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Project Proposals: Economic Empowerment of African Women

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On behalf of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)/ Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) Steering Committee, the NEPAD Secretariat is inviting proposals for the implementation of the Economic Empowerment of African Women project. It is aimed at institutions involved in implementing programmes that have the potential to unlock women’s economic potential, fight poverty, close gender gaps, empower women, and who are contributing to the achievement of MDGs and the attainment of sustainable development.

The application format should contain characteristics such as the purpose, beneficiaries, duration of the projects to be financed, proposed budget, geographical location and thematic priority. The application should be in a prescribed format and will be subjected to selection criteria.

The proposed format is as follow:

  1. Background data
    • project name;
    • management details;
    • duration (approximate start and end dates);
    • geographical location;
    • thematic area addressed;
    • background and rationale of the project.
  2. Description of the Project
    • purpose, goals and objectives of the project and intended results/outcomes, as well as the possible activities to be carried out (brief description) and the indicators that will be used to measure the level of achievement and impact of the project;
    • beneficiaries (entities or persons, as appropriate) ;
    • entities / team responsible for carrying out the actions.
  3. Other aspects
    • impact of the project in the fight against poverty and promotion of gender equality and the autonomy of women in the area in which the action is to be carried out;
    • intersection of the project with the horizontal priority, such as environmental sustainability, the defense of human rights and the respect for cultural diversity;
    • future sustainability of the actions and transfer of the project;
    • complementary nature of existing policies, strategies or national plans.
  4. Budget
    • total cost and cost for which financing is requested from the Secretariat. (Please note successful proposals would have to contribute 20% to the total cost of the project);
    • budget item: A maximum limit of 10% of the total amount requested is established for the concept of indirect costs; .
    • budget limits range between US $ 50,000 for national projects to US$ 250,000 for regional projects.
Application Info
Institutions with requisite capacity, networks, experience of working with women’s groups, community cooperatives, informal sector and gender inequality are encouraged to apply. All the Applications should be addressed to the Steering Committee and should be submitted electronically to the NEPAD Secretariat by 1 pm on August 31 2007 at the address given below.

The selection criteria include:
  • suitability to the sector-based and geographic priority lines in the Announcement for Proposals. The matching of the objectives of the proposals with the NEPAD/AU/RECs and national priorities with the sector-based priorities;
  • technical competency, agency capability and experience of the applicant in the sector of the action, as well as the ability to increase the capacity and autonomy of women and the promotion of gender equality;
  • technical quality of the proposal submitted, valuing innovative actions and those that include suitable indicators to measure the progress achieved, broken down by gender;
  • suitability and feasibility of the action as well as ability to implement the proposed project within the project framework, parameters, timeframe and budget;
  • high impact of the action in the protection of women’s rights, fighting poverty, reducing / eliminating gender inequality/disparities and increasing capacity, enhancing empowerment and creating equal opportunities for African women;
  • alignment and complimentary nature with national policies and strategies;
  • sustainability, valuing building up women’s capacities, civil society organisations and governmental beneficiaries that make it possible to give continuity to the activities once the project is over;
Source

e-Civicus 351 received on August 8 2007 and the e-Civicus website on 14 August 2007.