Promoting Community-Based Interventions to Improve the Nutritional Status of Children and Reproductive-Age Women in Timor-Leste

Description

1) Objective

The global objective of this call for proposals is to contribute to the reduction of malnutrition and its consequences in Timor-Leste. The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
• to promote an integrated nutrition approach leading to the reduction of malnutrition amongst Timorese mothers and children.
• to promote community-based interventions that improve the nutritional status of children in early childhood and women of reproductive age in the worst affected rural areas of Timor-Leste.

The priority of this call for proposals is to fund activities that improve nutrition at community level in Timor-Leste, with a special emphasis on the most vulnerable categories such as children under five and women of reproductive age, including those with mental and/ or physical disabilities. These activities should focus on municipalities that have been identified as most affected by stunting and underweight. In addition, this call for proposals also aims to develop the capacity of Timorese civil society to undertake activities that promote improvement of nutrition at the community level in Timor-Leste, through policy implementation and monitoring of government’s policy implementation.

2) Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must: (1) be a legal person and (2) be non-profit-making and (3) be a specific type of organisation such as: civil society organisation and (4) be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.

3) Location

Actions must take place in East Timor.

4) Budget

The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is €2,000,000. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the minimum €665,000 and maximum €665,000. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the minimum (65%) and maximum (95%) percentage of total eligible costs of the action.

5) Application

The concept note together with the declaration by the lead applicant must be submitted online via PROSPECT. The deadline for the submission is 26 August 2024.