UNDP: Supporting Inclusive & Multi-Sectoral Response to COVID -19 (Kyrgyz Republic)

Deadline: 21-Dec-20

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) invites non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the Kyrgyz Republic to submit their proposals for the implementation of activities under the project “Supporting an inclusive and multi-sectoral response to COVID -19 and its socio-economic impact in the Kyrgyz Republic “ and take part in the grant proposal request.

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The UNDP Kyrgyzstan aims to support effective, multi-sectoral, equitable, inclusive, human rights-focused crisis response and recovery to COVID-19. This ambition is guided by the principle of ‘leave no-one behind’ and protecting the most vulnerable that stand a higher risk of exclusion. It also is in line with the role of UNDP to act as technical lead in the socio-economic response, to support the UN system to elaborate its response and leverage the wider system to implement the socioeconomic work and contribute to the early recovery interventions.

The “Supporting an Inclusive and Multi-Sectoral Response to COVID-19 and Addressing its Socio-Economic Impact in the Kyrgyz Republic” project will provide support to establish and facilitate access to financial resources and advisory support, as one of the most important conditions for restarting business operations of MSMEs affected by COVID-19 and increasing revenue generation.

This project will particularly encourage support to MSMEs that are working in green and digital economies areas, with the special focus on women-led MSMEs and individual women-entrepreneurs.

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Funding Information

A grant totalling USD 120,000 will be allocated to two selected grant-making NGOs to perform the grant-making function.
Activities

This component of the Programme is one of the key approaches and foresees the following activity areas:

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Providing financial support through low-value grants to MSMEs to effectively relaunch and restart businesses;
Business advisory to MSMEs to effectively relaunch and restart businesses along with financial support;
Potential needs that BASF may support:
Working capital to restart a business up to USD 8,000;
Business advisory to the existing businesses to help restart and rationalize their operations and services;
Purchase of equipment for MSMEs that produce goods and services in demand, especially with COVID-19 emphasis;
Marketing and sales through a digital platform.
Strategic areas where MSMEs may be supported:
Recycling and green economy;
Digital and creative economy;
Sustainable agricultural production, agribusiness.
Eligibility Criteria

The legal status of civil society organization/NGO according to the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Proven institutional capacity for business advisory and financing management, comprising a framework/system for undertaking business proposal evaluation, due diligence and appropriate governance, and risk management;
The capacity of key personnel in working with target MSMEs — including past experience in technical assistance and developing other organizations’ capacity including providing financing and business advisory for MSMEs social service delivery, managing grants/investments, etc.;
Capacity to assess and manage risk, including safeguarding people and the environment from harm – availability of relevant policies/methodologies;
The comprehensive methodology of organization of evaluation of business project proposals for grants, including reaching potential recipients through solutions for remote access considering restrictions on meetings, mass gatherings and travel because of an emergency situation on COVID-19;
The methodology of granting for operations recovery and business advisory for target MSMEs including templates for assessment eligibility of potential grants recipients and selection process. The methodology should be flexible in terms of timeframe and regional coverage of tasks implementation considering assumptions and risks of COVID-19 in each target region;
Programmatic capacity, including competency for monitoring and evaluation.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=73755