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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Deadline 5 September 2011
Online Application available here
Background
Taking into account the fundamental changes currently sweeping the Arab World this initiative, a partnership between the Youth Employment Network, Silatech and the Jacobs Foundation, seeks to build on the momentum and increased openness in the region to testing new approaches for addressing the pressing youth employment challenge
This new initiative intends to capture the knowledge and lessons learned generated through the anticipated increased focus on youth employment / enterprise programming by governments, development partners, civil society and the private sector. The rush to address this challenge and test new job creation solutions has created an opportunity for learning not to be missed.
For many smaller organizations or programs that are implementing innovative, powerful solutions to the youth employment challenge, on inability to robustly monitor, measure and report on their impacts can severely impede their potential to grow. This new initiative will support a select grouping of small and medium sized youth employment programmes from across the MENA region develop strategies for proving evidence of their impact, through cost-effective, mass-market technology based tools and promote the results to a broad community of policymakers, practioners and funders.
Application Process
Through the following application process 10 organisations across the region will be selected as members of the Taqeem Community of Practice whose goal is to design and test appropriate, efficient and innovative monitoring and evaluation solutions for their initiatives.
Interested parties are asked to submit an online application to participate in the Taqeem Fund by 5 September 2011. The information note should be read in parallel when filling in the application form. ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. The online form can be accessed here. The main working language of the Fund will be English though applications can also be submitted in French.
Eligibility: Eligible organizations include youth employment and enterprise organizations from the 22 Arab League states. The primary applicant and grant recipient must be from the organization directly responsible for project implementation (3rd party academic or research firms cannot receive the grant). Civil society organizations, bilateral or multilateral organizations, public private partnerships and social enterprises are eligible. Applicant organizations must have been legally registered for at least two years and have an annual operating budget of at least $250,000.
Selection: Grant recipients will go through a two stage selection process:
Stage 1 Shortlist: Interested applicants will be asked to submit an online application form providing detailed information about their organization, its project and its monitoring and evaluation system as well as the applicant’s personal information about his/her experiences and knowledge on results measurement. Fifteen organizations will be selected to the shortlist to an M&E Learning workshop scheduled for mid October.
Stage 2 Project Showcase: Upon completion of the learning workshop, shortlisted organizations will be asked to submit concept notes for their M&E plan. The concept notes will be presented during a second workshop (tentatively scheduled for December) and a jury will decide on the 10 winners.
Why Apply?
Shortlist Applications (15 organizations)
-Expenses paid for participation in 2 learning events (in October and December 2011)
-Intensive training on monitoring and evaluation methodologies and techniques
-Access to Taqeem knowledge sharing portal
-Consultation on how to refine and improve evaluation design
CoP members (10 organizations)
-All of the above plus:
-Access to up to $40,000 of in-kind professional M&E services for results based monitoring, survey design, data collection, and results sharing
-Assignment of consultant to assist in M&E plan implementation
-Potential small cash grant of up to $5,000
Interested applicants can receive further information on the Fund including resources to help you fill out the application by registering at http://yenclinic.groupsite.com
Questions should be directed at yenetwork@ilo.org |
