The Grant is intended to provide strategic and sustained resources to support civil society (CSO) and youth engagement, advocacy and accountability for women, children and adolescents health. The grantee will be tasked with effectively executing the vision, objectives, and day-to-day operation of the CSCG, providing and facilitating both administrative and technical support to CSCG members, civil and youth focal points in GFF countries, the civil society and youth IG representatives, the CS and youth Steering Committee, and partners.
The grantee’s roles and responsibilities will fall into five main categories:
- Coordination and alignment, including management and oversight of the CSCG for the GFF, Steering Committee, Working Groups, civil society and youth country focal points, and civil society and youth IG representatives; and meaningful coordination with CSOs and youth engaged in other global health initiatives and platforms.
- Knowledge management, communication, information sharing, analysis, and documentation of key tools, resources, reports, case studies, and analyses for CSOs and youth.
- Technical assistance and capacity building: facilitate and provide technical assistance, cross-learning, and capacity building for CSOs, youth, and coalitions engaging in the GFF, including through South-South exchange.
- Disbursement and management of grants to CSOs and youth in GFF countries to support cross-cutting activities that support health priorities determined in-country and promote alignment among CSOs and youth working across global health initiatives.
- Mutual accountability: develop and facilitate accountability structures and mechanisms that engender mutual accountability of all GFF stakeholders, at global and country levels, and ensure that the GFF is equitable, inclusive, and driven by community needs.
Additionally, since the Grant is a World Bank project the selected proposal will be subject to World Bank fiduciary requirements, in addition to all other criteria, as well as the World Bank’s financial management assessment.
GRANT SIZE
The total envelope for this Grant is approximately US$ 5 million, with the totality of funds expected to be implemented by an organization -or consortium of organizations- over a period of two years .
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must demonstrate the organization or consortium’s capacity to work in GFF-eligible countries as well as financial and regulatory systems in place to be able to sub-grant to CSOs in any and all GFF-supported countries to be eligible. CSOs subject to receiving sub-grants under the grant must include legal entities that fall outside the public or private sectors, such as non-government organizations, not-for-profit media organizations, charitable organizations, faith-based organizations, professional organizations, labor unions, workers’ organizations, associations of elected local representatives, foundations and policy development and research institutes. Application of a consortium of CSOs will also be considered; the lead CSO will serve as primary contact.
Grant selection
Proposals should articulate the organization’s experience in managing and overseeing grants to CSOs and youth in GFF countries, in order to support: coalition building, capacity building, political engagement; advocacy for domestic resource mobilization for health, supportive SRMNCAH+N policies (priorities determined by country CSOs); and accountability.
Proposals will have to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the objectives of the GFF and its updated CSO and youth engagement framework. The framework outlines a comprehensive package of interventions to be taken together to strengthen and effectively leverage CSO and youth engagement to deliver on the GFF partnership goals. Proposals will also have to demonstrate experience or innovative thinking on how to best leverage the engagement and expertise of a diverse range of civil society and youth stakeholders in GFF countries and at the global level.
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