Deadline: 17 May 2017
UNDP Country Office in Myanmar has announced a call for proposals to develop and support participatory annual planning, organizational, institutional and operational processes and enhance public service delivery capacity as well as to learn and generate lessons for policy dialogue and development with regard to democratic local governance and fiscal decentralization more generally.
This Call for Proposals (CFP) is specifically related to the UNDP Township Democratic Local Governance Project [TDLG] which will support the Government of Myanmar [GoM].
Objectives and Deliverables
The objective of this Call for Proposals is to contract a non-governmental organisation as an Implementing Partner to support the implementation of the project in the period 1st July 2017 to 31st December 2019, through supporting and facilitating the township planning process and implementation of resulting projects as well as to help pilot, establish and reinforce ways in which people can engage, gain voice and influence accountability with regards to public service delivery. The Implementing Partner will particularly focus on supporting information flows, participation and accountability, the role of elected representatives at sub township levels and facilitation of inclusiveness, thereby enhancing and strengthening both democratic and social accountability.
The Implementing Partner with this CFP aims to identify and contract, will provide a Project Manager and a team of 10 Township Facilitators, one for each township to be stationed in that township and who will take responsibility for two separate but related sets of deliverables:
- To assist in the facilitation of the planning, budget and implementation cycle for the grant, activities for which UNDP is in the lead and for which the design is largely completed;
- To pilot, once the grant is operational, activities around social accountability, that are to be both designed and implemented by the Implementing Partner.
Funding Information
- Proposals amounts are to a maximum of USD$1.9 million.
- In principle, project duration will not exceed 30 months/ 2.5 years from July 1st 2017 – Dec 31st 2019.
Eligibility Criteria
- The eligibility and qualification of the NGOs for the assignment shall be assessed based upon the information furnished in the Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire and the Capacity Assessment Checklist (CACHE), which are attached to this Call for Proposal (CFP).
- NGOs, submitting proposal in response to this CFP, are required to fill out the RFI questionnaire and CACHE, attaching all supporting documentation where specifically requested. International NGO are required to provide information and documentation relating to their permits and licenses for their local presence in this country.
- Attachments should be provided to support each answer to the questions in RFI questionnaire and CACHE.
- All questions must be answered directly and clearly.
- Extraneous information that are not directly responding to the questions will only constrain the ability of UNDP to positively assess the NGO’s alignment with UNDP requirements.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their proposals in one envelope at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.