As part of the European
Union (EU) COVID-19 Solidarity Programme for Eastern Partnership, PIN,
NHC, and AFEW joint forces to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and
contribute towards longer-term socio-economic resilience of vulnerable groups.
To achieve this overall goal, the consortium
recognises the critical role local CSOs play in service delivery, community
mobilization, awareness raising, policy engagement and advocacy for the
protection of human rights and civic freedoms during and in the post-pandemic
environment. The action will support these key actors to achieve the overall
goal via a set of interrelated activities that both aim to address the short to
medium-term needs and longer-term institutional barriers to their development.
The project will be
implemented by a consortium built by three organizations with distinct
experience and added-value, People In Need (PIN), Netherlands Helsinki
Committee (NHC), and AFEW International(AFEW).
The consortium
addresses the COVID-19 pandemic with a phased approach in order to most
effectively respond to the disruptions on health care, the socio-economic
needs, build resilience and support watchdog and media activities (Phase 1), and
address structural barriers that hinder the target populations’ health,
socio-economic recovery and resilience and overall reform in the respective
sectors (Phase 2).
The project aims at achieving its overall goal through the following two outputs:
- Output 1: CSOs have the expertise and resources to respond to the short to medium-term needs of vulnerable groups, provide continuity of services and adapt to the new COVID environment.
- Output 2:
CSOs, watchdog initiatives and independent media are able to influence
longer-term policy developments with a focus on inclusive recovery,
preparedness for pandemics and socio-economic resilience of vulnerable
groups.
In
this regard, PIN is publishing this first call for proposals to identify at
least 3 local CSOs to be granted to meet the immediate to mid-term health,
socio-economic, and protection needs of the following target groups:
- People
with disabilities (PWD)
- Rural
households, including elderly women and men
- Micro-Small-Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs) and Income-generating activities
- Youth.
The second round of call for proposals within the project will be launched tentatively in August/September.
Funding Information
The
amount of each grant will be up to 40,000 EUR for service delivery.
Eligibility
Criteria
- Being
registered as a CSO in the Republic of Moldova
- Having
a relevant and proved experience (at least four years) in implementing
community-level initiatives
- Having
a relevant and proved experience (at least four years) in supporting at
least one of the target groups listed above
- Being
able and willing to adapt to the COVID-19 operating environment (remote
management, movement to digital mobilisation, adherence to C-19
humanitarian standards, potential for direct cash programming, etc.)
- Having
experience in cooperating with Local Public Authorities
- Proving
evidences of managing funds of the budget size.
Criteria
- The
indicative activities supported through the service delivery grants will
be based on the needs identified by the local CSOs and can include, but
are not limited to:
- Social
Services - provision of social, psycho-social or health care
- Economic
Recovery - support to restart the micro and small
business/income-generating activities, delivering skills necessary for
adapting to new labour market conditions, equipment to meet authorities’
COVID prevention measures, provision of start-up/prevention of lay-off
capital
- Social
Protection - addressing increased incidences of domestic violence /
gender-based violence and child protection issues
- Education
- support to distance education and initiatives to ensure vulnerable
children do not fall behind due to school closures, lack of
home-schooling opportunities
- The
applicants will present their proposal filling in the application form
here attached
- The
grant will be used to address the more immediate COVID-19 needs of the
target groups in Phase 1 of the project (approximately July 2020 – July
2021)
- The
budget must be in line with the activities described in the application
form.
Post Date - 28-Jul-2020A