Facilitating the accreditation and development of the Financial Academy for Civil Society Organizations in Kosovo

Description

1)  Objective

Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) is a non-profit organization that provides expertise, political analysis, applied scientific research, and capacity building for key social actors to promote reforms and engagement in evidence-based policy processes. IDM has issued a call for participation in a tender for NGOs registered and active in Kosovo to undertake the “Facilitating the accreditation and development of the Financial Academy for Civil Society Organizations in Kosovo”.

The deliverables expected from the engaged NGO are:

• Program accreditation: CSO engaged is responsible for accrediting the curricula in Kosovo, adhering to national laws on adult education or relevant legal frameworks.
• Communication: CSO engaged is responsible will establish direct communication with relevant public authorities in Kosovo to facilitate the accreditation process.
• Curriculum development in finance for CSOs: CSO engaged will collaborate with experts experienced in civil society sector, finance, CSO management, and adult education to develop the Methodology for curriculum development, the reflection of needs analyses, the curriculum, documents, and learning materials.
• Delivery of education program: Educate a total of 40 attendees through accredited curricula. Select attendees from CSOs based on applications received through a public call. Aim for gender balance, with ideally the report 50/50. The educations will be conducted in two education cycles per year in 2024 and 2025. The CSO engaged will strive for 16 successful candidates per group to receive the certificate upon program completion.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate documentation in alignment with national laws and donor procedures, including attendees’ files, attendee lists, entrance and final examination records, and satisfaction surveys.

2) Eligibility

Can apply only NGOs registered and active in Kosovo. The branches of international NGOs are not eligible to apply.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Kosovo.

4) Budget

The grant size is not mentioned.

5) Application

All interested applicants are invited to submit their application to the email address info@idmalbania.org with the subject “Application Smart Balkans – Facilitating the accreditation and development of the Financial Academy for Civil Society Organizations in Kosovo”. Development of three tutorial videos” by October 6, 2023, at 17:00.