Deadline: 5 July 21
The Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), with support from the European Union (EU) and Inter American Foundation (IAF), is implementing a project to strengthen the enabling environment for Caribbean NGOs to provide essential developmental services to vulnerable communities by improving access to resources and increasing institutional capacity building opportunities post-COVID 19.
The project aims to strengthen the enabling environment for Caribbean NGOs working with the most vulnerable sectors impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by improving access to financial resources and technical training and enhancing the voice of marginalised persons.
The project covers seven CARICOM countries; these countries include Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and Grenadines. The project will build the Non-Governmental Sector’s capacity in the Caribbean by implementing several specific actions. These actions focus on strengthening NGOs’ capacity to provide key development solutions to vulnerable groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Objectives
- Major Objective
- To strengthen the enabling environment for Caribbean NGOs working with the most vulnerable sectors impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by improving access to financial resources and technical training and enhancing the voice of marginalised persons.
- Specific Objectives:
- To provide social and/or economic support services to vulnerable groups impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic;
- To foster positive social change in the lives of vulnerable groups through the formulation and implementation of educational strategies focusing on job assistance, skill development and literacy; and
- To improve the organisational capacity of NGOs to deliver skills and employment development solutions to vulnerable groups.
Funding Information
- The overall indicative amount made available under this Call is USD 115 400.00.
- Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- Minimum amount: USD 10,000
- Maximum amount: USD 12,115
- The period to execute the project may not be lower than six months nor exceed twelve (12) months from signing the Grant Contract.
Types of Action
The following types of Action are eligible [within the objectives of Section 1.2]:
- Promotion of educational empowerment and development of sustainable livelihood practices for marginalised groups;
- Targeting populations with limited resources with affordable, innovative strategies using community sensitive approaches that encourage entrepreneurship through skills acquisition;
- Limited institutional capacity building actions (ICTs, staff training, M&E systems formulation etc.).
Expected Outcomes
- Enhanced service provision to vulnerable beneficiaries by NGOs to respond to challenges caused and/or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Increased application of ‘grassroots’ development approaches to the challenges faced by vulnerable groups impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Enhanced ability to increase economic empowerment of vulnerable beneficiaries impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Geographic Focus
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant
- To be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- Be non-profit-making and
- Be a legally registered organisation and
- Be established in Caribbean States (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and Grenadines) and
- Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project and
- Have an operational presence including a current and registered bank account with two signatories, social media presence and telephone listing and
- Have the demonstrated human resources to ensure the delivery of the project and
- Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project and
- Proven track record of at least three years working with the respective vulnerable group
- International organisations are NOT eligible.
Eligible Actions
- The grant application form must be accompanied by a completed ‘Declaration by the applicant form.
- If awarded the grant contract, the applicant will become the Beneficiary as identified by the Coordinator. The Coordinator is the main interlocutor of the Contracting Authority. He/She represents and acts on behalf of any other co-beneficiary (if any) and coordinates the Action’s design and implementation.
Eligibility of Cost
- Only ‘eligible costs’ can be covered by a grant. The budget is both a cost estimate and an overall ceiling for eligible costs.
- At the contracting phase, the Contracting Authority decides whether to accept the proposed amounts or rates based on the applicant’s provisional budget by analysing factual data of grants carried out by the applicant or of similar actions and by performing checks.
- The total amount of financing based on simplified cost options that can be authorised by the Contracting Authority for any applicants individually cannot exceed USD 12,115.
For more information, visit https://cpdcngo.org/call-for-proposals-promotion-of-sustainable-livelihoods-in-vulnerable-communities-in-barbados-and-the-eastern-caribbean/