Criteria for ISHA Shelter and Settlements ...



Criteria for ISHA Shelter and Settlements sector ProjectsBackgroundIn Syria, the wide scale of infrastructure and shelter damage, large scale displacement, and economic hardship, all contribute to a shelter crisis. According to the most recent Humanitarian situation overview (HNO), 4.7 million people are in need of shelter assistance. With over 6 million people displaced, people are hosted by family and friends, some pay rent, others resort to illegal occupation of abandoned buildings. Of these roughly 6 million, roughly 14 percent live in what are considered to be last resort accommodations — informal settlements and camps. Worsening economic conditions, and lowering purchasing power of Syrian families, further exacerbate the current shelter crisis. The uncertainty around housing and shelter exacerbates the fragility of families’ structure already challenged by years of conflict.In Northwest Syria, after a large scale offensive displaced nearly one million people earlier in 2020, shelter needs are acute. The high levels of displacement have immensely increased the number of people seeking shelter in IDP sites, where overcrowding has been reported as a growing concern, with some sites accommodating more than 400 percent above their intended capacities. Displaced families have reported lack of access to electricity and overcrowding as their main concerns, exposing them to potential protection risks. In Northeast Syria, access to shelter remains a major gap owing to high levels of damage and destruction of residential buildings, notably in Ar-Raqqa city and Deir-ez-Zor, according to the HNO 2019. Many of the displaced families cannot exercise their security of tenure rights nor enter into formal rental agreements because of the lack of civil documentation. Informal rent agreements make eviction a constant threat to IDPs not only in the Northeast but also in other areas across Syria.Across Syria, there is a considerable number of people who live in houses with at least one adequacy issue, including lack of heat and insulation, lighting, necessary bathing or cooking facilities, inadequate space, lack of privacy and the inability to securely lock their home. The same economic issues — namely decreasing purchasing power — that create shelter challenges have also made many NFI items on the market inaccessible for many target populations. While market access appears to be gradually improving and NFIs are available in some markets, basic items remain unaffordable for many. According to the 2019 HNO, 4.4 million people in Syria are in need of NFI assistance, especially IDPs, returnees, and host communities whose markets are unable to accommodate the population increases. The 2019 HNO also states that, while the NFI situation overall has improved in Syria, “humanitarian life-saving and life-sustaining basic items continue to be unaffordable for many people, including clothing and fuel”. To mitigate this, ISHA expects to support partners to provide access to vital household related NFIs related to the shelter and settlements sector, either through in-kind, cash or voucher programs. Resource ListThe following list of resources (with hyperlinks) may be helpful in providing guidance for proposal development, background, and technical considerations:Humanitarians need overview 2019Sphere Project’s Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response EnglishSphere Project’s Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response ArabicSyrian Arab Republic: 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (January - December 2019)NFI/ Shelter ClustersCamp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Agencies may also want to reach out to relevant NFI/ Shelter Cluster Coordinators focusing on geographically relevant areas for context specific tools, documents, and resources.ISHA Shelter and Settlements Programming ObjectiveISHA will support projects that are in line with Objective 1 set out in the Shelter/ NFI Humanitarian Response Plan for Syria: Provide life-saving and life sustaining shelter and NFI support. For the ISHA Program the objective is to Increase access to lifesaving and life-sustaining shelter response and essential NFIs for IDPs, returnees, and host community households. This sector includes two sub-sectors (Shelter and S&S NFIs). Regardless of the chosen sub-sector, all projects must focus on humanitarian interventions. Higher priority will be given to interventions proposed in conflict-affected communities, locations in which existing networks do not have the capacity to support the population, and temporary settlements or camps hosting IDPs.One of the key participant target groups for the ISHA program is internally displaced persons (IDPs). According to Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 1998, IDPs are defined as “persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border”. Therefore, applicants should explain in their applications to what extent their proposed projects have considered IDP needs, and how IDPs will be targeted as participants of the project activities ISHA will prioritize applicants proposing activities that emphasize sub-sector 2: Shelter, as there is a great need for this type of work inside Syria and few organizations are responding to meet these needs. Protection Mainstreaming: All applications under this sector should demonstrate how they will integrate protection mainstreaming into the proposed project and activities. Here are some examples of how to integrate protection mainstreaming in S&S projects: Describe any measures for participant selection or distributions to be put in place to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse of people seeking shelter and servicesEstablish a safe and effective feedback/complaint system for participants and non-participantsThe risks toward vulnerable community members (e.g., child-headed households, elderly) receiving shelter allocations have been identifiedEquitable sharing of paid and unpaid tasks in shelter construction or repair have been identifiedShelter construction is designed to ensure that women, men, girls and boys with specific shelter needs or vulnerabilities are prioritized and supportedNFI distribution locations are designed so that all individuals can access and use them with safety and dignityRespect minimum space standard in shelters to minimize risks of exploitation and abuse, include partitions and door locks to better protect women and girls, particularly single women and female-headed householdsSelection of contractors who display gender sensitivity and protection awareness, and training to ensure they understand their obligations, responsibilities and expectations regarding protection and gender safeguarding which will be codified in the contract conditionsSub-sector 1: Shelter and Settlement NFI This sub-sector includes in kind, cash or vouchers for participants to obtain shelter related NFIs.The table below outlines expectations and considerations for all projects proposed under ISHA’s S&S NFI sub-sector cycle. It also further breaks down specific considerations for different modalities. All applications should address these considerations in their application, particularly in Section III: Project Strategy. Illustrative activitiesExpectations and ConsiderationsRestrictions Emergency shelter: Lights (solar, battery, hand-crank, etc.)Cooking/ heating stoves Cooking/heating stovesCooking/heating fuelHousehold Kitchen Sets (e.g. pots, plates, cooking and eating utensils, cups, storage bags)Bedding and clothing Clothing and shoesBlanketsSleeping mats (plastic, tear proof, and water impervious, or other materials)Foot mats (plastic, woven grass, or other materials)Total number of individuals requiring assistance, disaggregated by sexNeeds analysis provides justification for selected communities/ areasVulnerability criteria and process used to identify and verify participantsMarket assessment and analysis of availability/ quality/ prices of necessary itemsJustification for selection of approach- in kind distributions, cash or voucher programmingIllustrative contents of NFIs to be distributed/ purchased and how they address the specific NFI needs of the target populationsThe duration for which the NFIs will meet the needsPlans for ensuring quality of items distributed/ purchasedPost-distribution monitoring (PDM) methodologies and approachesConstruction activities of any kind of plastic sheeting or tarpaulins intended for shelterTools/equipment (e.g. hammers, shovels, saws, machetes, axes, wheelbarrows, molds for local brick making),Repair and rehabilitation of shelter spaces in transit sites or spontaneous shelter Construction materials (e.g. grass/leaves/other for roofing, sticks and bamboo, locks,)Doors, windows, and fixings kits, including nails, rope, washers, fasteners, etc.)PesticidesLong-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLINs)Pharmaceuticals (e.g. oral rehydration salts, anti-lice shampoo, vitamins, antibiotics, medicated topical creams)Expectations and considerations based on your chosen modality of S&S NFI distribution In-Kind DistributionsCash and Voucher ProgrammingProcurement strategies Plans for transporting and storing NFIs (including warehousing capacity)Plans for organizing and conducting distributionsNumber of planned distributions (i.e. blanket distributions, recurring or one-off, etc.)Systems and strategies for monitoring distributions including PDMs Proposed value and type of cash or voucher and how this cost was calculatedStrategy for identifying and assessing vendorsPlans for distributing cash or vouchers to participantsVoucher redemption plans and process Voucher reconciliation processesVendor and price monitoring methodologiesTraining plans/ sensitization plan for participants and vendors Systems and strategies for monitoring throughout the cash or voucher process (distribution, redemption, reconciliation, reimbursement, etc.) including PDMsTechnical ConsiderationsRegardless of selected modality, applications will be evaluated according to the following technical considerations:Project approach is linked to analysis of needs and contributes to desired resultsJustification for chosen modality (in-kind distribution, cash or voucher) is clear and based on a clear market analysis Description of market functionality and availability of necessary goods is comprehensive and clearDetails and explanation of/ justification for selected NFIs to be distributed is clearly linked to needs assessments and market analysis Describe measures taken to ensure that commodities are appropriately used.Describe measures taken to reduce potential corruption and fraud in the distribution.Approach for participant identification and verification is appropriate and in line with humanitarian principles Project approach addresses the different needs and concerns of different vulnerable groups including people with disabilities, considers protection risks, and is based on a clear Do No Harm approachRelevant strategies (procurement, quality checks and assurance, warehousing, transportation) or processes (vendor assessments, redemption and reconciliation, etc.) are clear, comprehensive, and compliantInternational and/ or cluster standards are properly considered in the project approachAppropriate participant feedback and accountability mechanisms are plannedMonitoring strategies including post distribution monitoring ensure program quality and technical standards Applications clearly demonstrate how the organization will coordinate and participate in relevant coordination mechanisms and with other actorsApplicants demonstrate that the organization has relevant technical expertise and staffClear description of applicants’ Code of Conduct, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Child Safeguarding policies (or these are identified as a capacity strengthening need)NFI Modalities: In kind, Cash or Vouchers in S&S NFI Sub-sectorIn the S&S NFI sub-sector ISHA supports in-kind distribution and use of cash or vouchers for the purchase of NFIs. ISHA believes that cash or vouchers increase the timeliness and appropriateness of the response by enabling people to address their own specific needs and priorities. The use of cash and vouchers will be prioritized over in-kind distribution where markets can support this type of intervention. Potential NFI modalities are listed in order of ISHA’s preference below:Cash: Allows the purchase of any good or service offered by the participating vendor up to the cash amount, cash maintains purchase flexibility for program participants, allowing participants to determine which items and quantities they wish to purchase.Restricted cash voucher: Allows program participants to purchase a combination of commodities or services listed on the voucher, up to the amount of that voucher. A participant can use their voucher to purchase any of the agreed items and in any quantity, with the total value not to exceed the voucher modity voucher: More restrictive voucher scheme which limits participants’ purchases to the specific goods or services listed on the voucher in the exact quantity. A participant can use their voucher only for pre-determined goods in pre-determined quantities.In-kind distributions: Traditional NFI programming approach in which the partner organization procures all necessary goods and distributes kits to participants at a distribution site or participant homes.Applicants must clearly describe their chosen modality or modalities, and provide justification for this choice. Applicants can use more than one modality in a single project, if appropriate. ISHA expects partners to justify their selected modality (in-kind distributions, cash or vouchers) with regard to access to markets and market functionality. This market analysis should include the availability, quality, and prices of needed goods as well as an analysis of the key challenges populations face in accessing markets (such as lack of transportation, distance, and security concerns). In addition, applications must demonstrate how the organization will mitigate risks associated with their selected modality such as inexperienced vendors, low quality of goods, protection concerns for vulnerable populations, etc.Sub-sector 2: Shelter Shelter assistance includes the provision of technical advice and oversight, as well as financial and in-kind support to promote access to covered living spaces that protect the health and well-being of disaster-affected populationsUnder this sub-sector ISHA can support partners implementing small/light shelter rehabilitation projects to promote access to covered living spaces that protects the health and well-being of conflict affected populations through shelter and housing rehabilitation and retrofitting operations, such as: The table below outlines expectations and restrictions for all projects proposed under ISHA’s shelter sub-sector. All applications should address these considerations in their application, particularly in Section III: Project Strategy. Illustrative activitiesExpectations and ConsiderationsRestrictions Doors to separate rooms and provide security and privacy around toilets and bathing facilities Secure windowsRepair sanitation facilities with the consideration for the needs of women, girls, and people with disabilities Basic electrical workDebris removal Please note that for ISHA, under the shelter sub-sector, the maximum amount of repair cost per household will not exceed 800 USD.Ensures access to covered living space that are easy to clean and keep in good order, that is well ventilated, lit, and equipped, as well as and provides a reasonable degree of privacy and comfortList the priority needs of the conflict-affected population, identify ongoing and planned efforts to meet needs in settlements of proposed activities, and disclose the source of information provided.Define the pre-conflict and post conflict characteristics (e.g. population, households, household size, access to affected settlements, security).Explain your housing, land and property (HLP) due diligence process to ensure the protection of Housing Land and Property HLP rights throughout the shelter program cycle, discuss how this process will align with the SNFI cluster guidance in your area of operation.Explain the agreements you will be carrying out with owners, tenants and local council.Distribution and/or installation of tents intended for use as shelter is acceptable but not encouraged and viewed as “last resort” and not “default response”No Large scale rehabilitation/construction of shelter supported under ISHARent or other forms of housing assistance to property owners, tenants, or host familiesSupport to any activities requiring Housing, Land, Property documentation Activities aimed at identifying or addressing durable solutions for IDPs, returnees, or host communitiesTechnical ConsiderationsApplications under the shelter sub-sector will be evaluated according to the following technical considerations:Describe how the proposed project will help participants access shelter, and explain how you will take the most vulnerable recipients into consideration so they can also access shelter promptly.Discuss the process used to develop the participant and shelter selection criteria and the approach that will be used to identify and target the recipients.Describe how the proposed project will identify its primary stakeholders (e.g. participants, local authorities, host communities), how they will coordinate with them and how it will remain accountable to them during its duration.Discuss the quality, availability, and accessibility of the inputs (e.g. skilled labor, construction materials, and rental units) required for project implementation of proposed activities.Describe how the project will monitor the security situation to adjust its implementation approach if the security situation deterioratesDescribe how the project will prevent and mitigate the risk of corruption, fraud, and the diversion of the assistance to other purposesDescribe how the project addresses gender and protection concernsExplain how the design and the implementation of the program will be carried out in consultation with participants If the proposed project includes the distribution of sheeting or tarpaulins to create shelter space, discuss how to support/frame the material to create “NEW” living space that meets the standards included in the Sphere Project guide and social and gender-specific preferences and needs.General Considerations for all Shelter and Settlement sub-sectors Regardless of the specific sub-sector, all Shelter applications should consider the following: All programming will clearly outline Monitoring and Evaluation systems and procedures. These should explain the confidentiality and safety of the systems as well as how M&E measures will be used to inform the humanitarian response.All programming must have a filling system, records management standards and coding system in place that can ensure the safety of the beneficiary information to minimize the risk that can occur if any of the case files have been suddenly missed or lost. Risk: Given the context of Syria being in the midst of a volatile and dynamic war, ISHA applicants will be faced with numerous challenges and risks that may affect implementation. It is important for applicants to demonstrate a strong understanding of the risks that may occur and how they can be mitigated once occurred. General restrictions for all Shelter and Settlement sub-sectors Regardless of the specific sub-sector, the following restrictions apply to all S&S applications: No settlement programming - Settlements are complex socio-economic and environmental networks that people depend upon for their lives and livelihoods. Settlements, then, are “people-based,” socio-economic spaces. Familiar names for settlements include hamlets, villages, towns, cities and neighborhoods.S&S Disaster risk and reduction activities are not supported under ISHA. No restricted items as defined by ISHA’s donors’ grant regulations: food, baby formula or milk, medicine, drugs or pharmaceuticals, agricultural commodities, fertilizers, or pesticides, and unrestricted cash vouchers.No current government employees can be paid under this project. This includes fees to local councils, with the exception of standard costs associated with participation in training related to the project activities. Local Procurement: ISHA supports local procurement in Syria. This means all goods must be purchased in Syria by partners or by participants. ISHA will not assist partners to transport equipment, supplies or materials across any international borders.ISHA APPLICATION FORMShelter & SettlementsThis section includes the Cover Page, Questions, and Budget which must be submitted in full by 23:59 Amman time on 28 June, 2020 to be considered for participation in the ISHA program.It should not exceed 15 pages in length (not including the preceding Guidance section). NOTE: The 15 pages start from here through Section 5; the guidance above can be deleted and Sections 6-9 do not count towards the 15 page limit.Cover PageOrganizational OverviewName of OrganizationGovernorate/city and country of every Organization’s OfficeIdentify which is considered your organization’s headquartersNOTE: If you have offices in countries outside the Syria response region (Syria, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq), please refer to box on pages 7/8 eligibility guidance of the English version of the general call for application guidanceWebsite or Facebook pageName and email of Executive Director (or equivalent)2019 budget portfolio size (include 2018 if the 2019 figures are not yet available)Project OverviewProject TitleProject Location NOTE: For each district, include relevant sub-districts. Add rows as ernorate:District:Sub-District/s:Project DurationProject Budget AmountEligibility DeclarationNOTE: THIS SECTION MUST BE SCANNED OR PHOTOGRAPHED AND SUBMITTED TO ISHAInterest in Information SharingPlease check the appropriate box to indicate whether or not you would like information about your organization or Application to be shared with other international agencies and non-governmental organizations funding programming inside Syria. ?Yes - ISHA may share this information ?No - ISHA may not share this information Declaration of EligibilityI hereby submit this Application package to the ISHA Program for review and consideration. To the best of my knowledge, all information provided is current, complete and accurate and is based on the need to efficiently and effectively deliver humanitarian assistance to target participants. I declare that we meet the eligibility criteria for participation in the ISHA Program and hereby certify that this organization:Is non-governmental, non-political and non-commercial Adheres to principles of impartiality and neutrality in provision of humanitarian assistanceDoes not discriminate in staffing, or selection of participantsIs not an INGO or large-scale diaspora organization managed from North America, Europe or another country outside the Syria regionIs not headquartered in LebanonIs not associated with any parties to the Syrian conflictDoes not provide assistance to military or combatant groups Is not banned from receiving resources or financial support from major donors Is not an umbrella organization Is committed to ensuring continuous and regular access by ISHA representatives to a range of your staff in every department, including field staff, to strengthen organizational and technical capacity. Executive Director Name:_______________________________________________Executive Director Signature:_______________________________________________QuestionsInstructionsAll sections of the application must be complete. If a question is not relevant for your organization, please explain why. Applications that are incomplete will not be considered.Please provide answers to every question in each section. Some of the sections include several questions to guide your answers.The entire ISHA Application, including the Cover Page, Eligibility Declaration, and Sections 1-5 should not exceed 15 pages (Sections 6-9 do not count towards the 15 page limit).. It is suggested that you dedicate 4-5 pages for Section 3 ‘Project Approach’. Identity and PurposeThis section will help ISHA understand the strategic vision of your organization and to evaluate the link between humanitarian goals/missions and projects being implemented on the ground. 1.1 Describe the mission and goals of your organization, including why you formed your organization and where your organization was founded.1.2 Describe your organization’s work. What type of projects do you implement and where? What sort of assistance do you provide or services do you deliver? This can include a description of current or past projects, and can include projects that are not in the specific sector you are applying for in this application.1.3 Describe the type of participants your organization supports and the communities in which you work (including which governorates and districts). Please explain why these are priority populations or communities for your organization.1.4 What plans do you have for future programming? What programs are you interested in starting, expanding, or strengthening? Explain why you consider these to be priorities for your organization.2. Organizational Growth and DevelopmentThis section will help us understand how important organizational growth and development is to your organization and to what extent you are prepared to commit time to this aspect of our partnership.2.1 Describe the ways in which your organization builds the capacity or professional skills of your teams working inside Syria, including your technical staff. 2.2 Please provide 2-3 examples of how your organization applied new skills or knowledge to make improvements in organizational and programmatic systems or processes. Be specific and include examples for both organizational and program improvements.2.3 Describe your organization’s strengths — both organizational and programmatic. What does your organization do well? Why do you think so? 2.4 In what areas does your organization need to improve or want to learn? Why is this important? 2.5 What new skills/experience does your organization expect to gain through participation in ISHA? Why are you interested in becoming an ISHA partner? 2.6 ISHA will need continuous access to a range of staff in every department, including field staff, to strengthen organizational capacity. Will ISHA be guaranteed access to required staff? Please indicate the positions/departments that ISHA would be able to regularly have access to throughout planning and implementation. Explain what barriers to this type of communication you foresee and proposed mitigation measures.3. Project ApproachThis section describes your project strategy and approach, key activities, and ways in which this project will complement other projects in your existing portfolio. It is suggested that this section should be at least 4-5 pages. In addition, it is recommended that you refer back to the Technical Guidelines provided above to ensure completeness and technical soundness of your answers in this section. 3.1 Problem statement/ Needs summary: What are the critical needs of the conflict affected population that your project will address, and how have their needs changed as a result of the conflict/displacement? What are the characteristics (number of households, access, security ...etc) and housing typologies of your targeted location and the level of damage inflicted to it? How and why did you identify these needs (include reference to needs assessments and/ or secondary sources)? 3.2 Project Goal: What is the overall goal of your project and how does this link to the problem statement/ needs summary?3.3 Project strategy and key activities: What are the key activities that will be implemented during this project? Include a detailed description of each planned activity, technical assessments and approaches, the related quality assurance plans, safety concerns and the action to be taken, and procurement plans.If your project will include activities under the S&S NFI sub-sector, outline what programming modality (cash, voucher, in-kind distribution) will be utilized for your project? Please justify why you decided to use this modalityRefer to the Technical Guidelines; ensure this section responds to the technical guidance, expectations & considerations for each different sub-sector.3.4 Protection mainstreaming: Describe your protection mainstreaming strategy and how it will be integrated into your proposed activities?Refer to protection mainstreaming section of the Technical Guidelines. 3.5 Market analysis: Provide market assessment information for the targeted communities. Based on your selected activities and sub-sector/s, include information about quality, prices and availability of goods, rehabilitation materials and skilled workers, as well information about the vendors and their ability to stock required goods or implement the shelter rehabilitation work (if you are not doing it directly). Refer to expectations and considerations in the Technical Guidelines3.6 Participant selection: Who will your ISHA project specifically target? Describe your participant selection criteria, and how it takes into account the specific needs of conflict-affected women, men, boys and girls as well as vulnerable groups (which may include persons with disabilities, elderly, women and child-headed households). Describe how your project will meet the different needs of both IDPs and host community in the project selected area.3.7 Shelter selection: How will you identify the shelter units in need? What is the approach and selection criteria for identifying shelters that can be repaired or upgraded under the ISHA project (taking into consideration SPHERE and Cluster standards, ensuring health and well-being of targeted recipients, cost per household, and number of targeted participants and scale of damage). How will you prioritize the most in need recipient based on location and type of accommodation Please refer to the Technical Guidelines for the different restrictions and considerations. 3.8 Exit strategy: Describe your project exit strategy or transition plan. If relevant, how will you ensure sustainability and protect participant’s housing and property rights during and after the project? 3.9 Project Results: Describe the key results areas that will be achieved by the end of the project? What are the current characteristics and situation of the affected community in the targeted locations and how will they be affected by your project? How many participants will be reached, and how many of them will be IDPs?Refer to the Shelter Technical Guidelines for expectations regarding IDP inclusion. 3.10 Staffing: What technical staff do you already have and will you hire under this project? What are the different roles and responsibilities of your staff related to implementing this project? Explain the team’s qualifications to effectively design and deliver this project.3.11 Monitoring: Describe how you will monitor the project implementation in the project site/s and vendors to track progress and ensure quality? Please include details about your plans for monitoring the quality of the service provided, related costs (transportation, labor, quality of materials and specifications) and items that might be distributed or purchased as well as your strategies for post-distribution and post-service monitoring. Explain different sources of verification you will use to collect data for different activities proposed. 3.12 Stakeholder Engagement: Describe who the stakeholders are in your project, and how they will be involved with your project during planning, implementation and evaluation. What mechanisms will be established for community feedback and participant accountability?3.13 Risk and Mitigation: Please demonstrate your organization’s knowledge of the operating context, specifically the risks that may occur. Describe the risks and challenges in the planned project locations and what your organization will do to manage or reduce these risks. Refer to the Technical Guidelines for more about Risks. Risk that may occur during project implementationMitigation Strategies to overcome the risks3.14 Coordination: How will your project complement efforts being taken by other actors in the same area and/or with the same community? How will you ensure coordination with local authorities, different clusters, working groups and other on-going projects or initiatives in your proposed area of operation?4. Current Portfolio and Past Experience4.1 Describe your organization’s current or past shelter and settlement programs. In more detail, outline one project you have done/ are doing in the S&S sector. When possible, if your project will include S&S NFIs the example given should utilize the same approach (in-kind or voucher) as the project you are proposing to ISHA.4.2 Please list your organization’s grants and funding, including the information requested in the table below. Please include the organization’s most recent funding in the four rows below. You can include information for the past three years and if during this time your organization has had additional grants during this time, please include the additional information in Section 6, below. Donor NameFund Amount (USD)Year, and Duration (Number of months)Location (District) Sector and Key activity4.3 What other funding do you expect to receive in 2020? How big is the largest anticipated grant?4.4 Has your organization worked with other international organizations? Which ones? Describe the kind of work did you do together, and what was your role in this partnership and what was theirs?4.5 How many staff do you currently have inside Syria or in other locations? How many are paid and how many are volunteers? How do you recruit staff and volunteers to your organization? How do you ensure gender balance within your different teams, especially in the field?4.6 Describe your organization’s management and staffing structure? Describe how your headquarter or main office team provide oversight and support to the project staff at field level? Identify any gaps or weaknesses in your staff structure that you would plan to develop during ISHA partnership. This could be a department that needs to be strengthened, or an aspect of management that needs to be improved. 4.7 Data Management: Describe your data management procedures, safeguards, and type of database or information management system your agency will use. Describe how you ensure the safety of sensitive data for all programs.4.8 How many offices do you have in Syria? If you currently have an office in the project target locations, state the office location and when it was established? 4.9 If the context changes in your proposed project location, are there other locations where your organization can implement the proposed project? Please list the governorate and district (sharing sub-districts is optional) of the alternative locations; and your past/current operational and programmatic presence in these alternative locations.Have you had past experience shifting your project to new locations due to disruptions in your original implementation area? If yes, please provide a brief description of the change in project implementation, including original location and new location. Alternative Location Describe past work in this location Describe current office/project presence in location5. Humanitarian Principles5.1 How does your organization ensure that humanitarian principles are respected in the implementation of your programming? How will you monitor protection issues and how will that information be used to reduce existing and newly identified risks?5.2 Describe your current Code of Conduct and any policies or procedures your agency has on Child Safeguarding or Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. If you do not currently have these procedures, please describe how you would establish these and what support you would need to do so.Additional Applicant Information (Note: Information for the following sections do not count towards the overall application page limit)Section 6. Additional information--Grants/Funding of Organization (Q4.2 continued). This section only needs to be completed if your organization has had more grants in the last 3 years that can be completed in the table provided in question 4.2 above. Please include as many rows as needed.Donor NameFund Amount USDYear, and Duration (Number of months)Location (District) Sector and Key activitySection 7. Multi-sectoral programming experience (This section will not be scored.)7.1 Do you have experience in implementing multi-sectoral projects? What was the project about and how did that help you to achieve your project goals? 8. Budget and Expense DescriptionISHA will work closely with selected partners to develop full budgets and proposals. Thus, at this stage, only “top line” budget estimates are requested in US dollars with a description of the planned expenses. If there is a category that is not relevant for your project, please leave it blank. For each budget category, you are required to provide a brief description of the purpose of each of your costs to justify their importance in the successful completion of your proposed project. The information in this budget section will not be scored as part of the application process. Budget CategoryCosts (USD)Description of expenses includedPersonnel/ Staff Salaries and benefitsTravelEquipment/ Supplies Program Activities Support Costs (including communications, rent, utilities, etc.)Other Costs (including money transfer fees)TOTAL REQUESTED FROM ISHA: 9. References If your organization is selected by the Review Committee, we will need to contact two or three referees who can provide a reference for your organization (verification of activities, confirmation of capacity, etc.). Provide the details of two or three referees we can contact, including at least one from the international community, if applicable.Name:Title:Organization:Email address:Relationship to your organization:Name:Title:Organization:Email address:Relationship to your organization:Name:Title:Organization:Email address:Relationship to your organization: ................
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