Deadline: 06-Oct-2024
The Internews is seeking applications for its Sawt Activity to foster sustained civic engagement in Jordan through civil society and digital media innovations.
The Strengthening Civil Society and Media Systems (Sawt) Activity is a five-year (2022-2027) cooperative agreement funded by USAID and implemented by Internews in partnership with Mercy Corps and the International Center for Non-Profit Law (ICNL). The two main Objectives are Good, Trusted Knowledge-Building Resources: Citizens and civil society build knowledge through accessing and engaging critically with accurate and fact-based information and Participation & Advocacy: Citizens and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Jordan effectively participate in civic spaces and advocate for policies through knowledge-based collective action.
Sawt is seeking to create the Sawt Marketplace, a sustainable online platform that aims to provide access to CSOs in Jordan to comprehensive and constant capacity-building services, collaboration opportunities, knowledge-sharing, and data that will support their organizational strengthening. Specifically, the Marketplace will:
- Facilitate Services: The Marketplace serves as a matchmaker service where CSOs can find trusted service providers – such as consultants, legal advisors, or technology vendors – to support their initiatives, capacities and operations. Capacity Strengthening: The primary function of the Marketplace is enhancing the capacity of CSOs by offering a diverse range of online training modules and toolkits produced by Sawt such as community engagement, interest-based negotiation, media and information literacy, and advocacy resources. Additionally, it provides downloadable educational toolkits and templates.
- Foster Networking: The Marketplace encourages networking and collaboration, facilitating knowledge exchange, and creating a unified and supportive CSO community by sharing best practices and exploring potential collaboration opportunities utilizing chat boxes and Q&A posts.
- Resource Provision: The Marketplace provides a robust repository of resources and opportunities, including reports, case studies, and training materials. Users can easily search for, and access relevant resources to support their organizational development and project implementation efforts. The platform should enable filtration such as: date, type of material, topic, country of origin, and category. This content will be public and accessible to content providers and recipients (CSOs). It is important to note that Sawt will provide the content – including the documents, materials, and modules; so, it is not the responsibility of the grantee to create these.
- Facilitate Opportunities: The Marketplace actively seeks and showcases opportunities that amplify the impact of CSOs through providing updates and announcing calls for proposals, partnership opportunities, and funding competitions tailored to the needs and interests of CSOs. The Marketplace also highlights success stories and impact reports to connect them with potential donors or collaborators.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet the following criteria to be considered eligible for a subaward resulting from this RFA:
- Must have an established and functioning online networking platform.
- Must be legally registered in Jordan.
- Must submit a complete application package using the attached Annexes and instructions.
- Not listed with active exclusions on the UN Security Designation List, Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Person List, System for Award Management (SAM), or Internews List of Debarred Grant recipients.
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