Deadline: 14-Apr-22
The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a Call for Proposals for the second round of grants to facilitate the implementation of community dialogue and social cohesion initiatives.
Through this Call for Proposals, UNDP Libya seeks to engage Libyan CSOs in implementing social cohesion initiatives that can enhance community-based dialogue and mediation, as well as further the implementation of local reconciliation agreements in target municipalities.
Objectives
- The multi-donor Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) aims to bridge the critical period of transition from the initial period of humanitarian relief towards mid-and long-term structural and sector-specific support. It includes interventions at the municipal level that seek to strengthen national unity and reinforce state authorities for all Libyans through support for local stability. As UNDP Libya, together with UNITAR, continue to support the stabilization process in Libya, the SFL continues to progress steadily towards strengthening existing local peace structures and conflict management capacity.
- Support is planned along two related but distinct outputs, which focus on restoring trust among different Libyan constituencies and repairing the damaged social fabric, albeit with different objectives:
- Social Cohesion: Support civil society led initiatives to promote community dialogues and social cohesion within the framework of identified Stabilization Goals. The overall objective of this grant is to restore social cohesion in divided communities and build ownership for dialogue initiatives through coordination with the existing local peace structure or mediator’s network.
- Conduct outreach and advocacy in support of implementation of reconciliation agreements. The objective of Output 2 is to advance the implementation of stalled reconciliation agreements in targeted municipalities, spurring momentum through community outreach and advocacy initiatives.
Funding Information
- Proposal eligible for this call are those whose requested budgets are between LYD23,000 (minimum amount) and LYD100,000 (maximum amount) per proposal.
- Proposals with the project staff salary costs exceeding 25% of the total budget will be disqualified without further consideration. Co-funding and in-house contributions are strongly encouraged.
Scope of Activities
CSOs may apply for one of the following outputs, and activities must be implemented exclusively in one or several of the targeted municipalities of this Call for Proposals:
- Output 1: Social Cohesion: Support civil society-led initiatives to promote community dialogues and social cohesion within the framework of identified Stabilization Goals – Applying organizations are expected to devise proposals for innovative social cohesion initiatives Derna, Sirte, Tawergha, Benghazi, Tripoli, Kikla, Beni Walid, Sebha, Ghat, and Ubari which can enhance community-based dialogues and mediation.
- Output 2: Conduct outreach and advocacy in support of the implementation of reconciliation agreements – Applying organizations are expected to devise proposals for innovative advocacy and outreach initiatives that will advance the implementation of existing reconciliation agreements Misrata – Tawergha, Kufra, Murzuq, Sebha, Ghat, and Ubari.
Eligibility Criteria
Libyan NGOs/ CSOs that are officially, and duly registered organization (NGO, charity foundation or other form of civil society organization) are eligible to apply. Successful applicants must also demonstrate the following skills, experience and requirements:
- Legally constituted and officially registered organization (CSOs) in Libya
- Rostered CSOs under SFL project
- CSOs who attended at least 50% of the UNITAR Conflict Analysis and Project Cycle Management training (between 2020 to 2021), or CSOs who implemented at least two grant projects related to social cohesions and peacebuilding activities.
- Availability of human resources that will ensure quality of the project and timely implementation of the contract.The project team will include Team leader and Technical Expert:
- Project Manager:
- Secondary school’s degree (or higher) in the fields of social science, development, business management, or any other related fields;
- At least two years of experience in the grant project implementation and management;
- Experience in supervising projects related to social cohesion, peacebuilding, mediations, community development is strongly desirable
- Fluency in Arabic, preferably in English.
- Technical Expert:
- Secondly school’s degree or certification from the Technical Schools in the fields of social science, development, business management, or any other related fields;
- At least one year of experience in working in the field of social cohesion, community development, peacebuilding, mediations, conflict reductions, or any other related items;
- Fluency in Arabic.
For more information, visit https://www.ly.undp.org/content/libya/en/home/library/Sustainabledevelopment/call-for-proposals–supporting-for-community-based-dialogue-and-.html