Expression of Interest at Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP)
Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP)
Call for Expression of Interest
The Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) are inviting Expression of Interest from qualified civil society organizations in Yobe, Bayelsa and Delta States for funding of initiatives relevant to 3 of its thematic areas of focus namely:
(1) Improving conflict prevention and management mechanisms at state and local levels so that security and peace building institutions work together more effectively and become more participatory, inclusive and accountable.
Initiatives that will be considered for funding under this theme must be aimed at;
- Supporting target communities to address their security concerns and local level conflicts, as well as improving relations with security providers at the LGA levels and link with state level structures
(2) Addressing grievances around economic opportunities and the distribution of resources;
Initiatives eligible for funding under this thematic area must be aimed at;
- Supporting employment and empowerment programmes in target states to be more transparent, accountable and reach a greater number of beneficiaries
- Supporting initiatives aimed at reducing oil spills in the Niger Delta.
(3) Reducing the impact of violence against women and girls, and increasing the participation of women in institutions relevant to peace building; initiatives that will be considered for funding under this theme are:
- Initiatives that support government to develop and implement its National Action Plan on the implementation of the international women, peace and security agenda’ with roll-out across NSRP programme states, including rigorous monitoring by women’s civil society and their supporters
- Initiatives aimed at tackling violence against women and girts by creating physical and non-physical sate spaces’ for adolescents and youth where they learn to manage conflict non-violently, to report and to challenge gender-based violence
- Initiatives aimed at facilitating the ability of women’s civil society and their networks to intervene in conflict, engage in peace building and build the evidence about how women’s participation supports conflict management.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations will be chosen based on the following criteria;
- Organisations registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission or the State government in which it operates as a legal, non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO) or civil society organisation (CSO).
- Ability to show evidence of prior activity over a period of time in the proposed area of intervention
- Demonstrated experience in managing donor and government supported programmes with adequate and functioning internal financial and management control systems in place.
- Experience and evidence of acceptance by community members for implementing activities in the target locations.
- Willingness to make local in-kind or cash contributions.
- Demonstrated experience in applying gender and conflict sensitive approaches to project design and implementation.
Submission details
- Qualified Organisations should submit Expression of Interest by email using the form on the website to grants@ng.britishcouncil.org. Specific evaluations or evidence of previous programmes can be sent as attachments/appendices.
- Deadline for Submission is 15th June 2015. Submissions made after this date will not be considered.
- EOls will be reviewed by the NSRP Selection Committee and a shortlist of selected organisations will be contacted to submit full proposals for evaluation.
- Documents related to this call can be found atnsrp-programme.org.
About NSRP
NSRP is a five-year (2012-2017) programme aimed at supporting the initiatives of Nigerian actors and institutions to manage conflicts non-violently more often and reduce the impact of violent conflict on the most vulnerable population. The programme supports interventions at the federal level and in 8 states located in 4 geopolitical zones worse affected by violent conflict in Nigeria. These are the North East, North West, Middle Belt and the Niger Delta, NSRP has a main project office in Abuja with four regional offices in the four zones.
NSRP uses a grant modality as one of its main delivery mechanisms. This call for expression of interest is tor large grants that will be implemented over a period of two years. The target states for this call are Bayelsa, Delta and Yobe States. Relevant LGAs for this call are;
| Bayelsa | Ogbia Sagbama Yenagoa |
| Delta | Ndokwa East Ughelli North warri South |
| Yobe | Potiskum Dammaturu Gashua |
