Deadline: 3 July 2017
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Liberia secured funding from the United Nations Peace Building Fund (PBF) for the project “Enhancing Youth Participation in the 2017 Legislative and Presidential Electoral Process”.
The objective of the small grant program is to increas space for youth engagement, dialogue, and civic participation to diffuse potential election prone conflict at community levels and significantly reduced the number of reported incidents of electoral related violence in 15 counties.
Project Aims
The overall aim of the project is twofold:
- Increase leadership and participation of young women and men in electoral and post electoral mechanisms and processes for peacebuilding at all levels
- Increase capacity and skills of young men and women to monitor, prevent and mitigate electoral violence including gender based.
Funding & Duration
- Proposal amount should range from a minimum of USD $30,000.00 to a maximum of USD $105,000.00 for proposals that attain relevant score of 700 point.
- The Grants Program is designed to support projects to be implemented for a six month period.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants will be awarded to organizations based on the following considerations:
- Whether the CSO is registered in Liberia with office in Monrovia and/or the counties
- The overall objectives, implementation and exit strategy, and expected results of the project; the geographical scope and span of its activities; and the types of interactions with beneficiaries envisaged for the project
- The institutional capacity of the CSO
- The legitimacy and quality of the contribution and values that the CSO can provide for the attainment of development results and maximizing the development impact of a programme/project
- Whether it specifically works with female youth, male youth and traditional leaders.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.