The COVID-19 Adaptation
Fund has been launched in partnership between Instiglio, a donor, and the Global
Development Incubator (GDI) to help Service Provider organizations innovate and
adapt their programming in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
The COVID-19 Adaptation Fund will help Instiglio’s
partners (across governments, multilateral aid agencies, and development
practitioners) to understand not only how the COVID-19 pandemic affects service
delivery on the ground, but also how best to support provider operations.
Conversations with partners have highlighted the importance of ‘adaptability’.
They aim to learn how providers can adapt to continue serving the most
vulnerable during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Objectives
The Fund has three
objectives:
- Provide
organizations with support to continue serving the most vulnerable.
Funding will be awarded to SPs that face challenges caused by COVID-19.
SPs may use funds to innovate and adapt their programs as needed to ensure
continued delivery and help protect the populations they serve from
falling further into poverty.
- Strengthen
and prepare the portfolio of potential SPs for the PAOF, The Adaptation
Fund provides selected SPs an opportunity to strengthen, or establish,
organizational cultures focused on results. It is expected that SPs will
build new capacities and implement interventions in new ways, both to
ensure continued operation, and to promote participation in the future
PAOF instrument. For example, adaptations and capacity building may
include developing or strengthening performance management systems or virtual
platforms for “socially distant” intervention delivery.
- Generate
relevant learning and data to inform government policy. Governments likely
face an important information gap during this pandemic and stand to
benefit from learning in several ways. Learning gathered from the
Adaptation Fund will inform SPs, government partners, and donor partners,
especially as is helpful to:
- Improve
government social protection service delivery,
- Understand
which adaptations appear effective in allowing programs to continue
operations during the COVID-19 global pandemic, as assessed through
qualitative insights and quantitative data on if/why programs were
effective and at what cost
- Understand
how adept the social protection ecosystem is at innovating and adapting
to challenges
Funding Information
- $800,000
USD total amount will be split among awarded grants.
- Funds
may be used to develop and test innovative, flexible ideas that respond to
current COVID-related challenges.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) with current operations in Kenya and Rwanda and
experience in the poverty alleviation and/or livelihoods sectors.
- NGOs
must be registered in Kenya and/or Rwanda to be selected.
- Organizations
already engaged in the Poverty Alleviation Outcomes Fund are especially
encouraged to apply.
Post Date - 15-Jul-2020