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Overview

1. BACKGROUND

UNDP has been working in South Sudan for over 30 years.  The overarching goal of UNDP is to help create more resilient communities and reinvigorated local economies; strengthening peace and governance; and empowering women and girls. This Call for Proposals (CFP) is specifically related to UNDP’s work on strengthening peace and governance implemented under the Peace and Community Cohesion (PaCC) project. UNDP’s PaCC project aims to contribute to the reduction and mitigation of community-level conflict and insecurity by investing in initiatives that address key drivers of conflict and enhance community interdependency and social cohesion. 

The Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) signed in September 2018 brought renewed impetus towards stabilizing the fragile situation in the country. However, the country continues to face persisting and emerging challenges. Communal conflict and insecurity in some areas coupled with climate related challenges like floods continue to be significant drivers of people’s humanitarian needs in South Sudan, resulting in widespread displacement and hindering vulnerable people’s access to critical services. Further, these challenges risk reversing the peacebuilding gains and key milestones realized from the implementation of the 2018 revitalized peace agreement; increase fragility; impede healing, trust and confidence building and reconciliation key for sustaining peace.

Note application template is togther on one tattachment with CFP

Within this complex development setting, the UNDP PaCC project seeks to contribute to the reduction and mitigation of community-level conflict and insecurity by investing in initiatives that address key drivers of conflict and enhance community interdependency and social cohesion. Given the above challenges, the Peace, and Community Cohesion (PaCC) project III, building on the achievements of PaCC I&II, will contribute towards response to the impact of floods on social cohesion and towards socio-economic recovery of communities displaced and affected by floods, the Sudan crisis and internal conflicts, directly and indirectly. This also supports the implementation of UNDP’s contribution to the UN Country Team response to the effects of floods in South Sudan and response to Sudan Crisis. To achieve this objective, PaCC III plans to work with national organizations, including organizations working with women, youth, persons with disabilities based on assessed performance and selection process set by UNDP.

1. OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED OUTPUTS/DELIVERABLES

The objective of this call for proposal is to collaborate with civil society organizations (CSOs) in facilitating local communities to respond to the impact of climate shocks, specifically floods in Upper Nile State, Jonglei State, Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA), Eastern Equatoria State and Warrap State and contribute to prevention of tensions and conflicts resulting from displacements caused by the floods, the Sudan crisis and internal conflicts. This is aimed at restoring selected community infrastructure, improving access to services, improving livelihood income, injecting cash into the local economy, further enhancing the purchasing power of the community and the IDPs whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the floods and displacements as well as conflicts. This also aims to strengthen social cohesion.

UNDP seeks to identify credible and capable CSOs, women and youth organizations currently having a physical presence and operational capacity and working in Jonglei State, Upper Nile State, Eastern Equatoria State, Warrap State and Greater Pibor Administrative Area, in South Sudan to carry out the activities under this call for proposal.