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· The applicant and any co-implementing partners must be legally registered entities.
· The applicant organizations must have legal status with the competent national authority. The applicant organization or at least one of its co-implementing partner organizations must be legally registered in the country and/or territory of implementation. Applying organizations must attach proof of legal registration (or legal status) as part of the grant application.
· Applications without clear proof of legal status will be considered incomplete and removed from the review process. Note that articles of incorporation are not proof of legal status.
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· Organizations that are not legally registered are not eligible to apply.
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· An organization may not submit more than one application either in the capacity of the applicant organization or of a co-implementing partner, across all countries under this Call.
· Only international women’s rights organizations and those INGOs that explicitly focus on gender equality are eligible to apply under this Call.
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· Only one office may apply per funding cycle. That office must be legally registered (or present its implementing partner legal registration) in an eligible country and/or territory of implementation.
· This is extended to include national affiliates of INGOs (i.e. only one national affiliate is eligible per grant). Further, an INGO can only apply once under this Call for Proposals, either in the capacity of the applicant organization or of a co-implementing partner, across all countries under this Call.
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· Organizations may work with relevant co-implementing partners to complement their expertise, outreach capacity and build the capacities of grassroots organizations.
· It is recommended that a proposal include no more than 3 co-implementing partners that will receive a portion of the requested funding. In these cases, grant proposals must clearly indicate which organization will take lead responsibility for project management and contractual obligations.
· The roles and responsibilities of all implementing partners should be clearly described in the proposal. For example, the implementation of specific components of the proposed intervention can be attributed to specific implementing partners. However, the lead applicant (whose contact details are provided in the proposal) is overall accountable for programmatic and financial delivery, monitoring, progress reporting, associated risks and results of the overall project across the work of all implementing partners.
In general, successful applications include the following components: (a) They focus on specific forms of violence against women and girls—as opposed to addressing all forms of violence—thus ensuring more effective and dedicated interventions; (b) they demonstrate a clear articulation of which results will be achieved, for and with whom, where and how, and for what ultimate purpose; (c) they specify equitable partnerships, especially those with women’s groups and networks and describe their specific roles in the project; and (d) they indicate both qualitative and quantitative mechanisms for monitoring and reporting.
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· An organization that has previously received a grant can apply as long as the previous project funded by the UN Trust Fund is operationally and financially complete and closed by March 2022.
Civil Society Organizations with specialized knowledge, expertise, and a track record of working on women’s rights and prevention and/or elimination of violence against women and girls.
Women’s rights organizations (WROs) will be prioritized, in full recognition of their being the driving force of the ending violence against women agenda and feminist movements, as well as being at the forefront of EVAW/G work, directly reaching women and girls survivors.
· The Call for Proposals is published on the UN Trust Fund’s and UN Women’s website.
· Information about the Call for Proposals is also shared via UN Trust Fund and UN Women social media accounts.
· Applicants must submit initial proposals in the form of a Project Concept.
· All applications must be submitted online via the UN Trust Fund’s web application system at https://grants.untf.unwomen.org/.
· The UN Trust Fund will not accept applications submitted via e-mail, regular post and/or facsimile.
· Applications may be submitted in English, French and Spanish.
· Please note while the Call is also available in Arabic, Chinese and Russian, applications are only accepted in English French and Spanish.
· Applications are assessed by independent experts and the UN Inter agency Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) and a subset of applicants are selected for a grant.
· Shortlisted applicants will be invited to submit Full-Fledged proposals.
· A final group of applications is reviewed and approved by the Global UN Inter agency Programme Advisory Committee (GPAC).
· Following the final selection and acceptance of the grant, and agreement will be signed with UN-Women on behalf of the UN Trust Fund.
· Once agreements are signed, first year funding is disbursed to the grantee.
· Due to the high volume of applications, the UN Trust Fund is unfortunately unable to provide individual feedback on specific proposals.
· The UN Trust Fund informs applicants of their status via email. The email is sent to the email addresses provided by applicants in the online application.
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We will award grants between US $50,000 and US $150,000 for small civil society organizations. To be considered a “small organization”, the organization’s annual operational budget must have been lower than US$ 200,000 (on average) over the last three years.
We will award grants between US $150,001 and US $1,000,000 for all other civil society organizations.
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· While all applicants – whenever possible – are encouraged to make financial and/or in-kind contributions, it is not a requirement to do so.
· For all details, please refer to the UN Trust Fund Annex 2 Concept Note Budget.
· For all details, please refer to the UN Trust Fund Call for Proposals Annex 3: Budget Summary.
· Each selected project may be subject to an audit during its lifetime by an UN-Women designated auditor.
· A provision of 3.5 per cent (3.5%) of the total amount requested should be included in the first year of implementation to cover this cos
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· The existing budget lines should be used to detail all costs relevant to the satisfactory completion of the project.
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· The budget submitted with a Concept Note represents the total funds available and allocated for the Full-Fledged proposal. However, budget lines may be modified as long as the budget is in line with the approved programme strategy or strategies.
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· You can print your application by clicking on the "print" button on the homepage.
· Once a section has been completed, a check mark will appear next to its section title in the navigation bar. You can also view your application progress in the Applicant Dashboard. Only after each section is 100%, you will be able to submit your application.
· Check marks must appear for all sections for the application to be considered complete.
· The green check marks in the navigation bar signify that a section has been fully completed. Check marks must appear for all required sections for the application to be considered complete.
· Sections in the navigation bar with a red circle signify that there are mandatory questions that are either unanswered or answered incorrectly in that particular section.
· The number in the red circle indicates the number of questions unanswered or answered incorrectly. You may click on the Inspect button on the right side to investigate and address the questions that need to be filled out in order to complete a particular section.
· The "Inspect Application" button is located on the home page as well as on each application page of application form. It is a tool that assists users in accurately completing application forms.
· The "Inspect Application" button vets an application to ensure that all required fields are completed.
· Any required fields that are left blank or contain an invalid answer will be flagged in red ink. You must then go to the relevant question or section and correctly fill in the required fields to pass the inspection.
· You can click the "Inspect Application" button at any time and as many times as you like prior to submitting your application.
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· You may edit any part of your application as many times as you want before submitting it.
· It is not possible to make any changes after an application has been submitted.
· Once your application is complete you will be able to click on the “Submit Application” link on the left side of the application form.
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· It is not possible to make changes to a submitted application under any circumstance.
· Please scan all your documents and upload them as PDFs in the online application system.
· No mailed documents will be accepted.
· Your files cannot exceed 50 MB in size.
· If your file is larger than 50 MB, please split it into two parts and upload them separately.
· If the file is still larger than 50 MB, consider scanning only the pertinent sections and re-trying. Please note document upload will also depend on your Internet speed and bandwidth.
· If you are still having problems, please send an email to untfgms@unwomen.org with the following subject line: “APPLICATION HELP: Country of implementation / Organization name”.
· To retrieve your password, click on the link that says "forgot your password?" on the login page. A verification code will be sent to the email address associated with your account, verify the code and then you will be able to reset your password.
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· Once you select your preferred language in the User Profile when you register to the system, you will not be able to switch to another language.
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· The application does not have to be filled out in the order the questions are asked.
· Use the navigation links (the Home icon or the Home link) on the leftside of the application to move from section to section.
· Please note that data you enter into the form is only saved when you hit the “Save” button on the right side of the application or at the bottom of the application.
· Make sure to save your work often.
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· The application does not have to be filled out in one sitting. With your user name and password, you can log in as many times as needed to complete your application before the deadline.
