THE LEGAL SERVICES FACILITY (LSF)
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 10 (CFP10)
FOR THE PROTECTION OF SOCIAL-ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF WOMEN, YOUTH, GIRLS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC (URBANITES) THROUGH LEGAL EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES IN MBEYA, MWANZA DODOMA AND ARUSHA
RE: LSF/CIFP/10/050919.
introduction
The Legal Services Facility (LSF) is -a Non-Government Organization (NGO) registered under the NGO Act 2002 as amended in 2019 with registration No: OONGO/R2/00011. One of the LSF major activities is to issue grants to Civil Society Organizations (C505) and other partners contributing to increased access to justice for all in particular women, girls and the vulnerable, including people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. LSF works closely with the government at all levels, development partners, organizations involved in the provision of legal aid, including paralegal services, human rights work and other stakeholders.
LSF uses human rights and legal empowerment approach to increase access to justice in the country through paralegals work, engagement with registered Legal Aid Providers (LAPs), human rights protection organizations“ other C505 and Government at all levels. Since its inception, the LSF has contributed immensely to the increase of legal aid services for the needy and vulnerable in the country. LSF has strengthened the capacity of its partners so that, they become more effective in providing good quality services to Tanzanians, hence, becoming drivers of development. Through these initiatives, paralegals have become key driving force for community change.
What needs to be addressed?
This call invites proposals for interventions designed to respond to the Protection of Social Economic Rights of Women, Youth Girls and the General Public (urbanites) through legal Empowerment Strategies.
Under this call, Non-Government organizations (NGO’ s) are invited to submit funding applications to implement interventions in one of the listed regions, (Mbeya, Arusha and Mwanza). The intervention designed should be result oriented, efficient and cost effective ”and should have a direct contribution in addressing a specific need of people in a particular region through Legal Empowerment approach.
Urban legal empowerment programme approach was designed in line with the understanding that there is solid and complex connection between rapid growth of urbanization and inequality, socio-economical injustices and increased need for access to justice in the community in particular for women
The urban poor are usually unable to access entitlements and exercise their basic legal rights such as accessing courts and social services, rampant unemployment and exercising their property rights. This can be attributed to lack of proper education. As a result, the urban poor are excluded from the legal discourse denying them the opportunity to improve their lives and thereby hampering the country’ 5 development.
Applicants’ Eligibility
This call for proposals is open to the following organizations:
.1. Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) with headquarters or have strong base in specific region where the proposed intervention will be implemented. Regions referred in this call for proposals are Mbeya, Arusha, Dodoma and Mwanza.
.2. Organizations which are not for profit and which have been and are involved in promotion and protection of human rights and women’s rights, provision of legal aid, (public) legal education. including paralegal services. community mobilization and engaged in other social and economic empowerment interventions.
.3. Organization should have a good track record in working with Local Government Authorities, other formal and informal leaders and have functional linkages with other C505 and stakeholders beyond legal aid providers. In addition, all applicants for this call for proposal must demonstrate that they:
- Are legally established and are compliant to the rules and regulations through which they have been registered
- Have a solid, transparent and functional governance structure that can be demonstrated during a due diligence process.
- Have well established (financial, M&E) management systems, documentation and demonstrable result-based report writing skills.
- Have worked as legal aid provider or in any human right field for at least 3 years or for the same period with social and economic empowerment of women and adolescent girls. extensive knowledge of legal empowerment approaches is considered essential and or advocacy related work on the issues to be identified.
- Have experience with productive relations with local government authorities, other formal and informal leaders, other CSOs, the criminal justice sector and beyond legal aid providers.
- Have experience with community mobilisation towards access to justice with relevant socio-economic and cultural sensitivity.
What will not be considered
No matter how good the proposal shall be, the following will not be considered for funding under this call:
.i. Credit or loan schemes
.ii. Debts and provisions for losses or debts .
.iii. Purchases of land and buildings
Iv. Scholarships, sponsorships and school fees.
- Cash donations
- Political and religious activities and
vii. Organization’s with LSF grant.
Duration and Maximum Budget
The duration of a proposed action will not exceed 12 months and will not be less than 12 months The maximum grant available for each of the four regions is Tsh 300,000,000.00 (Tsh Three Hundred Million Only) for a contract period of one year.
How to apply
To assist in the preparation of the proposal development the LSF has developed an application Dossier for the Proposal which is part of this call for Proposal, it is available on our website; www. Isftz.org) Applications must be submitted in English both in hard copy (one original and two copies) and electronic versions through a flash disk well marked with the name of the applicant organization, Applications via email or other electronic media will not be considered.
Deadline and Delivery of the Application
The deadline for receipt of the proposal is twenty-One days after the date of the Call (24th September 2019 at 16:00 hrs) Delivery after the deadline, regardless of the reason, will lead to immediate disqualification. Proposals received before the deadline and deemed by LSF to be in compliant with the requirements set out in this call will be evaluated.
Clarification Meetings (Date, Time, Venue and Date) in each respective Region will be communicated through LSF Website. Please keep visiting LSF website.
All proposals have to be submitted in a sealed envelope by registered mail. courier delivery or hand delivered (a signed and dated letter of receipt will be given to the deliverer) to the address below:
Chief Executive Officer,
Legal Services Facility,
Bima Street, Nyati Rd., Mikocheni B
P.O. Box 31480,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Legal Services Facility,
Bima Street, Nyati Rd.,
Mikocheni B,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Physical address for hand delivery, or delivery by private courier service: Chief Executive Officer.
Source; Mwananchi
Date Published; 04/09/2019
