Deadline: 30 March 2017
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-Iraq has launched a Call for Proposals to engage in projects that are aimed at building public-local police trusted partnerships at local level. The first round of CFPs will focus on engagement in the target governorates of Baghdad, Karbala and Sala – Al- Din and Anbar.
This call for proposals (CFP) invites proposals from Iraqi CSOs based in the target governorates to engage in building public-local police partnership with activities that will help to improve community safety at local level through collaboration.
Proposals should include the following key components:
- Include 1-2 specific activities that will improve community security through public – local police joint engagement;
- Ability to deliver the expected outputs, to meet both the short term and long term objectives; Have quick impact outputs;
- The overall engagement should align with promoting and advocating for human rights and anti-corruption;
- Total cost of the proposal should not exceed USD 10,000;
- Implementation timeline: 4-6 months with project completion by 31 November 2017;
- Each proposal should cover one of the following target areas: Baghdad, Karbala, Sala-Al-Din and Anbar
UNDP will select the best proposals based on the above-mentioned target areas. The selected CSOs will be invited to participate in a one-day startup workshop in Baghdad in early April 2017. The objective of the workshop will be; 1) to present, review and finalize the CSOs’ project action plans, and 2) to outline UNDP monitoring and reporting modalities including narrative and budget reporting templates.
Expected Outputs
- Strengthened CSO institutional and technical capacity in awareness, raising of security issues and how they can contribute to maintaining a secure environment;
- Strengthened CSOs coordination and networking, and partnerships with the local Police at governorate level in the fight against corruption and human rights violation; and
- Strengthening links between civil society and the local police to ensure security policy can best serve the people at provincial level.
Time-line
Selected CSOs from the target locations should implement their projects between April – November 2017 within a 6-month project cycle.
Eligibility Criteria
The CSO/Proposal should meet the following criteria:
- National Iraqi civil society organizations legally registered with the NGOs Directorates of COMSEC (Required Document: Certificate of Registration);
- 5 years of proven relevant experience in one of the target locations: Baghdad, Karbala and Sala-Al-Din and Anbar (Required Documents: Company Profile)
- Demonstrate previous/current experience in conducting similar activities in the target province including promoting human rights and anti-corruption (Required Documents: Description of 2 similar projects undertaken and performance evaluations or a certificate of good/satisfactory performance from previous clients or donors);
- Financial capability to perform the services (Required Documents: Latest Audited Financial Statements, 2 years).
How to Apply
Interested CSOs’ should submit their Proposals clearly articulating the activities, including the budget in the enclosed format given on the website.
Eligible Country: Iraq
For more information, please visit UNDP-Iraq Call for Proposals.