Deadline: 12-Apr-21
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is pleased to announce applications for Small Grants for local Civil Society Organizations from Cahul and Ungheni Districts.
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls, the empowerment of women and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
Focus Areas
The applicant must be operating in one or more of the following areas:
- Local governance and decision making processes;
- Women’s leadership and participation in the Agenda at the local and regional levels;
- Non-profit women-led organization;
- Non-profit media organization;
- Human rights organizations;
- Community-based organization.
Funding Information
- The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) plans to award small grants to eligible Civil Society Organizations in the range of USD 5,000 to USD 10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant must be a local Civil Society Organizations (CSO) legally established and operating in Cahul or Ungheni districts. The applicant may apply if it:
- Is a registered CSO in operation for at least three years;
- Is a CSO located and operating in Cahul and/or Ungheni districts;
- Is not on the Consolidated UN Security Council Sanctions List ;
- Is not being investigated for fraud, corruption, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or other wrongdoing;
- Has not had funding received from UN Women entirely or partly written off by UN Women;
- Is not currently engaged as an Implementing Partner (IP) or Responsible Party (RP) for UN Women;
- Has not been engaged as an IP/RP for UN Women at any time after 21 November 2019;
- Is not a government entity;
- Is not an UN organization;
- Is not an established CSO with the capacity to be engaged as an Implementing Partner/Responsible Party (an organization could be a Responsible Party if at the moment it has the internal capacity well developed and all the mandatory policies in place: anti-fraud policy; Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) policy; Internal control framework; procurement policy);
- Has sufficient capacity to collaborate with various stakeholders: public, private and/or development partners (implemented at least 3 projects or initiatives);
- Has sufficient financial stewardship, including having adequate financial policies and procedures in place to manage the small grant (has a minimum capacity to manage financial resources);
- Past performance has been deemed satisfactory by UN Women (if it has received small grants previously or been engaged as an IP/RP before 21 November 2019).
- Is committed to work on advocacy for gender equality, preventing violence against women and gender-based violence.
- Agrees to actively engage in mentoring programmes of UN Women (preliminary planned for June 2021–February 2022) on gender equality and women human rights in order to become vocal advocates for gender equality and ending violence against women and children in the district/region.
For more information, visit https://sc.undp.md/tnddetails2/2239/