The Qudra 2 – Resilience for
refugees, IDPs, returnees and host communities in response to the protracted
Syrian and Iraqi crises, has announced a call for proposals for “Developing
skills of vulnerable youth and Syrian refugees in Jordan” Action to improve the
relevance of vocational training and facilitate the transition from the world
of training to the world of work for the target group through an increased
involvement of the private sector in skills development.
The action is part of the second phase of a large multi-country,
multi-donor programme named "Qudra 2 – Resilience for Refugees, IDP’s, Returnees and
Host Communities in response to the protracted Syrian and Iraqi Crises”.
Qudra 2 is implemented by five
European development agencies and jointly co-financed by the EU Regional Trust
Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (EUTF Syria), the German Federal Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Spanish Agency for
International Development Cooperation (AECID).
The overall objective of this Call for Proposals
is to equip vulnerable refugee and host community youth with employable skills
for semi-skilled work to facilitate their transition to the labour market. To
this end, the Call intends to fund flexible, quality and demand-driven trainings
at semi-skilled worker level, organized and implemented through partnerships
between not-for-profit training providers and private enterprises.
As such, the expected results of the Call are as follows:
- Result 1: Refugee
and Jordanian youth are equipped with quality skills at semiskilled worker
level relevant to the local labour market, enhancing their livelihood and
(self-) employment opportunities
- Result 2: Enhanced
participation of the private sector in the development and implementation
of semi-skilled training programmes
- Result 3: Enhanced
access and participation of marginalized, vulnerable refugee and Jordanian
youth and women in semi-skilled training programmes
Funding windows
The Call targets Skills Development projects for
short-term, qualitative, and demand-driven trainings at semi-skilled worker
level, implemented both outside and inside refugee camps, and therefore has the
following two funding windows:
Lot 1: Initiatives targeting
both vulnerable Syrian refugee and Jordanian youth, including women, in the
targeted governorates.
The trainings are implemented in urban or rural
settings in the targeted regions, outside refugee camps, based on local labour
market skills needs, and accessible to the targeted groups. The training
programmes should integrate a Work-Based Learning (WBL) component (minimum 50%
of the total duration).
Lot 2: Initiatives targeting
only Syrian refugee youth, including women, residing in refugee camps.
The trainings are organized within the camps and
respond to skills needs of incamp economic activities, in-camp income
generating or livelihood opportunities, and/or capacity building needs aimed at
building beneficiaries’ resilience upon future return to their country of
origin. The training programmes should equally integrate WBL (at least 50% of
the total duration of the training programme), either linked to in-camp
economic activities or through attachment of trainees to out-of-camp private
companies.
Funding Information
- Minimum amount: EUR 100,000
- Maximum amount: EUR 400,000
- The total volume available
under Lot 1, for actions targeting vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian
refugees living in urban areas or outside refugee camps, is 950,000 EUR.
The total volume available under Lot 2, targeting Syrian refugees residing
in Northern refugee camps, is 475,000 EUR.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants (i.e. lead and co-applicants)
must satisfy the following conditions to be admissible for grants:
- be a legal person
- be a public entity
- be a national or international
non-profit private entity or a foundation; or be a legal entity of private
law for which profit maximization is not the priority objective
- be established or officially
registered in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for at least 2 years
- be directly responsible for the
preparation, management and implementation of the action) and not be
acting as an intermediary
- have adequate local experience
in managing and/or implementing skills development programmes at
semi-skilled worker level, targeting refugees, vulnerable youth and women
- have an active bank account for
the past 24 months
- have audited financial
statements for the 2 previous calendar years.
Post Date - 02-Sep-2020