New World:

Inclusive Sustainable Human Development

Initiatives

Project Guidelines

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 4

1.1. Overall Goal and Objectives 4

1.2. Background 4

1.3. The Initiation of the New World Project 6

2. New World Project Grant Scheme 8

2.1. Who can apply? 8

2.2. Themes to be Supported 11

2.3. Costs to be Covered 16

3. Overview of the Application Process 20

3.1. Submission of Proposals and Indicative Budget 24

3.2. Final Evaluation of Proposal 24

3.3. Contracting 24

4. Reporting 25

Annexes (Ref. to separate attachements)

Annex 1: Application Template

Annex A: Partnership Statement and Description of the Partners

Annex B: Declaration by the Applicant

Annex C: List of Supporting Documents

Annex 2: Interim/ Final Report Template

Annex 4: Micro Capital Grant Agreement

Annex 5: UN Agency to UN Agency Contribution Agreement

Annex 6: New World Branding Guidelines

List of Acronyms

CBO Community Based Organizations

CCF Coca Cola Foundation

CSO Civil Society Organizations

NW New World

MDG

MCGA

Millennium Development Goals

Micro-Capital Grant Agreement

NGO Non-Governmental Organizations

RBAP Regional Bureau for Asia & the Pacific

RBAS

RBA

Regional Bureau for Arab States

Regional Bureau for Africa

RBEC

RSC

Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Regional Service Center for Europe and the CIS

RTRC Regional Technical Review Committee

TCCC The Coca-Cola Company

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

1. Introduction

The purpose of this document is to provide comprehensive information to potential applicants

on priorities, criteria and application procedures for the New World: Inclusive Sustainable

Human Development Initiatives Project.

1.1. Overall Goal and Objectives

The overall goal of the program is to accelerate achievement of the MDGs and help building

resilient and healthy communities as the world adapts into the newly shaped “Sustainable

Development Goals” to set the post-2015 global developmental agenda. The objectives of the

program are:

1. To provide sustainable access to safe water and/or sanitation services in

communities in more than 10 countries;

2. To apply community-based integrated active healthy living and disease prevention

approaches to enhancing wellness of societies;

3. To empower women and youth, improve education and generate job opportunities

to build resilient communities.

Over 20 recipient communities in more than 20 countries are expected to benefit from the

program implementation through improved access to safe water and sanitation services,

improved health and education, empowerment of women and youth and support of active and

healthy lifestyles.

1.2. Background

With the deadline for the MDGs on the horizon, progress can be reported in most areas,

despite the impact of the global economic and financial crisis. Several important targets have or

will be met by 2015, assuming continued commitment by national governments, the

international community, civil society and the private sector. That said, progress in many areas

is far from sufficient. Redoubled efforts are urgently needed, particularly in regions most

behind to jumpstart advancement and achieve maximum gains.

There are significant regional and in-country disparities in the progress towards achievement of

the MDG7 on drinking water and sanitation. Drinking water coverage has increased in all

regions except the Caucasus and Central Asia. There, coverage rates dropped from 89 per cent

in 1990 to 86 per cent in 2011. Eastern Asia, South-Eastern Asia and Southern Asia showed the

largest gains. Six in 10 people who gained access to improved drinking water sources live in

urban areas. In Central Asia, there are a variety of pressures on water resources, ranging from

irrigation, reduced river flow, competing needs, and transboundary pressures on water

resources. While community associations such as Water User Associations and Pasture

Committees represent an important step forward in resource management, women are often

underrepresented in those organizations. In the Western Balkans, water use is increasingly

under pressure, and climate change scenarios indicate that shortages will worsen. Water is also

an important issue for countries in the sub-region as countries have prioritized the

development of an appropriate water supply and treatment infrastructure.

At the national level, resource management is not effectively monitored and enforced, and at

the subnational level, district-level, and community-level governments and citizens often lack

the decision-making tools and effective structures for determining the optimal use of resources.

The trend towards urbanization across the region has placed new pressures on resource use

and on government capacity to respond effectively.

On sanitation, the greatest progress has been made in Eastern Asia, where sanitation coverage

increased from 27 per cent in 1990 to 67 per cent in 2011. East Asia/Pacific, Latin America &

Caribbean, and Arab States are on or near to achieving the sanitation target. Sub-Saharan Africa

and Oceania remain farthest behind. Moreover, across all regions individual countries need

significant acceleration if the sanitation MDG target is to be met. This underscores that the rate

of progress has to increase dramatically and much additional work will remain beyond 2015.

The importance of involving equally women and men in the management of water and

sanitation has been recognized at the global level, starting from the Dublin Principles developed

at the 1992 International Conference on Water and Environment which recognize women’s role

in water management in its Principle Three. This Principle states “Acceptance and

implementation of this principle requires positive policies to address women’s specific needs

and to equip and empower women to participate at all levels in water resources programmes,

including decision making and implementation, in ways defined by them. The Rio+20 Outcome

Document “The Future we want” recognized the safe and affordable drinking water and basic

sanitation services are necessary elements for achieving women’s empowerment. Moreover

the UN resolution establishing the International Decade for Action “Water for Life”, calls for

women’s participation and women’s involvement in water related development efforts.

Climate change has had an unequal impact on the poorest and most vulnerable communities in

developing countries and has a potential to threaten the achievement of Millennium

Development Goals (MDGs) – in particular MDG 1 (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger),

MDG 3 (Promote gender equality and empower women), MDG 7 (Ensure environmental

sustainability) as well as MDG 6 (Combat HIV-AIDS, malaria and major epidemics). Reducing

vulnerabilities and building resilient societies start with local, community-based initiatives that

engage multiple stakeholders at various levels to design and implement measures that

empower communities and broaden livelihood opportunities.

The sustainable development agenda provides an opportunity to address inequalities and

reshape policies to empower women, so that they can become catalytic agents of change and

equal partners with men in the quest to promote growth that is inclusive, just, equitable and

sustainable. With women’s engagement, success in eradicating poverty, promoting sustainable

consumption and production patterns and sustainable management of natural resources can be

achieved.

Sustainable development requires that governments have the resources, strategies and

capacity to adopt the necessary principles and approaches and integrate them fully at national

and sub-national levels. While the world has taken important steps to voice its support for

sustainable development, many ecosystems and natural habitats are under threat due to

unsustainable management practices, which pose further risks to freshwater supplies, forests

and biodiversity. If unchecked, these trends could threaten food security and prospects for

economic growth, and create new sources of conflict and instability (New World Project

Document, 2014).

1.3. The Initiation of the New World Project

UNDP has partnered with The Coca-Cola Company and The Coca-Cola Foundation since 2006

under a successful program named “Every Drop Matters”, working towards the achievement of

MDG 7 target on drinking water.

UNDP also sought support of The Coca-Cola Company in advocacy of UN My World Survey,

which targets to improve citizen contribution in shaping the global post-2015 development

agenda. Over 1.5 million votes collected in the campaign by the end of 2013 indicated that

people around the world prioritized the following ten topics as the most critical areas of

sustainable human development:

1. Good Education

2. Better Healthcare

3. Better job opportunities

4. Honest and responsive government

5. Access to clean water and sanitation

6. Affordable and nutritious food

7. Protection against crime and violence

8. Protecting rivers, forests and oceans

9. Freedom from discrimination and persecution

10. Equality between men and women

The “New World: Inclusive Sustainable Human Development Initiatives” Project will have three

main intervention areas to address six of these ten priority areas (Numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and

10):

1. Community water stewardship to increase access to safe drinking water and

sanitation services and adaptation to climate change and improved water resources

management through inclusive and practical community based approaches;

2. Supporting active lifestyles and diseases prevention for enhanced community

wellbeing;

3. Empowering women and youth through improved education and job creation for

more resilient communities.

The Program will develop an inclusive partnership mechanism with The Coca-Cola Foundation

to encourage participation of civil society organizations (NGOs, CBOs) to support innovative,

inclusive and sustainable solutions across several regions.

2. New World Project Grant Scheme

2.1. Who can apply?

This section describes who can apply for the New World Project. All applications are made by or

via UNDP Country Offices, in collaboration with organizations that meet the following

conditions:

registered as legal entities in project priority countries (please see Table 1 for list of

eligible countries),

have a not-for-profit status

New World Project Steering Committee reserves the right to recommend or invite eligible

organizations to submit application to available grants via UNDP Country Offices or directly to

the Steering Committee. Such invitation or recommendation will not waive any of the

compliance criteria mentioned in this document.

Steering Committee also reserves the right to make changes to the list of priority countries in

cases when satisfactory project proposals are not received or to address potential priorities to

emerge.

This could include the following types of organizations/institutes:

UNDP CO (partnerships with NGOs/CSOs are strongly encouraged) or

Country Offices of other UN agencies that are members of UN Development Group

(UNEP, UN Habitat, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNFPA, UNRWA, UN Women, WHO, WFP, etc.)

Non-governmental organizations (including Community Based Organizations (CBOs),

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), chambers, unions, business support organizations,

professional associations, federations, platforms, foundations) or

Development cooperatives, village cooperatives, village development cooperatives,

agricultural cooperatives or

Unions or

Regional development agencies, regional development unions or

Capacity development institutes/centers.

Governmental organizations are not eligible as direct applicants but can support and participate

in New World projects in partnership with UNDP Country Offices (COs) and with a condition of

no conflict of interest.

Table 1. List of eligible countries

RBEC RBAS RBAP RBA

- Azerbaijan

- Belarus

- Kazakhstan

- Kyrgyzstan

- Russia

- Tajikistan

- Turkey

- Ukraine

- Uzbekistan

- Algeria

- Egypt

- Iraq

- Jordan

- Lebanon

- occupied Palestinian

Territory

- Afghanistan

- Pakistan

- Ethiopia

- Gambia

- South Africa

- Zimbabwe

In order to be eligible for the New World Project Grants, applicants must be directly responsible

for the preparation and management of the projects with their partners.

Please note the following issues:

Individuals are not eligible under this Call for Proposals

Municipalities are not eligible under this Call for Proposals

Profit making activities or private companies are not eligible under this Call for

Proposals.

Partnerships of different eligible organizations are encouraged.

An applicant may submit more than one project proposal but only one of its project

proposals may be supported. The maximum amount of a grant agreement to be

signed by a single legal entity as a Beneficiary would depend on a country

allocation (please see page 13 for more details) and cannot exceed US$150,000.

The project duration is normally up to 18 months, but preferably 12 months.

Reasons for Exclusion

Potential Applicants cannot participate in this Call for Proposals or be awarded the New World

Grant if:

a) they are bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the

courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended business

activities, are the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any

analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation

or regulations;

b) they have been convicted of an offence concerning professional conduct by a judgment

which has the force of res judicata (i.e., against which no appeal is possible);

c) they are guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the

Contracting Authority can justify;

d) they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security

contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of their

country;

e) they have been the subject of a judgment which has the force of res judicata for fraud,

corruption, involvement in a criminal organization or any other illegal activity;

f) they have been declared to be in serious breach of contract for failure to comply with

their contractual obligations in connection with a procurement procedure or other grant

award procedure;

g) Political parties and their affiliated structures;

h) they or their suppliers is actively and directly engaged in patent activities, development,

assembly, production, trade or manufacture of mines or in such activities in respect of

components primarily utilized in the manufacture of Mines;

i) they or their suppliers is engaged in any practice inconsistent with the rights set forth in

the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including Article 32 thereof, which, inter alia,

requires that a child shall be protected from performing any work that is likely to be

hazardous or to interfere with the child's education, or to be harmful to the child's

health or physical mental, spiritual, moral or social development.

Applicants are also excluded from participation in Call for Proposals or the award of New World

Project grants if, at the time of the Call for Proposals, they:

a) are subject to a conflict of interests;

b) are guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the UN as a

condition of participation in the call for proposals or fail to supply this information;

c) have attempted to obtain confidential information or influence the Environment Focal

Points and Regional Technical Review Committees or the any of the UN Agencies during

the evaluation process of current or previous calls for proposals.

2.2. Themes to be Supported

The “New World: Inclusive Sustainable Human Development Initiatives” Project will have three

main intervention areas:

1. Community water stewardship to increase access to safe drinking water and

sanitation services and adaptation to climate change and improved water resources

management through inclusive and practical community based approaches;

2. Supporting active lifestyles and diseases prevention for enhanced community

wellbeing;

3. Empowering women and youth through improved education and job creation for

more resilient communities.

The following information is an illustrative, not exclusive list of areas and activities. It outlines

the scope of interventions as they relate to the New World. The “potentially eligible activities”

are merely examples of project possibilities; final content for project criteria will be developed

and formally adopted by the New World Steering Committee. Identification, development and

implementation of individual projects will depend greatly on local and national conditions and

priorities.

All projects supported by the New World Project should also involve outreach and awareness

activities AND/OR capacity building and knowledge management initiatives. The outreach and

awareness raising activities should not be considered a separate topic supported by the project,

rather they should be considered an integral part of each approved project to ensure

dissemination of the New World results. Potential eligible activities:

Disseminate information and best practice in terms of sustainable development towards

achievement of respective MDGs

Promoting/implementing education, public awareness raising, capacity building and

training in the areas of water and sanitation, climate change and adaptation, women

and youth empowerment and healthy living and disease prevention (such as audiovisual

materials, educational materials, and competition) targeting stakeholders (industry,

business, municipalities, local government, communities etc.)

The projects may focus on one or combine several of the following intervention areas;

i. Community water stewardship to increase access to safe drinking water and sanitation

services and adaptation to climate change and improved water resources management through

inclusive and practical community based approaches;

The projects will support sustainable community-based water supply activities and promote

dissemination of affordable, sustainable, environmentally-friendly technologies and measures

throughout a community. They will primarily involve demonstrating and disseminating

appropriate technologies and measures, and building local capacity. The projects may also aim

to reduce the cost of appropriate technologies for communities. The projects will also support

adaptation and improving resilience to climate change impacts on water resources in order

improve livelihoods and combat poverty. Potential eligible activities:

Improvements in water and sanitation access based on indigenous / local technologies,

skills and resources, sustainable and affordable to households and the local economy.

Demonstration projects involving the introduction of appropriate, non-polluting and

water saving technologies for households with an emphasis on ecological sanitation

systems.

Capacity building of community members and local craftsmen for planning,

implementation, operation, maintenance and monitoring

Community-led (participatory research) inventories of traditional/indigenous

sustainable knowledge and use of those resources

Capacity building of household members in operation and maintenance of the systems.

Collaborative community/academic research and development in order to produce low-

cost, sustainable water supply options

Establishment of robust community management systems to operate and maintain the

systems.

Demonstration projects involving the introduction of appropriate technologies at the

community level for domestic use including small-scale irrigation such as rainwater

harvesting, protected springs / wells

Capacity building of community members for planning, implementation, operation,

maintenance and monitoring

Enhancing the role of the local private sector (job creation) in construction, operation

and maintenance.

Establishment of water supply projects that meet the needs of both men and women

Advocacy, outreach and awareness raising on project results and the benefits (health,

socioeconomic, educational, etc.) of increased access to water supply and sanitation and

of climate resilient water resources management.

Application of low-cost, sustainable sanitation options

Demonstration of innovative hygiene promotion programmes including hand washing.

Demonstration of alternative productive use of composted excreta as fertilizer and soil

conditioner.

Provision of alternative productive use of water including involvement of private sector.

Enhancing the role of the local private sector in construction, operation and

maintenance.

Provision of sanitation schemes that are gender sensitive such as separate latrines

Capacity building in the area of household sanitation that is gender relevant and takes

into account the gender differences and related needs

Constructing farm structures / improved agricultural system resistant to climate

disasters and climate change impacts

Demonstrating the feasibility of new and alternative crops robust to climate change

Introducing or improving rainfall capture and storage systems introduced or improved

where rainfall is declining or becoming more variable

Demonstrating agricultural practices and irrigation techniques that conserve water (e.g.

night irrigation, drip irrigation, pressurized irrigation systems, irrigation scheduling,

contouring, no-tillage or minimum-tillage, introduction of drought-adapted crop or

timber species, mulching, using seasonal forecast information)

Capacity building on best practices for irrigation management and techniques e.g. drop

and/or pressurized irrigation systems and their maintenance

Developing gender aware legislative changes to improve water management/water

catchment management in local/regional level

Developing new and/or improve existing economic tools (e.g. water tariffs, rebates,

fiscal incentives etc.) to encourage efficient use of water in domestic, agricultural and

industrial sectors

Protection of groundwater resources, groundwater recharge areas

Developing gender aware adaptive and sustainable water management measures and

strategies; demonstrating efficient water use in different sectors

Demonstrating water and wastewater reuse including drainage water

Demonstrating technical mechanisms (e.g. improvements in water distribution

infrastructure, construction of additional storage capacity etc.)

Demonstrating alternative water collection and storage (e.g. rainwater harvesting, roof-

top water harvesting, ground water recharge; small sand dams in seasonal rivers)

Promoting climate change, climate risks and climate change adaptation mainstreaming

into local/regional policy formulation, local/regional development policies, plans as well

as decision-making structures of sectors (agriculture, water, industry etc.)

Developing adaptive and sustainable water management measures and strategies,

demonstrating efficient and productive water use in various sectors.

Advocacy, outreach and awareness raising on project results and the benefits (health,

socioeconomic, educational, role of women in project implementation and related

results etc.) of climate resilient water resources management

Establishment of or improving governance mechanisms, discussion platforms, unions

and similar so as to mainstream climate change adaptation and water related issues into

short and long term decision-making mechanisms

Conducting rural and urban community-based action research that integrates specific

climate change components and involves equally women and men (e.g. on resource

requirements of community-based tourism establishment, agricultural farmers action

research, local application and development of adaptation technologies etc.)

Developing, facilitating and/or implementing joint adaptation projects across

communities/municipalities/local administrations in order to decrease climate risks and

to ensure local level adaptation

Strengthening the role of women under climate change risks in order to enable to cope

with changing climatic conditions

Enhancing women’s meaningful participation in both in water management and

community related decision making bodies

Demonstrate technological options for communities and sectors (e.g. agriculture, water

etc.) in order to increase their resilience to climate change

ii. Supporting active lifestyles and diseases prevention for enhanced community wellbeing;

Development of gender aware curriculum to educate community leaders, local elders,

health-care workers and communities about the importance of health-life style

approaches including hand washing habits;

Working with community to establish safe community water systems – including the

creation of water wells and the refurbishment of the hospital/clinic and other public

facility water systems;

Support with the implementation of community point-of-use programmes including for

treatment chemicals and filters, community borehole drilling, a water-testing

laboratory, geological surveys and other.

Gathering organizations, communities (with focus on engaging female representatives),

regions, and government working together to prevent chronic disease.

Encouraging healthy eating, promoting active living, and supporting mental wellbeing.

Activities to prevent risk factors like unhealthy nutrition over a prolonged period,

tobacco use, physical inactivity, excessive use of alcohol, and psychosocial stress.

Introducing social and health-oriented behavioural changes on several levels in the

community - from the individual to the institutional and organizational levels.

Designing and promoting affordable, accessible, safe, and healthy housing in

communities

Improving quality of air, land, and water

Increasing access to healthy and affordable foods in communities.

Guiding communities (with focus on women) to recognize and make healthy food and

beverage choices.

Integrating programmatic nutrition standards into governmental policies.

Enhancing food safety with proper food handling, preparation, and storage, as well as

adoption of hand washing practices to help reduce contamination and prevent

foodborne illness.

Encouraging community design and development that supports physical activity

Facilitating access to safe, accessible, and affordable places for physical activity

Providing communities with the support necessary to maintain positive mental well-

being

Enhancing physical activity of pupils in public schools via programs promoting games

and accessible facilities

Enhancing physical activity of citizens via inclusive programs promoting exercise and

accessible facilities in public areas such as community parks, beaches, etc

iii. Empowering women and youth through improved education and job creation for more

resilient communities

Empowering women entrepreneurs

Ensuring women’s equal participation in decision making—as voters, candidates,

elected officials and civil service members.

Promoting women’s ability to secure decent jobs, accumulate assets, and influence

institutions and public policies determining growth and development

Women’s/youth’s engagement in all aspects of peace building, towards more inclusive,

egalitarian societies that can end gender discrimination and resolve conflicts without

violence.

Increasing access of girls and boys to youth-targeted temporary employment programs

and improve youth employability

Supporting activities for female and male youth groups throughout the community to be

actively involved in the social, cultural, sporting and economic life of their communities

and are linked to youth networks in other parts of the world

Improving the capacity of the schools by providing the schools with additional teaching

learning materials and teacher trainings (including gender awareness raising trainings )

Enhancing the quality of general education

Eliminating gender disparities and ensure equal access to all levels of education and

vocational training for people in vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities

Building and upgrading education facilities that are child and gender sensitive and

provide safe and inclusive learning environments

Increasing the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation

for teacher training in developing countries

Promoting life-long learning, provide employable skills especially to young women and

men, and increase adult literacy and basic numeracy

Increasing equal access for all to affordable quality tertiary education, including

university

Paying attention to clarifying the entitlements and responsibilities of female and male

water users with special consideration to gender related impacts

Collecting and analyzing sex disaggregated data, developing effective gender indicators

to track gender related results of project implementation

Ensuring a legal status for user group water management institution that stipulate the

proportional share of women in participation and employment

Ensuring that women and men are equally consulted during the planning process, use of

water and sanitation services

2.3. Costs to be Covered

This section describes the costs which may be taken into consideration for the New World

Grant Project Budget. Only eligible costs can be taken into account for Grant Projects.

The project is expected to disburse up to USD 2.225 million/per year1 through approximately 20

funding awards to projects with the following ceilings per country2:

1 At least during the first year of the project operation. Future funding will depend on the outcome of funding requests submitted by the UNDP to donor(s)

2 The maximum amount of a grant agreement would depend on a country allocation but cannot exceed US$150,000 for a single

entity. For countries where 2 projects are expected to be supported, the total country allocation will be divided between the

two projects, depending on the budgets requested by the organization and ensuring maximum possible allocation to be

150,000 USD per project.

COUNTRY REGIONAL

BUREAU

Tentative

NUMBER OF

PROJECTS

BUDGET

(US$1000)

Turkey Europe & CIS 2 200

Azerbaijan Europe & CIS 1 75

Kazakhstan Europe & CIS 2 100

Kyrgyzstan Europe & CIS 1 75

Uzbekistan Europe & CIS 1 75

Tajikistan Europe & CIS 1 75

Russia Europe & CIS 2 200

Ukraine Europe & CIS 2 100

Belarus Europe & CIS 1 100

Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 100

Pakistan Asia Pacific 2 200

Jordan Arab States 1 100

Lebanon Arab States 1 100

Palestinian Authority Areas Arab States 1 100

Iraq Arab States 1 100

Egypt Arab States 1 100

Algeria Arab States 1 75

South Africa Africa 1 100

Zimbabwe Africa 1 75

Ethiopia Africa 1 100

Gambia Africa 1 75

Applicants should note that, projects will require co-funding in-cash and/or in-

kind contribution from the applicant. The applicants will be asked to provide

material evidence of this during reporting.

Eligible direct costs

To be eligible under the Call for Proposals, costs must:

be necessary for carrying out the action;

for MCGAs: be stipulated in the Micro Capital Grant Agreement (Annex 4) to these

Guideline;

comply with the principles of sound financial management, in particular best value for

money and cost-effectiveness;

have actually been incurred by the Beneficiaries or their Partners during the

implementing period for the action be recorded in the Beneficiary's or the Beneficiary's

partners' accounts be identifiable and verifiable, and be backed up by originals of

supporting documents (Annex C).

Subject to those conditions and where relevant to the contract-award procedures being

respected, eligible direct costs borne by the Beneficiary and his partners include:

the cost of staff, assigned to the action, corresponding to actual salaries plus social

security charges, travel, subsistence costs for staff and other remuneration-related costs

must not exceed 15 % of the total project budget;

travel and subsistence costs for staff and other persons taking part in the action,

provided they do not exceed those normally borne by the Beneficiary or his partners, as

the case may be;

purchase or rental costs for equipment and supplies (new) specifically for the purposes

of the pilot project, and costs of services, provided they correspond to market rates;

the cost of consumables;

costs arising directly from the requirements of the contract (dissemination of

information, evaluation specific to the action, audit , translation, printing, insurance,

etc.) including financial service costs (in particular the cost of transfers and financial

guarantees);

visibility costs.

Ineligible costs

The following costs are not eligible:

debts and provisions for losses or debts;

salaries of government official and civil servants;

project preparation activities;

costs already incurred before the signing of the agreement;

non-project related expenditures;

interest owed;

items already financed in another framework;

purchases of land or buildings;

currency exchange losses;

credits to third parties.

Costs for refurbishment (office renovation, restoration) of current premises are not eligible

costs unless they are directly related to project activities.

Please note that:

The US Dollar amount of an allocation approved for a CO or UN Agency project or Grant

project budgets after signing of the Micro Capital Grant Agreement are not subject to any

adjustment or revision because of price or currency fluctuations or the actual costs

incurred by the grantee in the performance of the activities.

3. Overview of the Application Process

UNDP CO will launch the Call for Proposal(s) (CFP) process, encourage eligible

organizations/institutions to apply, and a National Selection Committee will select 1-4

proposals among applications.

After the short listing, UNDP CO Focal Points will submit the final group of proposals to the New

World Project Coordinator through e-mail.

The process of Application, Evaluation, and Selection of Proposals, until Contracting of

Applicants will follow a sequence as summarized below:

A. Application Procedure

Step A-1: Announcement of the Call for Proposals

Step A-2: Short Listing Proposals by National Selection Committees

Step A-3: Submission of Proposals and Indicative Budget until the deadline for

submission of Proposals

B. Evaluation, Ranking and Final Selection of Qualifying Proposals

Step B-1: Technical review of final group of NGO, UN Agency and CO sourced

proposals by Steering Committee and Ranking of Applications. Technical

review and scoring of the applications (Table 2) will be in accordance with

project selection criteria adopted by SC. The final number and value of

projects to be made in each country will be informed by the SC ranking

and availability of New World project financial resources in each country.

Step B-2: Notification of qualified applicants

C. Contracting

Step C-1:

Check of applications fulfillment of formal requirements against

supporting documents done by the New World Project team at the

Regional Service Center (RSC)

Step C-2: Signing of Agreements and transfer of funds (RSC).

For (i) method : UNDP Micro Capital Grant Agreement (MCGA) (for

projects deriving from CFP to NGO/CBOs)

For (ii) method: UN Agency to UN Agency contribution Agreements (for

projects deriving from UN Agencies)

For (iii) method : Authorized Spending Limit (ASL) Model (for projects

deriving from UNDP CO’s)

Table 2. Selection criteria used by SC for proposals that have nominated by NSC.

Project Selection Criteria Score

1 Does the applicant organization and partners’ demonstrated capacity to

successfully implement project activities?

2 Does the applicant organization have experience in successful community

activities, or demonstrate the capacity to be successful?

3 Is the project using a community based approach?

4 Was the project able to leverage funding from other sources?

5 Has the cost-effectiveness sufficiently been demonstrated, including the

cost-effectiveness of the project design approach as compared to alternative

approaches to achieve similar benefits?

6 How relevant is the proposal to the objectives and one or more of the

project components?

7 Is the proposal clearly linked to nationally owned public policies and

strategies and/or UNDP country office priorities?

8 Does the proposal plan to improve water resources management, climate

change adaptation and have a positive ecosystems impact?

9 Does the proposal lead to women and youth empowerment and job

generation?

10 Does the proposal support community based integrated healthy living and

disease prevention approaches?

11 Does the proposal have an advocacy, outreach or awareness raising

component?

12 Does the project describe a clear objective and a reasonable workplan for

meeting the objective?

13 Are the proposed actions innovative and replicable?

14 Is the proposed project likely to have a tangible impact on its target groups,

including number of people affected?

15 Does the proposed project have the ability to continue delivering the

projects results after the conclusion of the New World support?

Each criteria will be given a score between 1 and 5 in accordance with the following guidelines;

1: very poor, 2: poor, 3: adequate, 4: good and 5: very good

Table-3. Provisional Timetable for Selection of New World Grant Projects

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

A. Application Procedure

1. CO Announcement of the grant programme including CFP to NGO/CBOs X X X X X

2. Short Listing Proposals by CO/TCCC (for CO proposals) and by National Selection Committees (for

NGO/CBO proposals) X X

3. Submission of CO and NGO/CBO-sourced Proposals and Indicative Budget until the deadline for

submission of Proposals X

B. Evaluation, Ranking and Provisional Selection of Concept Paper Proposals

1. Technical review of proposals by Steering Committee and Ranking of Applications. Final selection of

grants to be awarded based on ranking and available financial resources by country. X X

2. Notification of the qualified applicants X

C. Contracting

Check of applications fulfillment of formal requirements against supporting documents by COs, contracts

issued by the Regional Service Center (RSC) X

Signing of agreements and transfer of funds(MCGA or ASL) X

Please note that the time-frame is only indicative and depends on the number and content of the submitted Proposals and may

change due to the number of applications.

3.1. Submission of Proposals and Indicative Budget

Submissions of the short-listed CO and NGO/CBO sourced proposals to the New World Project

Coordinator will be realized through an e-mail submission. Some important points on the

subject of the application forms are as follows:

Applicants must follow the template both for the narrative and financial proposals.

Detailed application template is in Annex 1

The concept should be written in a straightforward structure.

Applicants must apply in English.

Applications without a signed declaration (declaration by the applicant) will

automatically be rejected (Annex B).

UNDP may request additional information and/or supporting documents for the

clarification of the proposals.

3.2. Final Evaluation of Proposal

The Project Steering Committee/Project Board will be responsible for review and selection of

projects ensuring identification and financing of the best proposals according to agreed criteria.

The Project Steering Committee consists of representatives of UNDP management and

representatives of TCCC. The New World Project Coordinator will support the SC throughout

the final evaluation process.

3.3. Contracting

After the final decision of the SC, UNDP Istanbul Regional Service Center (RSC), will be

responsible for issuing the Micro Capital Grant Agreements (Annex 4) with the qualified

applicant (for NGO/CBO sourced projects) or will go for Authorized Spending Limit Model (for

UNDP CO sourced projects) or UN agency to UN agency Contribution Agreement (Annex 5) with

the selected applicant (for UN Agency sourced projects). During the implementation of the

grants all related supporting documentation shall be reviewed and provided by UNDP country

office to RSC.

4. Reporting

The awarded grantees will be required to produce interim (6 months period – Annex 2) and

final reports (Annex 2) and project briefs for press releases and/or project related activities. The

UNDP CO Focal Point will be responsible for submitting the reports to the New World Project

Coordinator.