Deadline: 31-Aug-20
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is requested to submit your proposal for “Creating awareness and increasing access to MGNREGA in Bagalkot and Kalaburgi districts of Karnataka”.
For the immediate support for better preparedness for COVID 19, the partnership with the CSOs shall focus on the uptake of MGNREGA by migrants and poor & vulnerable households, strengthening awareness and building capacities of PRIs and frontline workers in the rural ecosystem on preventative safety measures.
The project will focus on delivery and access to social protection schemes in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak to poor and vulnerable households in the identified districts and blocks in Karnataka, mainly:
- Technical support to accelerate the opening of public works through MGNREGA and expand registration of eligible households in vulnerable communities to access job cards and immediate employment opportunities.
- Identify vulnerable individuals and households to facilitate access to social support and entitlements in priority rural areas, and facilitate linkages with the respective government administrative departments, through partnerships with CSOs and voluntary networks.
- Capacity building of frontline functionaries and civil society organizations responding to the pandemic.
Tasks
Below are the key tasks:
- Creating a community cadre at the block level, with district-level monitoring mechanism, to engage with the influx of migrant workers and other vulnerable households in the identified blocks/districts. The cadre will engage with PRIs and gram panchayats to mobilize, inform and facilitate registration of migrants and vulnerable households to access social protection schemes and programmes of the central and state government including Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana as well as health safety measures.
- Spreading awareness on MGNREGA and increasing uptake of MGNREGA amongst the identified geographies.
- Building capacities and supporting the frontline workers and PRI functionaries (sarpanch, ward members, rozgar sahayaks, panchayat secretary, etc.) for effective COIVD response and implementation of MGNREGA as mandated in the MoRD and Government of Karnataka notifications on COVID-19 response.
- Technical support to local administration especially the Gram Panchayat and the Block in accelerating the opening of MGNREGA works with proper preventive measures and, increase uptake of work, especially by the most vulnerable group like migrant households, women-headed households, SC/STs, etc. In conjunction with district administration, provide authentic and right kind of information about the decisions of the state government and local administration on implementation of MGNREA
- Create awareness on social distancing and other preventive measures for COVID 19 among the various target groups (migrant households, vulnerable households, and other potential population, front line workers of line departments like ASHAs and ANMs, Agriculture Mitra, etc.). All the awareness generation activities will integrate the issues of stigma and will be gender-sensitive.
Deliverables
- Create a cadre of 20 community mobilizers at block level with capacities to support PRI functionaries on effective COVID-19 response and MGNREGA implementation.
- At least 30,000 Households reached with information on MGNREGA and other social protection schemes in the defined geographies.
- Facilitate linking of rural households to social protection schemes; mainly MGNREGA and other relevant schemes and programs of the government by assisting the filling of applications and supporting PRIs & GPs to facilitate registrations.
- 20,000 Households are linked to MGNREGA
- Build capacities of minimum 200 PRI functionaries and other front line functionaries around COVID measures (Sarpanches, Ward Members, ASHAs, ANMs, Panchayat Secretary, Rozgaar sahayaks) to respond to COVID crisis.
- Liase with District and Block administration to facilitate linkage of social protection schemes for the vulnerable households.
Eligibility Criteria
- Service Provider should have at least 2 years of working experience in the social protection support schemes like MGNREGA, NSAP, etc.
- Service Provider should have at least 5 years of working experience on the implementation of employment/entrepreneurship promotion/rights and entitlements for poor and vulnerable communities.
- Proposals are invited from the institutions/organizations only.
- Proposal submitted by Individuals will not be accepted.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=69292