UN Women announces “Safe and Prosperous Districts Programme: Linking Communities to Markets for Secure Livelihoods”

UN Women announces “Safe and Prosperous Districts Programme: Linking Communities to Markets for Secure Livelihoods” – Papua New Guinea

Deadline: 23 March 2020

UN Women has announced a call for proposals on Safe and Prosperous Districts Programme: “Linking Communities to Markets for Secure Livelihoods”.

(Ad) Are You Searching for Latest Grants, New Donors, Sample Proposals, Jobs and How to Apply Resources? fundsforNGOs Premium has all these and more at one place! Learn more.

The goal of the Safe and Prosperous Districts (SPD) Program is to empower women to pursue entrepreneurial activities and improve their livelihoods in market environments that promote their safety and productivity. In order to achieve this, UN Women will be working closely with local authorities such as the Provincial Administration, Local Level Governments and any other market authorities to establish accountable governance and operations systems that enable markets to be managed effectively.

UN Women will also work with local NGOs and vendors and other stakeholders to mentor, develop guidelines and provide training to support market vendors, Local Level Government, District Development Authorities and other duty holders on how to manage their markets, including financial accountability, provision for vendors’ well being, and appropriate regulation. This includes support in strengthening and establishing process and organizations that can effectively advocate for and protect vendor and women’s rights for gender responsive services in district markets.

(Ad) Stop getting irritated with excessing advertisements. View the information you want quickly on a clean, ad-free and exclusive Member Dashboard that offers tools to search for grants, view latest grant opportunities, upcoming deadlines, sample proposals, downloadable ebooks and also organize your favourites! Learn more.

Ultimately the SPD Program aims to improve women’s ability to earn and control income in safe and economically vibrant markets. UN Women has developed a range of tools and leanings that will inform its programming in targeted districts. The SPD Program is aligned with the UN Women PNG’s Strategic Notes/ Annual Work Plan 2020 – Impact Area 2 Women’s Economic Empowerment and aims to achieve the following outcomes:

national, policies and district plans, legislation, policies, strategies, budgets and justice mechanism adopted and implemented to
strengthen women’s economic empowerment social-economic security of urban and rural women improved services are gender
responsive and enhances women’s economic opportunities and livelihoods
This Call for Proposals is to engage services of a non-government organization to partner with UN Women and its government partners to implement clusters of activities. These activities are intended to enhance the civic awareness and voice of market vendors in engaging with market management to influence how markets are managed and operated and to build capacity of local governments to manage markets more effectively. UN Women requires services in East Sepik province with the focus on Wewak district.

(Ad) Are you still finding it difficult to search for donors online? Join Premium and use our powerful Donor Search mechanism to find relevant donors based on your country and location or keyword. Our specially developed algorithm will search across the internet for the most relevant and useful donors of your interest willing to fund your work. Learn more.

Funding Information

The budget range for this proposal should be PGK 150,000 – PGK 200,000.
The Project will commence upon signature of partnership with the selected organization (s) for the duration up to 12 months.
The SPD activities will be implemented in Wewak, East Sepik Province, however, must also include duty bearers from Yangoru and Maprik in capacity building activities for local authorities. In conclusion, the target groups will come from the three districtsin East Sepik province: Wewak, Yangoru/Saussia and Maprik, while the location of project implementation is in Wewak.

(Ad) Not able to keep track of so may different grant opportunities and their deadlines? No problem! fundsforNGOs Premium has a handy tool called “Deadline Calendar.” This tool will help you keep track of all upcoming grant opportunities and their deadlines and view them in a beautiful calendar format. Learn more.

The selected organization must consider how they will engage and support participants who are based in these districts to actively participate in SPD activities held at Wewak. Financial proposal shown include accommodation and allowance for at least 1 duty bearer from each district (Yangoru/Saussia and Maprik) involved in market management and operations.

Competencies

(Ad) Are you looking for readymade proposals? fundsforNGOs Premium has a vast collection of Sample Proposals from successful grantees around the world. These proposals are available for viewing so that you can quickly get new ideas, best practices, lessons learned and develop your proposal in the perfect manner. Learn more.

Applicants will be expected to address the following criteria:

Track record working with women in the context of women’s economic empowerment, women’s leadership and capacity building for local and district governments
Experience implementing awareness raising programs at community and village level
Local experience working in the Sepik region with local NGO and other civil society partners, with demonstrated knowledge of sub national government governance structures and functions
Track record ensuring that implementation of program design is practical, feasible and effective
Previous working experience with United Nations is highly desirable but not mandatory
Eligibility Criteria

(Ad) How to raise funds? Where can I find a list of donors for my area of work? How to write proposals? How can I submit a grant request to USAID, the European Commission or the Gates Foundation? How can I use Social Media to promote my work? We have developed powerful resources in the form of Ebook and Articles covering all this information and more. Learn more.

The eligible applicant must be a locally registered non-governmental organization with a minimum of five years experience.

Institutional Arrangement

The selected organisation(s) will sign a Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with UN Women. A thorough selection process will take place to identify the potential partner/s. The selection process will be based on proven capacity to deliver the proposed outputs/activities by the selected organisation/s. The organisation’s capacity will be assessed by UN Women before awarding of the contract

For more information, visit https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/104965