Deadline: 31 July 2019
The Civil Society Support Programme Phase 2 (CSSP 2) is inviting eligible organisations or groups to submit their grant application on safeguarding.
A safeguarding framework has therefore been developed for CSSP2 to mitigate against violence. It sets out how the programme will work with CSOs including in relation to:
- minimum safeguarding standards for CSOs and due diligence on these standards
- capacity development for CSOs on safeguarding
- monitoring compliance across CSOs
Scope of Work
The selected provider(s) is expected to complete the following tasks in close cooperation and consultation with the CSSP2 safeguarding team:
- Build capacity of CSOs funded under CSSP2 in relation to safeguarding policies and procedures
- Build capacity of CSOs in relation to conducting safeguarding investigations
- Conduct Investigation
- Identify the existing services and service providers for survivors
- Lead the collation of lessons learned in relation to building the capacity of Ethiopian CSOs on safeguarding and procedures
Budget Information
Under this call, CSSP2 allocated a total budget of £100,000 – £ 200,000. With this total budget, it is planned to contract out up to three grantees/organisations.
Proposed Duration
Up to 18 months
Eligibility Criteria
Since applications can be submitted in coalition or individually, the following eligibility criteria are applicable to lead and/or co-applicants as indicated below.
- Should have valid registration license and registered under the law of Ethiopia (applicable to the lead and co-applicant/s),and
- Should have operational presence in Ethiopia (applicable to the lead and coapplicant/s ), and
- Demonstrated expertise in building capacity of Ethiopian CSOs (applicable to the lead and co-applicant/s depending on the task type an applicant is proposing, and
- Contextual knowledge of Ethiopian civil society (applicable to the lead and coapplicant/s), and
- Experience of working on safeguarding including either child safeguarding or protection from SEAH (applicable to the lead and co-applicant/s), and
- Experience of organisational change, including for example working on organisational cultural change (applicable to the lead and/or co-applicant/s), and
- Experience of conducting or supporting safeguarding investigations and ideally
- conducting capacity building of CSOs/individuals in relation to safeguarding investigations (applicable to the lead and/or co-applicant/s), and
- Experience on service provision mapping or research (applicable to the lead and/or co-applicant/s), and
- Established basic financial management systems (to be checked through audit reports and due diligence assessment ) (applicable to lead and co-applicant/s), and
- Should have safeguarding policy
How to Apply
Interested applicants can send their application pack electronically at the address given on the website with the subject line ‘Safeguarding Grant Application’. In addition, please send three hard copies of the application pack to the CSSP2 Office through a sealed envelope.
For more information, please visit https://ethiopia.britishcouncil.org/programmes/society/civil-society-support-programme/safeguarding-grant
