The UK Department for International Development has issued a call for concept notes from civil society organizations under its Programme Partnership Arrangements (PPAs) 2011-2014
As PPAs are designed for larger civil society organizations, the applicant organizations should demonstrate significant capability to implement projects targeting poverty reduction and other issues. “To be successful, an organisation should have a strong focus on poverty reduction and/or conflict, security and justice, or humanitarian priorities, be a leader in their area(s) of specialism, have excellent results management, be able to demonstrate real and practical impact on poverty reduction, have significant capability across their systems and policy engagement, and a clear fit with DFID’s values and priorities. All successful applicants would be required to conform to DFID’s UK Aid Transparency Guarantee.”
DFID has earmarked £20 million of funding for Conflict, Security and Justice, and Humanitarian (CSH) priorities out of the total £120million allocated per annum to PPAs. The rest of the funding will be allocated for general PPAs designed for organizations working on any of the DFID’s sectors and priorities, including crosscutting themes.
There is a two stage application process. Initially, only concept notes have be submitted. Based on the review of the concept notes, a fuller proposal would be requested.
The deadline for submission of PPA concept notes is 3 September 2010. More information at this link.
