cfpWomen’s organizations and Youth Organizations to implement activities aimed at Strengthening Communal Peace and Social Cohesion in Western Bahr El Ghazal State, Upper Nile State, Eastern Equatoria State, and Warrap State, South Sudan

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00125970 – Peace and Community Cohesion II

Documents

Call for Proposal template
Final Terms of Reference
Itemised Cost Estimate _ICE

Overview

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of South Sudan, is implementing the Peace and Community Cohesion III (PaCC) programme. The project aims to contribute towards setting South Sudan on a pathway to sustainable peace and development through: a) strengthening national and local level infrastructures for peace in order to prevent and manage conflicts; b) deepening social, cultural and economic cohesion among communities to foster healing, reconciliation and peaceful coexistence; c) empowering citizens, with added emphasis on women, youth and other marginalised groups  for voice, agency and participation in governance and peacebuilding initiatives; d) supporting community violence reduction and community-based reintegration; and e) promoting conflict sensitive response to emerging threats such as climate and nature-based conflicts. The programme activities have been approved through its steering committee and the Government of South Sudan (National Ministry of Peacebuilding). 

In this context, UNDP is launching these calls for proposals to ensure the efficient implementation of its PaCC programme in Eastern Equatoria State, Upper Nile State, Western Bahr El Ghazal State, Warrap State and Central Equatoria State. 

Selected CSOs in the target locations will work closely with the respective State Ministries of Peacebuilding, State Ministries of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, and the State Peace and Reconciliation Commissions. These institutions will provide guidance, coordination, and oversight to ensure effective implementation of the funded activities and contribute to sustainable peace and community cohesion.

The objective of this call for proposals is to:

• Support initiatives aimed at preventing and resolving conflicts by addressing communal tensions, reducing violence, and fostering peaceful coexistence between host communities and returnees, refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
• Strengthen existing psychosocial support mechanisms by supporting volunteer counselors to provide trauma awareness and psychosocial support services to conflict-affected communities, including host communities and returnees, refugees, and IDPs.
• Facilitate community economic empowerment initiatives for people with disabilities, IDPs, ex-combatants, refugees and returnees that strengthen community resilience and proactiveness, while sustaining and building existing structures supported under previous projects as part of a conflict prevention and sustainability approach.

The purpose of this call is to identify national NGOs/CSOs with an operational presence in the selected locations of Western Bahr el Ghazal State, Upper Nile State, Eastern Equatoria State, and Warrap State, and with demonstrated experience, capacities, and capacity-building needs, to implement activities in line with the above objective.