| Overview : CFP-069-21- Call for Proposals from NGOs for the Establishment and Empowerment of Youth and Women Groups in the Governorates of Anbar, Diyala, Salah al-Din, Kirkuk and Ninewa NOTICE TO ALL PROPOSERS: A pre-bid conference will be held on Time: 11:00- 12:00 Iraq local time
Date: 14 February 2021
Venue : Skype meeting All interested proposers are encouraged to participate in the pre-proposal conference. The UNDP focal point for this arrangement is:
Dolores Maitim, Procurement Analyst
Email: dolores.maitim@undp.org Proposers interested to attend the Pre-Proposal Conference must send the following information to the above-mentioned e-mail address before 12 :00 noon on 11 February 2021 including participants name, company name and skype i.d. The subject of the email should be CFP-069-21, Pre-Bid Conference. ______________________________________________________ UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help building nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. One the ground in 177 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and building resilient nations. This Call for Proposals (CFP) is specifically related to the UNDP Iraq Social Cohesion Program. The Program works in five main areas that include 1) Strengthening the national frameworks for peace and social cohesion, 2) strengthening inter-linking community infrastructures for social cohesion at multi-levels 3) supporting and Strengthened capacities and resources of academia and research institutions and actors to lead social cohesion and 4) working with media institution and media professionals to improved advocacy and public awareness. Through the Social Cohesion, UNDP is committed to developing national competencies for peace and social cohesion. This translates into continued support and continued capacity-development of Women’s Groups, Youth Groups and CBOs by strengthening their knowledge and skills for dialogue facilitation and mediation, group-specific needs in conflict, community outreach, consultations, networking and advocacy. In 2020 UNDP Social Cohesion Programme has established 4 Youth Groups and 3 Women Groups. The aim of these groups is to empower these crucial segments of the community and strengthening their position in the communities that they serve as important factor to the community peace and coexistence. During COVID-19 these groups proved to be effective mechanism in responding to the pandemic and their contribution to minimize socio-economic impact. During 2020, the youth and women groups implemented 27 community-based initiatives. Targeting over 11,000 beneficiaries. The initiatives among other things focused on youth and women empowerment, responding to COVID-19 implications, and promoting for peace and social cohesion. UNDP will continue supporting through capacity building, networking and provision of funding to implement initiatives that aims at linking excluded groups to decision-makers; outreaching vulnerable and ‘at-risk’ groups; dialogue, exchange, cultural, sports and other joint activities between different groups; positive counter-narratives to radicalism and violent extremism etc. UNDP will bring these groups together, in-person and online, to share experiences and feedback, using these opportunities to promote trust-building, networking and collaborative actions across identity and geographic divides. If you are interested in submitting a Bid in response to this CFP, please prepare your proposal in accordance with the requirements and procedure as set out in this CFP and submit it by the Deadline for bmission of Proposals set out in Call for Proposal. In case your company is not registered in the E-Tendering Module, please use the following temporary username and password to register your NGO: Username: event.guest Password: why2change NGOs who will be registered on the e-tendering will be able to download the complete Call for Proposal documents from the e-tendering website at: https://etendering.partneragencies.org Bidders can download the complete tender documentation from the e-Tendering upon registration Applicants must submit their proposals in the form of the template attached (Annex A- Technical Proposal Template and Annex B – Financial Proposal Template) and the following documents through online eTendering system. 1. Copy of Registration with the Federal Government of Iraq and preferably with the Kurdish Regional Government 2. CVs (establishing competence and demonstrating qualifications/skills relevant to the TOR) of the technical, management and implementation support personnel proposed to work on the Project 3. Annual certified financial report and Audit Report undertaken during the last 2 years. 4. Profile of the proposed NGO Partners (if applicable). 5. Evidence of the Organization’s Regulations/Policies and Procedures, manuals with regards to human resources and financial management, procurement and contracting and administration. 6. Evidence of previous relevant experience that qualifies the organization to undertake this Project. Proposals submitted via email or by hard copies will not be accepted. For instructions, please refer to eTendering User Guide for Bidders. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate with Dolores.maitim@undp.org and cc Zaid.al-hayalai@undp.org | 
