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The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) is seeking proposals to contribute to improving basic services delivery (notably in education, WASH, sustainable energy and community services/infrastructure sectors) in 6 targeted municipalities in Southern Libya.

Objectives of the Programme

• The Action’s overall objective is to contribute to improving the living conditions and resilience of local communities, with a focus on the most vulnerable groups (migrants, refugees, IDPs, and returnees) within targeted municipalities in Southern Libya.

• This will be achieved by implementing three interlinked outcomes that aim to:

  • Improve basic services delivery (notably education, WASH, community services/infrastructure and sustainable energy);

  • Create/enhance livelihoods opportunities;

  • Prevent/mitigate conflicts, encourage reconciliation and strengthen social cohesion.

• The specific objectives are:

  • To upgrade basic services facilities;

  • To raise awareness among the target population on inclusive access to basic services.

• The main interventions of the Call for Proposals will focus on light rehabilitation of public infrastructure and provision of equipment in the education, WASH, sustainable energy and community services/infrastructure sectors in the 6 targeted Municipalities.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 950,000.00 The contracting authority reserves the right not to award all available funds.

• Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must not exceed the below maximum amount:

  • maximum amount: EUR 950,00.00

• Duration: The initial planned duration of an action may not be less than 8 months and may not exceed 10 months.

Geographic Scope

• The selection of the locations targeted by the RSSD Phase 2 Programme was coordinated with the Libyan Ministry of Local Governance (MoLG) and the European Union based on the following criteria: (i) municipalities largely excluded from donor funding; (ii) municipalities with newly elected municipal councils; (iii) locations presenting a higher economic development potential; (iv) security and accessibility; (v) presence of migrant and IDP communities.

• Among the 21 Municipalities targeted by the RSSD Phase 2 Programme, through this Call for Proposals AICS will target the following 6 Municipalities in the South-West:

  • Sinwan, Awal, Al-Awinat, Tahala, Tejerhi and Zwila.

Eligibility

• Lead applicant(s)

  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:

    • be a legal person and

    • be non-profit making and

    • be a non-governmental organisation and

    • be established in a Member State of the European Union or in countries eligible under EDF- ENI and DCI- funded programmes

    • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the coapplicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary and

    • be registered and/or authorized to implement activities in Libya or in the process of being registered/authorized.

• Co-applicant(s)

  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.

• Affiliated entities

  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).

  • Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to coapplicant(s):

    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.

    • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:

      • Control on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:

        • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:

          • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;

          • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;

          • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).

      • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association) as the proposed affiliated entities.

Post Date: November 14, 2023