- Has experience in managing large amounts of budgets based on previous similar projects;
- Previous experience managing grants from UN agencies, INGOs or international organizations;
- Experience in providing assistance and support to refugees
- Specific requirements to the proposal:
- An applicant shall submit a proposal for strengthening of at least 1 of the 3 multi-purpose anti-violence centers by expansion of the current existing services;
- The proponents are highly encouraged and expected to sub-partner with local civil society organizations and public institutions to deliver a set of interventions to support the Refugee women and girls’ survivors of GBV and those at-risk, therefore joint applications of organizations (consortium) will represent an advantage;
- All individual applicants and lead applicants (in the case of joint proposals) must be legal registered in Moldova;
- Individual proponents or joint submission applicants cannot submit more than one proposal;
- The budget of the proposal shall include communication and visibility, awareness and communication actions that shall amount up to 10% of the total budget. The proponent shall follow the UN Women Branding Guidelines and Identity Standards throughout the implementation process. Examples of communication and visibility actions may be but not limited to: success stories, video spots, informative sessions, online campaigns, awareness campaigns, etc.;
- UN Women will sign contracts with and disburse funds to the applicant organizations only. Results based budget should be prepared using zero VAT rate. Partners and sub-contractors will benefit from respective fiscal arrangements upon signature of Partnership Agreement with UN Women Moldova.
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