The European Commission (EC), through the Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands, has issued a restricted call seeking concept notes at first stage for Pastoral and Agropastoral Livelihood Support Activities in Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASAL) areas with financial assistance from the Kenya Rural Development Program (KRDP). EC, with this call for proposals, aims for increased capacity of ASAL communities to respond effectively to drought & other vulnerabilities.
Global Objective of this Call for Proposals
To promote sustainable livelihood diversification in ASAL areas. Actions to be funded will operate within a Program framework and will therefore have to integrate with other actions funded through KRDP at national and local (ASAL) levels. In this sense proposals will have to clearly elicit their collaborating mechanisms with local institutions and show coherence with on going actions in the proposed areas of intervention.
Specific Objectives of this Call for Proposals
– Strengthen drought preparedness mechanisms and related risk-minimizing strategies.
– Promote and develop ASAL based value chains.
Priority Areas
This Call for Proposals will target 23 counties defined as ASAL areas. However, given geographical coverage and the different features of the areas, this call will be divided into two separate lots. It is expected that actions under both lots will strengthen capacity of rural communities in arid areas of Kenya to mitigate the impact and/or recover from recurrent droughts. For maximizing their impact, actions will have to complement and/or integrate with on going GoK Programs. Priority will be however given to proposals presenting innovative approaches and based on a thorough stakeholder and value chain analysis.
Proposals may address one or more of the types of action listed below. The list however is indicative and other actions could be considered where appropriate.
– Lot 1 – Arid areas
-> Drought preparedness
-> Animal health
-> Livestock Marketing
-> Value chains development (livestock related products)
-> Fodder development
-> Water conservation and harvesting
-> Support to communities for Contingency Plans preparation
-> Conflict resolution and access to resources
– Lot 2 – Semi-arid areas
-> Value chains Development (orphan crops and/or fodder) including seeds production
-> Storage
-> Support to marketing
-> Water conservation and harvesting
-> Support to communities for Contingency Plans preparation
Available Funding
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 9,000,000.
Indicative allocation of funds by lot:
– Lot 1: EUR 6,000,000;
– Lot 2: EUR 3,000,000
Note
This is a restricted Call for Proposals. In the first instance, only Concept Notes must be submitted for evaluation. Thereafter, applicants whose Concept Notes have been pre-selected will be invited to submit a Full Application Form. Further to the evaluation of the Full Applications, an eligibility check will be performed for those which are provisionally selected.
Last date for submitting the concept notes is January 31, 2012.
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