Deadline: 07-Apr-21
The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund, in partnership with the Spotlight Initiative, has announced a call for proposals to enhance the institutional capacities of local women’s civil society organizations in Papua New Guinea.
The overall purpose of this call is to identify and partner with a National, Regional or International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), to support grassroots civil society organizations in PNG to:
- Implement, monitor, evaluate, and report on their projects
- Design proposals for those interested in applying for the second round of WPHF-Spotlight call for proposals
- Carry out capacity development and training opportunities, which strengthen accountability and financial stewardship for all WPHF-Spotlight Initiative grantees.
Objectives
Specifically, the objectives are:
- Improved design and reporting processes, for better quality results-based management.
- Improved accountability and financial stewardship of donor resources through building WPHF-SI grantees organizational systems for good governance, financial management and procurement processes.
Funding Information
- The WPHF will grant a maximum of $200,000 USD to deliver the aforementioned activities and support to local organizations until December 2022.
- This includes all costs related to travel and logistics, training initiatives and contribution to staff costs.
Target Audiences
- Institutional support will be provided to grantees situated across PNG, including Eastern Highlands, Chimbu, Southern Highlands, Hela, Enga, West Sepik, East New Britain, Western, Jiwaka and NCD.
- It is expected that the N/R/INGO will provide to grantees wherever as possiblein-person support or remotely, adhering to the existing COVID19 restrictions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Who is eligible to apply?
- National, Regional and International Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) who have experience working with local CSOs in PNG are eligible to apply and who have a proven track record working on women’s rights, feminist and human-rights based principles, addressing violence against women and girls, protection issues of women and girls, and institutional capacity building.
- CSO consortiums are also eligible.
- The following are not eligible to apply:
- Government agencies or institutions
- UN agencies or UN Country Teams
- Private individuals
- Private sector entities
- Universities and Education institutions
For more information, visit https://wphfund.org/call-for-proposals-in-papua-new-guinea/