Kazakhstan: Call for Proposals for Qualified Proponents
Deadline: 21-Nov-21
UN-WOMEN are now inviting proposals from qualified proponents to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030.
Funded by the European Union, the Initiative is responding to all forms of violence against women and girls, with a particular focus on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and harmful practices, femicide, trafficking in human beings and sexual and economic (labour) exploitation.
Funding Information
The budget range for this proposal should be $65,000 – $80,000.
Start Date: 1 January 2022
End Date: 31 May 2022
Deliverables
The CSO will be responsible for the following deliverables:
Provide a detailed workplan with responsible persons and timeframe for each step;
Organize selection of a CSO with a potential to become a grant making body (from the shortlisted CSOs identified during the mapping study);
Develop a monitoring and evaluation plan, indicators, qualitative and quantitative targets, tools;
Provide all needed knowledge materials for each step of grant making process: manuals, guidelines, calls for applications, procedures, evaluation process, contracting, payments, monitoring and evaluation tools, closure (including all forms and templates);
Organize capacity building activity for the selected CSO, including training of staff members on grant-making procedures and processes, provide technical support, etc;
Develop strategies for resource mobilization and use of alternative funding mechanisms ( in a form of a knowledge product);
Organize a study tour for two representatives of the selected CSO who will receive the first and experience from the experienced grantmaking organization by learning from and shadowing relevant colleagues; the format of the study tour will depend on the epidemiologic situation;
Provide quarterly narrative and financial reports on templates provided. All supporting documents as attachments (e.g. sign-in sheets, photos, video, scans of financial documents, etc);
Provide a final report (narrative and financial) with relevant recommendations and supporting knowledge materials (guidance, manuals, toolkits, etc.) as attachments.
Competencies
Technical/functional competencies required:
Organization / company requirements:
Be an officially registered national or international entity;
Have at least 10 years of proven experience in civil society development and grant making;
Proven experience of operating at the sub-regional/regional levels;
Developed cooperation and partnerships with CSOs in Central Asian countries;
Established quality assurance and control procedures;
Similar experience in working with international organizations.
Team leader qualified requirements:
Availability of an academic degree of a master of economic/ law / gender / social sciences;
At least 10 years of managerial and leadership experience involving planning, coordinating and executing multiple tasks with the participation of various stakeholders;
At least 10 years of grant making and capacity building experience;
Language qualifications: fluency in Russian and English. Knowledge of Central Asian languages will be an advantage.
Senior Expert qualified requirements:
Presence of a bachelor’s degree of economic / law / gender / social sciences or higher or higher;
At least 5 years of grant making and capacity building experience;
Experience in working with international and / or donor organizations;
Language qualifications: fluency in Russian and/or English. Knowledge of Central Asian languages will be an advantage.
Qualified requirements for a member of trainers’ team:
Relevant higher education in the field of economic / law / gender / social sciences, project management, monitoring and evaluation;
At least 5 years proven experience in grant making for CSOs;
Knowledge of CSOs in Central Asia;
Language qualifications: fluency in Russian. Knowledge of Central Asian languages will be an advantage.
Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
Knowledge of Central Asian languages
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=85518