The Addis Ababa branch of the Italian Cooperation Agency allo Sviluppo (hereinafter “Sede
AICS”) has announced a call for proposals for the Emergency initiative in
support of displaced persons, refugees, seasonal migrants and host communities
to strengthen resilience in the Somali region of Ethiopia, and in the areas of
Ethiopia bordering Kenya and Somali.
This program intends to concentrate its activities in the
following sectors considered priority:
- Health
- WaSH
- Agriculture and food security
These will be integrated
with complementary activities in the following sectors:
- Protection
- Education
- Reduction of the risk of
disasters
The expected results - which
will have as their object the categories of beneficiaries indicated above -
they will therefore cover areas of intervention considered priority by both
local authorities and by Italian Cooperation, and in particular:
- Improved access to treatment
and vaccines, especially for the most vulnerable, ie minors, pregnant
women, the disabled; improved treatment of malnutrition;
- Guaranteed better access to
WaSH infrastructure and services;
- Improved resilience through
support for agriculture, livestock and security food;
- Promoted protection, social
inclusion and conflict prevention;
- Promoted access to education,
skills development and the spread of hygiene practices sanitary;
- Promotion of soil conservation
and natural resource management activities.
Beneficiaries
The direct beneficiaries
will therefore be the most affected sections of the populations in the selected
areas inside and outside the camps, including informal ones, including displaced
populations, refugees and the host communities (ensuring a proportion that
respects the percentage of 70% -30%). Particular consideration will be given to
the cross-border movement of persons (the so-called spillovers seasonal,
punctual or chronic, trans-regional and cross-border), and the consequences
that follow arise.
The initiatives
implemented will therefore promote an integrated approach in favor of both
displaced persons that of seasonal migrants, refugees and residents, with
particular attention to categories vulnerable such as minors, single mothers,
people with disabilities and victims of violence kind. Actions that align with
the Durable Solutions Initiative (DSI) will be preferred, favoring it human
development of the beneficiaries, also thanks to the acquisition of skills that
can be spent now and in near future
Funding Information
- Maximum duration of project
activities: 21 (twenty-one) months and not less than 15 (fifteen) months;
- Funding requested from AICS not
exceeding:
- EUR 500,000.00 (five hundred
thousand / 00) for the project proposals presented by a single CSO;
- EUR 1,100,000.00 (one million
one hundred / 00) for the project proposals presented by temporary
associations of purpose (ATS) of OSC formed by two or more subjects between
agent and principal (s) who have an operational role in the
implementation of the project activities and who can therefore
demonstrate full ability to operate in loco according to local
regulations;
Geographical Areas
The intervention,
placing itself in continuity with previous programs and focusing on internally
displaced persons and on regional and cross-border cross-border dynamics,
proposes to focus in the Somali region of Ethiopia, particularly in the
regional and national border areas, and in the regions of Ethiopia bordering
Kenya and Somalia. The area is a crossroads of migratory phenomena due to the
recurring environmental catastrophes, numerous conflicts and conflicts
interregional and cross-border.
Eligibility Criteria
Non-profit entities can
submit project proposals for this Call for Proposals that, at the date of
publication of this document, are in possession of all the following
requirements:
- Registration in the list
pursuant to art. 26, paragraph 3, of Law 125/2014 and subsequent
amendments and ii., or, for non-profit entities without an operational
headquarters in Italy (local non-profit entities and / or international),
partnership agreement with one of the subjects registered on the
aforementioned list. The agreement can be of various kinds (affiliation,
association, partnership) but it must however be, under penalty of
exclusion, of a general nature, pre-existing to this Call for Proposals
(and therefore not limited to a specific action or established only for the
purposes of participation in this Call for Proposals ) and must remain
valid even after the conclusion of the activities related to this Call for
Proposals;
- Specific and proven experience
in humanitarian aid interventions in Ethiopia;
- Ability to operate on site
according to local regulations;
- For non-profit entities without
an operational headquarters in Italy (local non-profit entities and / or
international), be established and in compliance with the legislation in
force in the country of membership;
- They are not indebted to the
MAECI DGCS and / or AICS or other donors, for certain debts, liquid and
payable, including debt situations deriving from revocation measures
grants for projects promoted and / or entrusted;
- They have not behaved in a
manner characterized by gross negligence or bad faith in the realization
of projects DGCS / MAECI, AICS, of other donors or in the exercise of
theirs activities.
Post Date - 24-Dec-2020