Deadline: 03-Mar-21
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting proposals for Small grants: Youth engagement into cultural and creative industries in Yemen.
The Cash for Work Project aims to provide youth in Yemen with alternatives to conflict through job and training opportunities to improve their livelihoods and rehabilitate cultural heritage. Youth involvement is seen as essential for stabilizing communities by engaging them in meaningful employment for heritage and infrastructure restoration in urban centers through cash-for-work schemes.
Following the success of the 2020 cycle of funding opportunities under the cultural programming component of the Project, small-scale grants will be awarded to CSOs in Yemen to promote social cohesion for young Yemenis and contribute to sustainable cultural development. UNESCO’s partnerships with local CSOs will also be established with a view to building local organizational and management capacities and enhancing the outreach of civil society in public dialogue for peacebuilding.
The actions to be covered under this Contract will apply the cash-for-work methodology to cultural programming to provide vital support to Yemeni young cultural operators who have experienced major loss as a result of the conflict. The assistance will help create a sustainable foundation for future employment and development in Yemen’s culture sector by presenting cultural production as a viable means of livelihood.
Eligible Bidders
- Bidders should not be associated, or have been associated in the past, directly or indirectly, with a firm or any of its affiliates that have been engaged by UNESCO to provide consulting services for the preparation of the Terms of Reference, and other documents to be used for the procurement of services to be purchased under this Request for Proposal.
- This bid is open to all national and international suppliers, who are legally constituted, can provide the requested services. Bidders are ineligible if at the time of submission of the offer:
- The bidder is on the exclusion list published on the global portal for suppliers of the United Nations Organization, due to fraudulent activities.
- The name of the bidder appears on the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List which includes all individuals and entities subject to sanctions measures imposed by the Security Council.
- The bidder is excluded by the World Bank Group.
Submission Format
- The submitted offer must be comprised of (1) the completed Proposal Submission Form (Annex IV) and (2) the completed Price Schedule Form (Annex V), in two separate files and emails, must be sent electronically to the following dedicated e-mail address, without any copy to any other e-mail addresses, and with the following subject line: RFPDOHA/CFW/2021/Small grants to support cultural industries in Yemen.
- Applications are accepted in either English or Arabic.
- Offers addressed at any other e-mail accounts will be disqualified. Please note that all files together should not exceed 10 Mb.
For more information, visit https://en.unesco.org/news/call-proposal-sustainable-cultural-programming-cycle-ii