Deadline: 28 March 2019
UNDP is seeking applications for its Low-Value Grants (LVG) program. The purpose of RFA 2019 for ‘Low-Value Grant’ is to solicit applications and establish partnerships with CSOs on specific thematic rights issues to enhance the institutional capacity and better engagement of CSOs/CBOs coalitions for promotion and protection of Human Rights in context of Bangladesh.
The RFA 2019 is open to all CSOs, working at national context and have aligned initiatives in HRP’s 2019 priority districts of Bangladesh to make positive changes on advancing Human Rights, accessibility and human dignity (knowledge, capacity and practices) of target groups/communities.
Thematic Issues
- Freedom of Expression National and alignment with
- Media rights monitoring and advocacy
Grant Information
The size of LVG support will be maximum 20,000 USD.
Expectations
The RFA 2019 is expecting that as immediate outputs, the CSOs working at national and/or linking with HRP’s priority districts will:
- Have greater opportunity to enhance institutional capacity of the rights-based coalition of CSOs;
- Have an opportunity to work together on thematic rights issues at local and national level of Bangladesh;
- Have an opportunity to be engaged in human rights awareness, rights advocacy, fact-fining and rights-based networking, human rights monitoring and reporting at local and national context of Bangladesh;
- Establish a stronger and sustainable platform of rights-based CSOs in HRP’s priority districts in Bangladesh;
- Maintain effective coordination of coalition members on thematic rights issues for better promotion and protection of human rights in Bangladesh.
Eligibility Criteria
- The LVG call, 2019 will be part of a web-based advertisement. However, the following eligibility requirements will be adopted for selection of CSOs at national and/or linking with HRP’s priority districts in Bangladesh:
- Hold a valid Govt. registration (i.e. registration from NGOAB/Dept. of Social Welfare/Joint Stock Com./Dept. of Youth Development)
- Have at least five years working experiences5 on thematic rights issues
- Have valid and authorised audit report of last Financial Year
- Organisational contribution to the allocated budget
- Considering that the call focuses on media monitoring and advocacy to enable media personnel/journalists as Human Rights Defender for better and sensible reporting on Human Rights issues/concerns at local and national level. The actions should consider the local and national context of Bangladesh with special focus on:
- Strengthening the Journalist forum/platform on Human Rights at national level and HRP priority districts
- Capacity development (training) for journalists (journalists at national and priority districts) on Human Rights, Peace, Tolerance and Social Harmony issues;
- Organize a day long convention for the journalists at national level;
- Initiate nationwide Human Rights awareness, campaigns and rights advocacy through the journalists;
- Produce a comprehensive Human Rights situation report (through the reports of journalists) in context of Bangladesh.
- This is an opportunity to CSOs, working on Media rights monitoring and advocacy issues at national level (with alignment in HRP’s priority district) to work and deliver meaningful results in advancing media rights in Bangladesh.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit their proposal (technical and financial proposal) with signed letter and attachment of all supporting documents in line with proposal format at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=53874