Apply! Peace and Community Cohesion (PaCC) Project

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Sudan is currently seeking proposals for its Peace and Community Cohesion (PaCC) project that aims to support communities to reduce violence, improve community security and strengthen social cohesion. Main project initiatives include strengthening local-level peace structures, rebuilding broken relations, fostering reconciliation and providing a conducive environment for national and local-level dialogue and peace processes.

The objective of this call for proposal is to facilitate local communities to engage in peace building, by promoting dialogue, mediation and community interdependency initiative; supporting women and youth’s role in the peace process and strengthening communities’ social economic and cultural ties that support community relationships and build peace. UNDP seeks to identify credible and capable CSOs and youth groups presently working in the identified conflict clusters to undertake some of the proposed initiatives in the call for proposal. UNDP also seeks the services of one international NGO with proven capacity to transfer skills to local CSOs as part of the sustainability of the project.

Deadline
29 January 2018

Budget Information & Duration
Proposal amounts should not exceed a maximum of:
Slot 15: US$ 70,000
Slot 2: No more than US$ 15,000 but to be determined based on the quality of ideas
Slot 3: US$ 100,000
The amount requested in the proposal should be commensurate with the organization’s administrative and financial management capabilities. The project duration will be for a period of 12 months. The administrative cost must not exceed 10 percent of the total activity amount.

Eligibility
-The organizations must meet the following criteria to be eligible for selection.
-Be legally registered as CSO/NGO with the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission and be in possession of a valid registration certificate;
-Mandate and founding document should be in line with the activities for which the fund is being sought;
-Have an established office and experience in similar/related activities.
-Additional parameters that will determine whether a CSO, NGO, CBO, women or youth group is eligible to be considered by UNDP will be based on the Request for Information (RFI) template.

Application
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