Deadline- March 14, 2013
The Global Partnership for Social Accountability(GPSA) is desired to invite proposals from civil society organizations (CSOs) to improve development results by supporting capacity building. Main aim of this proposal is to provide strategic and sustained support to CSOs’ social accountability initiatives aimed at strengthening transparency and accountability.
Areas-
- Monitor and report on the subnational transfers linked to the exploration and exploitation of the extractive industries, particularly in the regions of Nampula, Tete, and Cabo Delgado, to ensure the efficient allocation of resource.
- Monitor and report on the allocation of decentralized resources for — and/or the quality of — service provision in the health or education sectors
- Strengthen institutional capacity of CSOs working on Social Accountability
Grant amounts range from US$500,000 to US$1 million in support of social accountability.
Eligibility&Criteria-
- Legal status: the recipient needs to be a legal entity in Mozambique and provide proof of such legal status
- Representation: key criteria are communities, accountability to members or beneficiaries, diversity and gender sensitivity
- Governance: sound internal management policies and practices, comprising organizational dimensions, such as clear management roles and responsibilities, clear methods of planning and organizing activities, human capital, financial and technical resources, and partnerships
- Transparency: including disclosure of sources of funding, financial accountability and governance transparency
- Fiduciary capacity: ability to meet applicable World Bank policies for grants
- Institutional capacity: appropriate scale of operations, facilities, and equipment
- Competence: proposed executing team possesses relevant skills and experience across all areas for which activities have been proposed
- Proven track record: organization can provide evidence of its experience (at least 3-5 years) in the area of the call for proposals, and a vision matching the goals of the GPSA
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