Lives in Dignity Grant Facility

Description

1) Objective

UNOPS invites interested and eligible applicants to apply for a Call for Proposals (“CFP”) for the grant project: Lives in Dignity Grant Facility. The Grantee shall have exclusive control over the administration and implementation of this project; however, both the quality of the Grantee’s work and the progress being made toward successfully achieving the activities and outputs of the project shall be subject to review by UNOPS.

This CFP is divided into three lots representing three different displacement situations in three regions of the world:
– Lot 1: Afghanistan displacement situation (Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan)
– Lot 2: Sahel displacement situation (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger) and including Nigeria
– Lot 3: displacement situations in the Countries cooperating under the MIRPS/Regional Comprehensive Protection and Solutions Framework (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama)

The Facility will focus on five thematic areas:
– Economic livelihood development,
– Spatial planning, housing and settlement,
– Integrated service delivery (e.g. education, health, water and sanitation, energy),
– Protection in development, and
– Addressing disaster and climate-related human mobility

2) Eligibility

A partnership of at least two entities is required. The makeup of the partnership can include any of the entity types indicated below, though there must be a minimum of at least one national/local partner (authority, NGO, CSO, private sector…): International Organisations, Non governmental organisations (international, national), Civil Society Organisations, including but not limited to, Refugee- / IDP- / other affected population- led organizations, National Authorities, Local authorities, Academia and research institutes, Foundations, Private Sector: Any private sector entity that wishes to apply needs to clarify in their proposal that it will not gain business profit from the activities.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama.

4) Budget

– Lot 1: USD 4.6 Million – project proposals shall be between USD 575,000 and USD 2.3 million (excluding the 15% co-funding)
– Lot 2: USD 4.6 Million – project proposals shall be between USD 575,000 and USD 2.3 million (excluding the 15% co-funding)
– Lot 3: USD 4.6 Million – project proposals shall be between USD 575,000 and USD 2.3 million (excluding the 15% co-funding)

5) Application

The application deadline is 2 August 2021. A full proposal must be submitted.