Deadline: 17 June 2018

Do you have innovative ideas to promote the empowerment of women or youth for peace building? If yes, then apply for the PBF Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative #GYPI 2018!

The United Nations Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund’s (PBF) is seeking applications for its Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative #GYPI 2018 to support the empowerment of women and the advancement of gender equality and recognize the role of young people as central to the relevance and effectiveness of PBF’s overall peacebuilding portfolio.

Aims

• Gender Promotion Initiative
  • Strengthen the integration of gender equality and women’s empowerment within existing prevention and peacebuilding initiatives;
  • Support innovative projects, focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment with the potential for catalytic effect and peacebuilding outcomes;
  • Contribute to collective operational learning on gender-responsive programming;
  • Accelerate implementation of the Secretary-General Seven-Point Action Plan and its commitment to increase funding of gender-responsive peacebuilding projects; and
  • Maintain and improve performance against the Secretary-General’s target of allocating a minimum of fifteen per cent of all peacebuilding funding to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Youth Promotion Initiative
  • Strengthen the participation of young women and young men within existing prevention and peacebuilding initiatives;
  • Support innovative projects, focused on youth empowerment and participation, that have the potential for catalytic effects and peacebuilding outcomes;
  • Enhance support to youth civil society organizations, and facilitate their partnership with international CSOs, Government and UN entities active in their country;
  • Contribute to collective operational learning on youth-inclusive programming.
  • Support the implementation of Security Council resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security.

Funding Information

• UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes: The maximum amount of funding awarded per project will be US$1.5 million. The minimum amount of funding per project will be US$800,000 for UN applicants.

• CSOs: The maximum total amount of funding awarded per project will be US$1.5 million. The minimum amount of funding per project will be US$300,000 for CSO applicants.

Eligibility Criteria

• The call for proposals is open to UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes and CSOs in below mentioned countries declared eligible by the Secretary-General to receive PBF funding in 2018.
• Organizations: This year’s call for the GYPI solicits proposals from both civil society organizations (CSOs) and UN Agencies, Funds and Programms (UN AFPs).
• For CSOs applicants:
  • In order to be declared eligible to receive PBF funds under GYPI 2018, CSOs must be assessed as technically, financially and legally sound by the PBF and its Agent and meet the following conditions (proof will be required at application stage 1):
  • Have previously received funding from the PBF, UN or any of the contributors to the PBF in the country of project implementation.
  • Have a current valid registration as a non-profit, tax exempt organization with a social based mission in both the country where the headquarters is located and in the country of project implementation for the duration of the proposed grant. (NOTE: If registration is done on an annual basis in the country, the organization must have the current registration and obtain renewals for the duration of the project, in order to receive subsequent funding tranches).
  • Provide an annual report that includes the proposed country for the grant.
  • Provide audited financial statements of the last two years, including the auditor opinion letter. The financial statements should include the legal organisation that will sign the agreement (and oversee the country of implementation, if applicable) as well as the activities of the country of implementation. (NOTE: If these are not available for the country of proposed project implementation, the CSO will also need to provide the latest two audit reports for a programme or project-based audit in country.) The letter from the auditor should also state whether the auditor firm is designated as a nationally qualified audit firm.
  • For the previous two calendar years, demonstrate an annual CSO budget in the country of proposed project implementation is at least twice the annualized budget sought from PBF. (NOTE: Annualized PBF project budget is obtained by dividing the PBF project budget by the number of project duration months and multiplying by 12).
  • Demonstrate at least 3 years of experience in the country where grant is sought.
  • Provide an explanation of the CSO’s legal structure, including the specific entity which will enter into the legal agreement with the MPTFO for the PBF grant.

How to Apply

The application process for GYPI will be conducted online for all applicants and will be structured in two stages:

• Stage One: Applicants should register and submit their online application electronically via given website.
• Stage Two: UN entities and CSOs whose submission was selected during the first stage have six weeks to develop and submit a full project proposal.

Eligible Countries: Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands,  Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Yemen.

For more information, please visit PBF Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative.