Request for Proposals: Public Space Design and Blue-Green Network Project (Ukraine)

Deadline: 15-Jun-25

The UN-HABITAT is pleased to invite proposals to support Ukraine’s ongoing and future urban recovery and reconstruction efforts while fostering community cohesion, health, and well-being for all citizens through inclusive and sustainable public spaces.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. UN-Habitat promotes socially and environmentally sustainable environments, working with partners to build inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and communities. UN-Habitat promotes urbanisation as a positive transformative force for people and communities, reducing inequality, discrimination, and poverty.

A sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine calls for the introduction of a systemic shift in the recovery planning and design of cities, towns and neighbourhoods in Ukraine, while also embedding measures to build capacity within the built environment professions, including urban planning. This initiative includes two components:

• the development of a sub-regional Blue-Green Network strategy and Local public space interventions
• the facilitation of expert and community dialogue to support knowledge exchange on public spaces.

Aim

• The project aims at increasing access to global, regional and local cutting-edge knowledge, expertise as well as best practises that can inspire and enhance the capacities and expertise of Ukrainian stakeholders engaged in the recovery and reconstruction efforts.

Objective

• The objective is to support Ukraine’s ongoing and future urban recovery and reconstruction efforts while fostering community cohesion, health, and well-being for all citizens through inclusive and sustainable public spaces.

Funding Information

• Maximum proposed value in USD$: 120,000.
• Duration: 5 months.

Expected Outcomes

• UN-Habitat requests that the deliverables consist of the following:
  • Development of a sub-regional Blue-Green Network strategy and Local public space interventions in the Borodianka-Makariv-Irpin corridor, including:
    • Sub-regional blue-green network strategy: developed in close collaboration with key local and regional stakeholders, aligned with existing initiatives on climate adaptation and green recovery within the Oblast;
    • City-wide Public Space Network: Concept for Borodianka and Makariv focused on green infrastructure and informed by residents’ needs and priorities
  • Facilitation of expert and community dialogue to support knowledge exchange on public spaces, building on the existing UN-Habitat’s public space publication, through the following activities:
    • Organisation of an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) with national and international experts to support the knowledge exchange on public spaces
    • Revision of UN-Habitat’s public space publication based on the discussion and recommendations from the EGM

Target Audience

• The targeted audience for the project encompasses all stakeholders involved in recovery and reconstruction efforts in urban areas. This includes, but is not limited to:
  • National, Regional and Local governments;
  • Practitioners and professionals;
  • National and international organisations;
  • General public.

Eligibility Criteria

• UN-Habitat invites proposals from not-for-profit organizations and public institutions to enhance the quality of public spaces in Ukraine.
• Legal Status:
  • Certificate of registration/incorporation i.e.,
  • Certified true copy of proof of non-Profit
  • Proof of registration in Country of Origin.
  • Proof of registration in Country of operation
  • Proof of country operational presence
• Organization profile and details:
  • The organization’s latest annual report;
  • The organisation’s constitutions and/or by laws
  • Clear organization profile and structure of the organization indicating:
    • Organization’s vision, mission and objectives
    • Management structure
    • Members of the Governing Board and their Designations duly certified by the Corporate Secretary, or its equivalent

Application Requirements

• Proposals should include the following documents:
  • Certificate of registration, both in country of origin and in country of operation;
  • Certified true copy of proof of non-Profit;
  • Clear organisation profile and structure of the organisation indicating:
    • Organisation’s vision, mission and objectives;
    • Management structure;
    • Members of the Governing Board and their Designations duly certified by the Corporate Secretary, or its equivalent.

For more information, visit UN-HABITAT.