Deadline: 21-Mar-21
UNDP is calling proposals to empower Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to Promote Social Cohesion in Kirkuk, Diyala, Anbar, Salaheldin, and Niewna-Phase II.
The project aims to provide capacity building to CBOs and provide them with grants to implement community initiatives prioritized by their community to ensure a bottom-up approach that is effective and accepted at the community level. The community initiatives will address community challenges 2 such as the reintegration of IDPs, local conflicts, livelihood, GBV, community dialogue to promote social cohesion and build the sense of community and togetherness among different communities groups.
The UNDP Social Cohesion Programme work in four main areas that include:
- Strengthening the national frameworks for peace and social cohesion.
- Strengthening inter-linking community infrastructures for social cohesion at multi-levels.
- Supporting and strengthening capacities and resources of academia and research institutions and actors to lead social cohesion.
- Working with media institutions and media professionals to improved advocacy and public awareness.
Expected Outcomes
- Community peace and social cohesion in Anbar, Nienwa, Dialya, Kirkuk, and Salaheldin governorates are promoted through the empowerment of Community-Based Organizations (CBOs).
Outputs
- Output 1: CBOs’ capacity and peace skills enhanced through training and development activities to better serve their communities.
- Output 2: CBOs’ are provided with grants to implement community initiatives that have been prioritized by their communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant organizations must be non-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs), with Registration with the Federal Government of Iraq and preferable the Kurdish Regional Government. Without the Federal Government of Iraq Registrations, the submission will not be deemed eligible.
- Qualified local NGOs are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is a staff member of UNDP, who has any relationship with the organization, as an owner or relative of the owner or member of the Board of Directors or part of their management team, etc., this should be officially notified to UNDP prior to the start of the selection process. The applicant organizations must have the following minimum expertise and experience:
- Proven knowledge and understanding of social cohesion issues in Iraq, with an emphasis on community reconciliation especially in the targeted locations (Salahuddin, Diyala, Kirkuk, Niewnwa and Anbar)
- Proven expertise and experience in working on conflict sensitivity and gender programming, with experience in reducing violence, re-establishing peace, and enhancing collaborative relations among different groups in Iraq, particularly with, peace activists, youth and women.
- Proven technical expertise and experience in the design, implementation, and management of evidence and needs-based social cohesion interventions, which are conflict and gender-sensitive.
- Proven expertise in developing the organizational, management and technical capacities of local NGOs, including through the adoption of context-sensitive innovative approaches.
- Proven organizational management expertise, including administration, finance, human resources, procurement and operations.
- Proven experience Monitoring and evaluating social cohesion and peacebuilding projects.
- A minimum of 5 years of active experience, undertaking similar work in Iraq.
- Demonstrable minimum 5 years of experience of holding dialogues with relevant officials from national and provincial and local levels and advocacy with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Proven, strong social capital and partnerships with local grassroots organizations, networks and movements (particularly those working on issues relevant to this TOR) in the target locations specified in this TOR, and the proven ability to create formal working relationships to collaboratively implement this project. Partnership with a/another local-NGO is required.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=75958