Call for Proposals: Faces for Resilience Advocacy Campaign – Phase II

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About the Organization:

As the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR brings governments, partners and communities together to reduce disaster risk and losses and to ensure a safer, sustainable future. UNDRR is the United Nations focal point for disaster risk reduction. UNDRR oversees the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, supporting countries in its implementation, monitoring and sharing what works in reducing existing risk and preventing the creation of new risk.

Call for Proposals Faces for Resilience Advocacy Campaign, Phase II

UNDRR is the United Nations’ focal point for the coordination of disaster risk reduction, working with countries and a broad range of partners and stakeholders to support the implementation, monitoring and review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in coherence with the 2030 Agenda and other instruments, for the multihazard management of disaster risk in development and the substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses.

UNDRR issues grants, in line with UN Financial Regulations and Rules, to apolitical and not profit-making organisations to facilitate, implement, or carry out activities related to UNDRR’s and the partner’s mandates and work programmes.

Objectives of the SEM are:

• Promote an all of society engagement and action through strengthened partnerships with and between key stakeholders, in collaboration with Member States and UN system partners.
• Ensure a broader and more people-centered preventative approach to disaster risk by mobilizing and strengthening the voice of stakeholders in the Member State led implementation of the Sendai Framework.
• Catalyze collective action among different stakeholders and in collaboration with Governments and the United Nations system for risk-informed development.
• Co-create and co-design innovative solutions and approaches to implement the Sendai Framework and build coherence across the post-2015 agendas.

Purpose:

In support of the implementation of the SEM workplan, the purpose of the grant is to build on the work done in 2021 to develop an advocacy campaign to ensure the voices of stakeholders are heard and community concerns addressed in the implementation of the Sendai Framework and risk informed development.

The initial focus of this work will be:

• To boost visibility of the SEM through advocacy and promotion activities, including the gathering of stories from SEM partners and stakeholders in an operational capacity to demonstrate the impact of acting with an all-of-society approach.
• To heighten the voice of communities and grass-root actors for the implementation of disaster risk reduction and risk-informed development and investment globally, making use of key global processes such as the 2020 Regional Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Adaptation Summit, Financing for Development summit, High-level Political Forum and preparatory meetings for COP26.
• Through raising the visibility of the SEM, it is also expected that this grant will help to increase interest in and recognition for SEM activities, boosting membership.
• The activities under the grant will create and consolidate commitment from non-traditional CSO groups and other stakeholders engaged in sectors and areas relevant to disaster risk reduction.

Outcome:

Enhanced awareness of the importance of people-centered, inclusive, accessible approach for risk informed development in the global policy discussions related to development, climate change and urban resilience and the international CSO community, the private sector and science and academia engaged therein.

Budget & administrative-related aspects:

• The estimate budget is USD 50,000 covering all activity costs and salaries included in the above descriptions.
• The grantee(s) will be responsible for delivering all the elements listed.
• SEM member organizations are encouraged to submit proposals for this grant.
• The duration of the grant is 12 months (1 January – 31 December 2021).
• The programmatic and substantive coordination of the grant will be ensured by the head of the UNDRR Partnerships Unit in Geneva.

Deadline: 8th January 2021 midnight New York, USA EST

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