Open Call: “Recovery, Stability and Socio-economic Development” in Libya

Deadline: 16-Sep-22

The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) is calling for proposals for Recovery, Stability and Socio-economic Development in Libya.

This Call for Proposals is an integral part of the Italian Cooperation Component of the “Recovery, Stability and Socio-economic Development in Libya” Phase 2 Programme implemented by AICS and financed under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EU Trust Fund). The Programme includes two additional components implemented by UNDP and UNICEF.

Objectives

• The Action’s overall objective is to contribute to improving the living conditions and resilience of local communities, migrants, refugees, IDPs, and returnees, with a focus on the most vulnerable within targeted municipalities of Southern Libya. This will be achieved by implementing three interlinked outcomes that aim to:
  • Contribute to improving basic services delivery (notably education, WASH, sustainable energy, as well as facilities for social cohesion at community level);
  • Contribute to creating livelihoods opportunities for local communities, including for migrants;
  • Contribute to prevention/mitigation of conflicts, encourage reconciliation and strengthen social cohesion.
• The global objective of this call for proposals is to contribute to improving basic services delivery (notably in education, WASH and sustainable energy sectors) in the 14 targeted municipalities in Southern Libya, in line with the Programme Outcome 1.
• The specific objectives are:
  • To strengthen technical and managerial capacities of relevant basic services providers’ personnel;
  • To upgrade basic service facilities through supply of equipment and rehabilitation/maintenance works;
  • To raise awareness among the target population on inclusive access to basic services.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 5.340.000.
• Indicative allocation of funds by lot/geographical distribution:
  • Lot 1: Municipalities: Darj, Shwerif, Algorda, Brak Alshati
  • Indicative allocation: EUR 1,781,152;
  • Lot 2: Municipalities: Ubari, Sebha, Shargya, Murzuq, Bent Baya, Algarefa
  • Indicative allocation: EUR 1,916,852;
  • Lot 3: Municipalities: Ghat, Algatron, Ribyana, Alkufra
• Indicative allocation: EUR 1,641,996.
• Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
  • Lot 1: Municipalities: Darj, Shwerif, Algorda, Brak Alshati
    • minimum amount: EUR 1,631,152
    • maximum amount: EUR 1,781,152
  • Lot 2: Municipalities: Ubari, Sebha, Shargya, Murzuq, Bent Baya, Algarefa
    • minimum amount: EUR 1,766,852
    • maximum amount: EUR 1,916,852
  • Lot 3: Municipalities: Ghat, Algatron, Ribyana, Alkufra
    • minimum amount: EUR 1,491,996
    • maximum amount: EUR 1,641,996

Geographic Scope

• The selection of the locations targeted by this Action was coordinated with the Libyan Ministry of Local Governance (MoLG) and the European Union based on the following criteria:
  • municipalities largely excluded from donor funding;
  • municipalities with newly elected municipal councils;
  • locations presenting a higher economic development potential;
  • security and accessibility;
  • presence of migrant and IDP communities.
• As a result of this process, AICS will target the following 14 Municipalities:
  • Darj and Shwerif in the West;
  • Ribyana and Kufra in the South East;
  • Brak al Shati, Ubari, Beint Baya, Ghat/Tahala, Al Gorda, Al Ghareifa, Murzuk, Quatrum, Shargya and Sebha in the South West.

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant(s)
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
    • be a legal person and
    • be non-profit making and
    • be a non-governmental organisation and
    • be established in a Member State of the European Union or in countries eligible under EDF- ENIand DCI- funded programmes and
    • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the coapplicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary and
    • be registered and/or authorized to implement activities in Libya or in the process of being registered/authorized.
• Co-applicant(s) 
  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.
  • Co-applicants must sign the mandate in Part B Section 4 of the grant application form.
  • If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicant(s) (if any) will become beneficiary(ies) in the action (together with the coordinator).
• Affiliated Entities
  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
  • Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to coapplicant(s):
    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
      • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
        • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
    • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.

For more information, visit https://tunisi.aics.gov.it/home/opportunita/bandi/