Youth Inclusion and Social Accountability Project

Request for Proposals

Starting in 2013, the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia and the World Bank will support a Youth Inclusion and Social Accountability Project, funded by a grant under the State and Peace Building Fund of the World Bank. The objective is to increase the participation of youth in social accountability and civic engagement leading to greater youth inclusion. The project will contribute to the fulfillment of the aims of the Active Citizenship pillar of the National Youth Policy (NYP) and to the Ministry 2013 priorities of: (i) Youth Development in Rural Areas, (ii) Civil and non-formal education. The project particularly responds to the challenge of extending youth participation and citizenship beyond already politically active young people in the capital, Tbilisi. Paying attention to equitable rural and urban civic and civil society participation on a range of issues (such as service delivery) will help increase contact between young people and local and national authorities, encouraging young people of all backgrounds to be active citizens in their government and society in the ways described in the NYP.

The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs of Georgia (MSYA) and the World Bank are looking for a partner implementing agency to undertake activities in support of this project. The project will be managed as a recipient executed grant fund, with a Grant Agreement drawn up between the World Bank and the implementing partner agency and no objection to the Grant Agreement given by the Government of Georgia. The project budget will be in the region of $0.5 million and will be negotiated between the World Bank and the selected agency prior to the signing of the Grant Agreement. Award of the grant is subject to a satisfactory assessment of procurement and financial management capacity of the selected agency by the World Bank. The project is expected to take two years. The full terms of reference (TOR) for the implementing partner are attached.

The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia and the World Bank are initiating a competitive selection process to identify the partner agency. Interested agencies are requested to: (i) complete a technical proposal using the attached template, (ii) submit a proposed provisional budget. A selection committee comprised of staff from the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia and the World Bank will review the merit of the proposals, and the eligibility of the applying agency against the required competencies specified in the TOR.

The deadline for proposals is close of business June 2, 2013, which should be sent to Joanna de Berry: jdeberry@worldbank.org and copied to Sophie Devnosadze: sdevnosadze@worldbank.org

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