Deadline Extended: 25-Apr-22
The UN Women is calling for proposals for Jamaica Small Grants Application to support the expansion of the technical substantive capacity of groups working on innovative programmes to end violence against women and girls (VAWG).
UN Women plans to award small grants to eligible Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based in Jamaica to contribute to the Spotlight Initiative objectives to prevent and end family violence.The vision of the Spotlight Initiative (SI) is that the rights of women and girls to live free from violence are protected, promoted, and upheld. The impact that the SI will work towards achieving is that all women and girls, particularly those who are most vulnerable, live a life free of violence and harmful practices. UN Women plans to award small grants to eligible Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based in Jamaica to contribute to the Spotlight Initiative objectives to prevent and end family violence.
Grant Purpose: To support the expansion of technical substantive capacity of groups working on innovative programmes to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Jamaica.
Objectives
- To contribute to the reduction of family violence against women and girls and
- To improve access for women and girls to essential, safe, adequate, integrated gender-responsive services
Key Pillars
The key pillars of the Spotlight Initiative Include:
- Laws and Policies
- Institutional Capacities
- Social Norms and Behaviours
- Services
- Data Availability and Utilisation
- Women’s Rights Groups, Autonomous Social Movements and CSOs
Funding Information
- Individual Proposals: Ceiling of USD 10,000
- Joint proposals with two (2) or more CSOs: Ceiling of USD 20,000
- UN Women’s small grants are limited to a maximum of USD 30,000 per CSO per 12-month period and a maximum USD 60,000 for the lifetime of the CSO. The calculation of the maximum grant amount includes all small grants awarded to the CSO from all UN Women Offices.
Eligible activities
The applicant may apply for a small grant to cover the following activities:
- Introducing and improving organizational systems, tools, and processes – including scaling up work and initiatives
- Training of workforce in technical and managerial skills; and,
- Supporting with equipment such as copiers, scanners, printers, laptops and computers as long as the cost of such equipment is limited to 30% of the proposed small grant budget or USD5,000, whichever is lower.
Eligibility Criteria
- Civil society and other not for profit organisations in Jamaica working on Family Violence and VAWG.
- NOTE: eligible organisations must be legally registered and operational for 3 or more years
- The applicant may apply if it:
- is a registered CSO in operation for at least three years;
- 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 a UN organization;
- is not an established CSO with the capacity to be engaged as an IP/RP;
- has sufficient capacity to collaborate with various stakeholders;
- has sufficient financial stewardship, including having adequate financial policies and procedures in place to manage the small grant; and,
- 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).
For more information, visit https://caribbean.unwomen.org/en/stories/news/2022/01/un-women-small-grant-for-capacity-strengthening-spotlight-initiative