Request for Applications - Crisis Management Strengthening for CSOs in Lebanon
The Lebanon Civic Action Accelerator Program (LEB-CAAP) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded civil society strengthening program (2021-26) implemented by Family Health International (FHI 360). It will provide a combination of grants, technical assistance, and partnerships aimed at accelerating civil society activism to address Lebanon's compounded crises and advance long-term rights-based reforms.
Under this Request for Applications (RFA), LEB-CAAP is seeking to partner with a Lebanese intermediary support organization (ISO) specialized in CSOs capacity building and crisis management strengthening to design and deliver a customized training and coaching program to support CSOs and community-based organizations withstand the ongoing compounded crises.
This intervention aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of CSOs in financial management and human resources management in times of crises in particular, to mitigate the impact of the compounded crises on their operations, efficiency, and sustainability. It will be designed to equip CSOs with tools and resources that will help them resolve key bottlenecks and address daily struggles primarily in these two areas, to increase their adaptability and viability in these turbulent times. The intervention will also help LEB-CAAP assess common needs and opportunities among Lebanese civil society to develop sustainable solutions for CSO strengthening during the protracted crisis.
Interested ISOs are expected to submit a technical narrative, detailed budget, and other required documents as per the attached Request for Applications by 5:00 pm on June 23, 2022.
LEB-CAAP will be holding an in-person solicitation workshop on May 31, 2022, from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon at Bechara El Khoury, BDD (Beirut Digital District) Building #1075 5th floor (rooftop) to introduce the intervention and answer questions from potential applicants. Please send all related questions in writing to [email protected] by May 29, 2022 – 5:00 pm which will be answered during the workshop. Workshop will be conducted in English Language.
To register for the Solicitation Workshop, please complete the registration form (see link below) by May 29, 2022 - 5:00 pm.
Solicitation Workshop Registration Form Link: https://forms.office.com/r/89Vrhp4gcA
How to apply
All requested documents should be submitted through the online portal using the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/jPpPZK6gdr
- Interested ISOs may obtain full details of the Request for Applications in the document ‘crisis_management_strengthening_rfa’ attached to this post.
- Application guidelines are available in the attached document ‘attachment_i_cms_rfa_application_guidelines’ for your reference. Only online applications through the online portal will be accepted. Applications inserted as attachments through emails will not be considered.
- Interested entities are invited to submit their questions, if any, to [email protected] by May 29, 2022 – 5:00 pm.
- Interested entities may refer to the materials used and the consolidated “Questions and Answers" that arose during the workshop in addition to a link to a YouTube video for the recoding of the solicitation workshop on Crisis Management Strengthening for CSOs in Lebanon - Solicitation Workshop Materials.
- Deadline for applications submission is June 23, 2022 – 5:00 pm.
