Deadline: 27 April 2015
The Expression of Interest for Grants Program Pre-local Elections Civic Education Campaign for Specific Groups of Voters is open for NGOs registered in the Republic of Moldova. Being started in 2012, the UNDP Programme aims at strengthening the institutional capacity of the Parliament and Central Electoral Commission (CEC), improving their main functions and entrenching gender and human rights considerations in formal political process.
The Grants program has the following sub-objectives:
- Target and raise awareness of the specific groups of voters about the benefits of participation in elections;
- Encourage specific groups of voters to demand that their issues and concerns are part of the electoral platforms of electoral contestants;
- Inform specific groups of voters targeted herein about the procedure of voter lists’ compilation and verification;
- Produce and/or disseminate/adapt inform about the voting procedure per se, including documents needed and competent authorities issuing these documents;
- Highlight and advocate for the importance of women’s participation in elections as candidates and voters.
Focus Areas: Moldova divided into four geographic areas of intervention: North, Center, South (including Roma inhabited communities) and Gagauzia region.
Eligibility Criteria
- Expression of Interest for Grants is opened to NGOs registered in the Republic of Moldova.
- Organizations eligible to submit project proposal should meet all of the following criteria:
- Be registered in Moldova as a Non-Governmental Organization;
- Be able, according to their statute, to carry out activities in the area stipulated by the project proposal;
- Be directly responsible for development and management of the project and not to act through intermediaries;
- Have at least 3 years of relevant experience in areas like democratic governance, community mobilization, civic education and outreach, gender equality, etc.
- The specific groups of voters to be targeted by the activities of the Grants program shall include:
- Voters with disabilities;
- Roma, specifically Roma women;
- Other national and ethnic minorities;
- Women
- Other specific groups of voters proposed by grant applicants (specifying the groups and justifying why it needs to be supported in the context of local elections).
- A given Project proposal can target one or more categories of voters, within one or several of the geographic areas.
Grant Size
Application ceiling shall be as follows:
- 15,000 USD for applications targeting one group in one area, or
- 30,000 USD for applications targeting several groups in one area or one group across several geographic areas.
Application Process
The organizations that are interested in applying for the Call for Proposals should submit a package of documents mentioned below:
- Application Form (which must include the requested budget and activities timeline), filled in Romanian, Russian or English;
- Copy of the registration certificate to prove that the organization is a registered legal entity;
- Copy of the Statute of the organization;
- Declaration of partnership, where applicable, signed by parties;
- CVs of Project Manager, accountant and key staff, involved in project’s implementation
- CVs of experts and their written consent to be involved in the activities of the project;
- A brief overview of the activities of the organization (including, if applicable, recommendation letters from other donors, developed materials: researches, strategies, training aids, newsletters, brochures; any other relevant materials/information: newspaper articles, audio-/video clips, photo reports from events, etc.);
- Other relevant materials to increase credibility of the Applicant and to complement the Project justification.
For more information, please visit UNDP-Moldova and download the guidelines.
