Deadline: 19-Jan-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently inviting proposals from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), including NGOs for small grants to provide civic awareness on the constitution making process in all 10 States and 3 Administrative Areas of the Republic of South Sudan.
Objectives
UNDP seeks to facilitate and support partners to carry out civic awareness and education on the general CMP so that South Sudanese in all states and administrative areas reaching the county, payam and boma level:
- Understand the provisions of the 2018 Agreement relating to the CMP, linkages and complementary between them;
- Understand the process being followed, the mechanisms of review as stipulated in the CMP Bill 2021 as well as the role of various stakeholders and members of the public;
- Appreciate the role of the people, what is expected of them, and all other stakeholders and how they can participate meaningfully;
- Acknowledge that any lapse in not honoring the 2018 Agreement or making the constitution may take the country back to conflict as it seeks to address root causes of the 2013 and 201 conflicts;
- Are informed about the process thus far and commit to engage in and discuss how to localize the CMP at the state and community level.
Media organisations/houses including Community Based Radios are requested to submit their proposals as potential grant implementers. Applications must include the states/counties/payams/bomas they operate in. The main objective of the grant is to identify media organisations with operational presence and capacities in their specific locations of operation to provide the herein stated objectives and outputs/deliverables.
Funding Information
- The budget should be detailed, complete, rational and realistic, and must not exceed the equivalent of USD$25,000.
- The Project duration is four (4) months.
Eligibility Criteria
The Media Organization must meet the following criteria to be eligible for selection:
- Legally registered with the MoJCA and in possession of a valid registration certificate;
- Mandate and founding documentsshould be in line with activities for which the fund is being sought;
- Have an established office in the state where the civic education will take place with email and office telephones; and possess experience in implementing similar/related activities;
- Politically neutral.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=87229