Deadline: 28 May 2020
UNDP announced the present Call for Proposal for Engaging an NGO/CSO as as a Responsible Party for managing small grants programme for business start-up.
This Call for Proposals (CFP) is specifically related to the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme (UN RPP).
UN RPP small business grants programme was launched in eastern Ukraine in 2015 as a part of efforts to promote economic recovery of the conflict-affected oblasts, to enhance employment and to create income-generation opportunities for the local population and IDPs. Overall, 932 business projects were supported and over 2,500 jobs created within the programme in 2015-2020. In 2020 UN RPP, under the financial support of the Government of Japan and the Government of Denmark plans to provide grants for launch, renewal or expansion of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (hereinafter – MSMEs) on a competitive basis in the government-controlled areas (GCAs) of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, and in selected rayons of Zaporizhzhia oblasts (hereinafter – the “target areas”) in order to establish or restore business activity and ensure overall economic revitalization, decrease tension on the labor market and ensure the development of the priority value chains in the region.
Objectives and Expected Outputs/Deliverables
The overall objective of this assignment is to establish a competitive mechanism and manage the process of allocation of small business grants for business start-up, renewal or expansion in the targeted areas, specifically:
- for the grants programme funded by the Government of Japan – government-controlled areas of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts and Berdiansk, Prymorsk, Pryazovia, Orikhiv, Guliaipole, Yakymivka, Bilmak, Melitopol and Tokmak rayons in Zaporizhzhia oblast;
- for the grants programme funded by the Government of Denmark – Berdiansk, Prymorsk, Pryazovia, Orikhiv, Guliaipole, Yakymivka, Bilmak, Melitopol and Tokmak rayons in Zaporizhzhia oblast.
Funding Information
- The overall indicative grant pool amount made available under this call for proposal is 1,665,795.00 US dollars.
- The administrative costs of proposal must not exceed the 217,264.00 US dollars.
- The duration of proposed activities should not exceed the period of eleven (11) months.
- The anticipated implementation period is June 2020 – May 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
Interested NGOs/CSOs must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the selection:
- Non-governmental organization (NGO)/ civil society organization (CSO) officially registered in Ukraine for at least 3 years;
- Experience in the management of grant programmes / provision of credit loans (at least two programmes with total number of recipients over 150);
- Experience in project implementation or execution of contracts for provision of professional services in the area of grant programmes management / providing credit loans with a total budget of projects / contracts from USD 300,000.00.;
- Legal status of the organization should enable it to receive UNDP grant pool without the Responsible Party’s incurring in tax liabilities.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=65860