Deadline: 4-May-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) kindly request you to submit Call for proposals for Grant Competition for Development of Smart Villages in Georgia (3 Call).
The primary objective of the call is to respond to the challenges of rural areas and rural actors in Georgia by finding practical, innovation-driven solutions to challenges they face and potentially seize new opportunities in jobs creation and income generation, notably with a view of substantial inclusion of disadvantaged groups. This further means, enacting innovative solutions to complex challenges in service access and delivery that are matching the characteristics and assets of distinct rural areas.
Priorities
The priority will be given to the proposal ideas that will ensure:
- Support rural communities to address the needs through social and digital innovation that have potential of response to rural development challenges with a clear rural service delivery improvement impact and transferability to broader spatial dimensions.
- Encourage coordination and partnership among key stakeholders in multi-sectoral, integrated approaches to rural development, e.g. policy makers, rural entrepreneurs, local governments, national agencies, CSO, development organizations, etc. Such coordination and partnerships should ensure complementarity of measures to existing public and private programs and projects.
- Focus on inclusion and empowerment of disadvantaged groups, including youth, women, PWDs, IDPs, ethnic, religious, sexual and other minorities from rural areas.
Funding Information
Any funds requested for the grant(s) under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: USD 10,000.
- maximum amount: USD 25,000
Implementation Location(s)
Activities of Smart Village grants should be implemented within administrative boundaries of at least one village in municipalities of Keda, Khulo, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki, Tetritskaro, Lagodekhi, Dedoplistskaro and/or Kazbegi. Note: Success of Smart Village approach often depends upon cooperation with other nearby villages, towns and cities. In medium to long-term it is expected thatspatial scale of a Smart Village projects will grow through cooperation with other areas.
Eligibility Criteria
- LEADER/CLLD5 and non-LEADER/CLLD entities are invited to apply for this Call for Proposals. For the purposes of this Call for Proposals:
- LEADER/CLLD entities (non-profit (non-commercial) legal entities) are: Local Action Group (LAG) and local community group (AMAG) organizations established with support of ENPARD program in IRDG project target municipalities (Keda, Khulo, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki, Tetritskaro, Lagodekhi, Dedoplistskaro and Kazbegi).
- Non-LEADER/CLLD entities are non-profit (non-commercial) legal entities (NGOs), except:
- Local Action Group (LAG) and local community group (AMAG) organizations established with support of ENPARD program in IRDG project target municipalities (Keda, Khulo, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki, Tetritskaro, Lagodekhi, Dedoplistskaro and Kazbegi);
- Religious and Political organizations;
- Government owned entities.
- LEADER/CLLD and non-LEADER/CLLD entities should be registered in accordance with the legal requirements of the Government of Georgia, must be able to provide organization’s statute and the debt certificate.
- All applicant organizations must demonstrate proven experience and capabilities in carrying out rural development interventions, including but not limited to: needs appraisal, community mobilization, socioeconomic development actions, measures related to inclusion and support of disadvantaged groups (youth, women, PWDs, IDPs, ethnic, religious, sexual and other minorities).
- Coalitions (based on co-application) with NGOs and private sector is encouraged. Note: Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the primary applicant.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=90127