Deadline extended: Call for Proposal for Civil Society Organisation/Consortium to provide increased access to business skills development and business support opportunities for women and girls, both Moldovan citizens and Ukrainian refugees



Overview:

UN Women within the project “Strengthening Socio-Economic Resilience of Women and Girls Affected by the Ukraine Refugee Crisis in Moldova’’ invites Civil Society Organisations/Consortium to provide increased access to business skills development and business support opportunities for at least 100 women and girls, both Moldovan citizens and Ukrainian refugees.

In the framework of the priorities outlined above, UN Women Moldova Country Office welcomes proposals against the following activities:

  • Conduct beneficiary mapping and a rapid needs assessment to select the beneficiaries of the business support in up to 5 districts in Moldova with the focus on women refugees and local from underrepresented groups.
  • Develop and implement business support programs (including voucher support component) based on co-creation with involvement of right holders and duty bearers, to directly support skills and business development.
  • Carry out awareness raising activities targeting women and girls in all their diversity, especially the most vulnerable, on available business support opportunities in the selected communities.

The total budget available for this Call for Proposal is of USD 95,000.

The proposals are expected to start from April 2023 and be implemented for a period of 9 months. The implementation of the Partnership Agreement to be signed under this CFP is expected to be completed not later than end December 2023.

The deadline for proposals submission is March 24, 2023; Time: 12:00 pm, Moldova local time.

Information session is scheduled for 01 March 2023; Time 11:00 amMoldova local time, GMT+2

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Any clarification questions may be submitted by 06 March 2023 to the email: natalia.manea@unwomen.org

The terms of reference, mandatory requirements, templates for proposal submission and the evaluation criteria are attached below.

All proposals should be sent by email to the following secure email address: tender.md@unwomen.org

Contacts:

Ms. Natalia Manea, e-mail: natalia.manea@unwomen.org

Supporting documents:

Supporting documents could be found following the link.