Deadline: 25 January 2018
USAID Takamol is seeking proposals for its “Souk Takamol III” grants program, from Jordanian CBOs working to promote, advocate for, and monitor the implementation of local gender priorities.
Souk Takamol is an innovative small grants program that allows civil society organizations to design initiatives that mobilize men, women, and youth in local communities to promote awareness on and advocate for local gender priorities. Currently, USAID Takamol is organizing Souk Takamol’s third call for proposals of community initiatives. This Souk Takamol round aims to support the advancement of gender priorities through advocacy at community levels and monitoring the performance of elected officials and entities at governorate, municipal, and national levels.
USAID Takamol Gender Program is a five-year program focusing on mainstreaming gender at the policy, national, and community levels. The objectives of the Program are to expand social dialogue on gender equality and strengthen enforcement and advocacy for female empowerment. USAID Takamol delivers support mechanisms, in-kind assistance, training, and/or grants to build the capacity of national and grassroots organizations including civil society actors, media, and government, as well as supports USAID Implementing Partners to achieve gender equity and female empowerment. The Program is funded by USAID and implemented by IREX, an international nonprofit organization that builds a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world.
Themes
- USAID Takamol encourages legally-registered Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in Jordanian communities to propose creative community initiatives that promote, advocate for, and monitor the implementation of local gender priorities. Proposed initiatives should engage communities, including key decision makers and entities, in order to advance gender issues and priorities among elected officials and local entities. Through community outreach, dialogue, and mobilization, proposed initiatives should advance women’s issues and services on the agenda of local officials and relevant entities.
- Gender priorities may include, but not be limited to, the political and economic empowerment of women, access to services, gender-based violence, and the protection of women’s rights. Applicants proposing to advance a specific gender priority should describe within their proposal how the gender priority was identified and the underlying factors influencing the issue. Applicants may also propose activities to identify and analyze gender needs within their communities before conducting advocacy on the priorities that emerge from their community engagement.
- Target gender priorities must be addressed through the creative use of community mobilization and advocacy tools that include engagement with key decision makers and local officials. Proposed activities should include awareness efforts and advocacy campaigns that build relationships with community networks and activities to create grassroots support to push for change on gender priorities at the community level. As part of advocacy efforts, initiatives must engage public officials and monitor their responsiveness on gender priorities.
- Proposals may include activities that include engagement with and monitoring of national representatives and national-level policymaking. However, proposals must be rooted within community-level gender priority campaigns. Because Souk Takamol is designed to support the advancement of gender priorities at grassroots levels, coalition-building across community-level campaigns is encouraged but nationwide campaigns are not the target of this grant opportunity.
Funding Information
Souk Takamol III will provide Jordanian CBOs and CSOs with grants up to JD 5000 per initiative. These grants will be issued using a fixed amount award and may be implemented for up to a period of nine months, with all activities of the initiatives ending before the end of December 2018.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to qualify as an organization to receive the grant, the following criteria must be met:
- To be a legally registered non-profit organization or organization that will not receive profit under the proposed grant.
- The organization has conducted at least one at advocacy effort in their community and/or across target groups.
- The organization is able and willing to work with members of USAID Takamol’s women, men, and youth leaders’ networks.
- Qualified civil society organizations must complete the paperwork and submit the requested information before signing the grant’s agreement and must cooperate with USAID Takamol to complete the grant budget and activities. Technical support will be provided by USAID Takamol to all grantees on gender mainstreaming, monitoring and evaluation as well as training on reaching civil society. The participation of grantees in all training workshops and orientation sessions is part of the grant’s requirements.
How to Apply
Proposals must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Jordan
For more information, please visit USAID Takamol Gender Program.