International Fund for Agricultural Development
This call for proposals is to select a recipient or consortium of recipients to receive a three-year IFAD grant financing to implement the project Strengthening Borrowers’ Capacity on Environmental, Social and Climate Best Practices (SUSTAIN) for a total IFAD grant of US$2 million.
The competitively selected Recipient can be a non-profit organization, university, vocational training provider, private sector company or research institute. The applicant should propose some level of cash and in-kind co-financing.
IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency. It is dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries. IFAD provides low-interest loans and grants to developing countries to finance innovative agricultural and rural development programs and projects. For more information on IFAD, please visit: http://www.ifad.org/index.htm.
IFAD has prepared a Concept Note, for a grant under its Global/Regional Grants Program focused on Environmental, Social and Climate Capacity Building and Best Practices. In this regard, your organization is hereby invited to submit a bid, by filling out the template Design Document provided. Your proposal will be considered as part of a selection process, and will compete with other proposals for IFAD grant resources. Please note that all submissions received will be evaluated against pre-determined criteria. The following documents are part of this Invitation to Submit Bids:
- This Letter of Invitation
- The Grant Concept Note
- The Project Description
- The Grant Design Document Template to be used for your submission
- The Activity based budget
- The Bidders’ self-certification of eligibility for IFAD grant financing to be used for your submission
- The IFAD Grant Agreement Template
- Including the General Provisions Applicable to IFAD Grant Agreements in
Schedule 3
- The Evaluation methodology and criteria for the review of the submissions
- Frequently asked questions
Your submission will include:
1. Project proposal, submitted using the grant Design Document template;
2. Bidders’ self-certification of eligibility for IFAD grant financing, duly filled in; and
3. A brief institutional profile, detailing experience in the priority area and specific theme outlined in the Grant Concept Note (enhanced), and in IFAD regions/country(ies) where the grant would be implemented.
Kindly note that you can request clarifications during the first two (2) weeks of the submission period only in writing per indicated email.
Please send your enquiries to Sustain@ifad.org until 25 May 2021.
IFAD will not address requests for clarifications received after this deadline.
For more details and deadline; https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/-/call-for-proposals-grant-to-strengthen-borrowers-capacity-on-environmental-social-and-climate-best-practices