Deadline: 1-Aug-22
The United Nations Development Program invites Civil Society Institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and / or non-governmental legal entities operating in the Kyrgyz Republic to submit proposals for the implementation of activities related to the sub-project “Establishment of a Women’s Creative Laboratory ( WCL ) in Batken and Jalal-Abad regions”, and participate in the competition for grants.
The grant application is announced as part of the Gender Approach project in collaboration with the UNDP Accelerator Lab initiative.
Objectives
The sub-project designed on principle of gender equality and women’s empowerment. The sub-project implements direct targeted interventions for enhancing opportunities for girls and women in creative industries in Batken and Jalal-Abad oblasts, which focuses on objectives:
- Establishment of the “resident’s club” which will be the core of WCL in Osh city;
- Support naturally evolving “women support women” network as a part of the creative ecosystem where girls and women consider themselves not competitors but co-creators through the exchange of knowledge and ideas, and joint activities;
- Create adequate infrastructure: provide safe and creative space and necessary training and equipment to develop and advance their skills in creative industries;
- Create enabling environment for learning core principles of gender equality;
- Connect WCL’s residents with potential employers to enhance job opportunities through meetups, internships, etc.
- Connect WCLs with the Labs in neighboring oblasts.
Funding Information
Within this subproject the grant funds will be provided to launch two Labs:
- Lot 1 – One locality in Batken Oblast, total grant – 15 000.00 USD
- Lot 2 – One locality in Jalal-Abad Oblast, total grant – 15 000.00 USD
Eligibility Criteria
- The launch of the WCL should be realized through:
- Provision safe space for residents of the WCL in Batken and Jalal-Abad both for thematic workshops, seminars and practical exercises under the trainings and educational activities. The space should be available for residents over the full working hours of the organization it is located in, and at least 9 working hours per day.
- Provision all conditions necessary for the selected resident to participate in training programmes, test and prototype their ideas in creative industries;
- Provision of continued business mentoring and advisory support to alumni of the training programmes to ensure effective implication of knowledge provided in their practices;
- Provision of educational mentorship from gender specialist and/or psychologist working with the women entrepreneurs;
- Monitoring the results/ impact of the different products with a special focus on decent jobs, livelihoods and trade turnover.
- This Call aims to enhance opportunities for girls and women in creative industries through establishing WCLs in one locality of Batken oblast and one locality of Jalal-Abad oblast in Kyrgyzstan according to the attached Terms of Reference (TOR).
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=93033