Call for Expressions of Interest (Ma3an) – FHI360 عودة إلى الفرص

Ma3an National Partner for Solutions to Violent Extremism (SOLVE) Activities

Background

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding the Ma3an project, a five-year (September 2018 – August 2023) project that aims to increase youth participation in civic and political life, address youth grievances, and prevent radicalization in Tunisian communities vulnerable to violent extremism (VE). Ma3an is implemented by FHI 360, a non-profit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally-driven solutions. 

Ma3an is pleased to announce the release of this call for Expressions of Interest to identify a local civil society organization (CSO) partner to support FHI 360/Ma3an in co-designing and training local actors to implement the Solutions to Violent Extremism (SOLVE) process in Ma3an communities. Ma3an will support community actors – youth, civil society, local authorities, public sector, private sector, etc. – to develop and collaboratively implement locally-led solutions which aim to prevent and counter VE (P/CVE). Specifically, through the three-phased Solutions to VE (SOLVE) process, local actors will:

1. Collect and analyze information on their community’s context, dynamics, and drivers, that influence vulnerability to VE, in addition to the P/CVE programming landscape to produce Community VE Snapshots.
2. Convene key stakeholders in SOLVE Dialogues to validate and develop findings from the Snapshots, prioritize VE issues on which to focus, and define priority actions that directly address these issues. 
3. Collaborate on implementing P/CVE solutions they have prioritized and designed. 

Ma3an is partnering with the “Commission Nationale de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme” (CNLCT) on its P/CVE activities and will be working closely with the CNLCT local representatives on the SOLVE process specifically. Ma3an will select and sign a partnership agreement with a national CSO to take the lead on this process in close coordination with the Ma3an team, the CNLCT, and community partners in governorates in which Ma3an works. The selected partner will support Ma3an by training local partners and/or directly implementing activities in some or all of the following 15 governorates and 33 communities (see Table 1); Ma3an will provide additional guidance on the final list of target communities at a later stage.  

Following its review of submitted Expressions of Interest, FHI 360 / Ma3an will share the full Request for Applications (RFA) with all eligible organizations that submitted Expressions of Interest.  The RFA will detail the scope of work and the final selection process. All organizations receiving the RFA will also be invited to bidders’ orientation sessions. 

The total value of the grant is expected to be approximately 450,000 TND for implementation in all listed communities. Successful Applicant(s) will be awarded a grant for an anticipated 18-month period of performance.