Request for Applications - Supporting Sustainable and Inclusive Impact (2SI)
The Lebanon Civic Action Accelerator Program (LEB-CAAP) is a five-year (2021-2026) civil society strengthening program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Family Health International (FHI 360). LEB-CAAP aims to enhance civil society responsiveness to locally driven demands to accelerate inclusive rights-based policies, practices, and services.
The goal of this RFA is to accelerate the efforts of credible and committed civil society actors to enhance their community impact by supporting them under two objectives: (1) Implement inclusive solutions to local or national priorities under one of the three programming themes: 1) Addressing extreme poverty and responding to basic needs, 2)Supporting effective and transparent governance and 3)Advancing the rights, access, and participation of persons with disabilities. (2) Invest in organizational capacities to enhance long-term operational efficiency, technical effectiveness, and/or organizational sustainability to continue and improve impact.
To learn more about this program, please refer to the "Supporting Sustainable and Inclusive Impact (2SI)" attached under Related Documents in this post.
Interested applicants are expected to submit a technical application, detailed budget, and other required documents as outlined in “Section VII. Application Instructions and Deadline” and in accordance with the evaluation criteria in “Section V. Evaluation Criteria” of the attached RFA.
How to apply
A. Submission Deadline and Requirements
The fixed deadline for applications in response to this RFA is February 11, 2025, by 12pm noon (Beirut Time). Late applications will not be eligible.
Applicants are required to submit all the following documents for an application to be considered complete:
☐ Organizational Cover Letter signed by Authorized Signatory (Attachment I).
☐ Technical Application (Attachment II)
☐ Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan Template (Attachment III)
☐ Budget Template (Attachment IV)
☐ Tax Identification Number: رقم مالي / Value-added Tax (VAT) registration certificate or exemption documentation (when applicable)
☐ Verification of Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) or Submission Request [1]
☐ Certificate of incorporation papers: علم وخبر or Certificate of registration شهادة تسجيل with scanned Arabic photocopies
☐ Latest audited Financial statements submitted to the Ministry of Finance
☐ Ministry of Interior and Municipalities certification of the most recent Board Elections
Only applications submitted using templates provided by LEB-CAAP will be considered. It is important to answer all the questions included in the attached technical application form, as selection will be based on responses to these questions. Additionally, it is important to carefully complete the cost application using the attached budget template and include detailed line-item budget notes to clearly describe how the budgeted amounts were calculated. For shortlisted applicants, LEB-CAAP will request supporting documentation to determine if the costs are fair and reasonable.
B. Submission Method
All application materials must be submitted by email to lebcaapgrants@fhi360.org. An application will not be considered complete without all components being submitted by the deadline.
If you experience any issues completing the form, please reach out to us at lebcaapgrants@fhi360.org.
