Expression of Interest For Identification Of Initiatives Led By Young People, In Response To These Priorities And Adapted To Local Realities

Expression of Interest for Identification of Initiatives Led by Young People, In Response to These Priorities and Adapted to Local Realities. CALL FOR PROPOSALS /ALERT/DRC/007/2026 CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI) Submission of Youth-Led Peace Initiatives Project: Generation Peace (KCA) 1. Background and Rationale for the EOI As part of the Kizazi Cha Amani project, implemented by International Alert and Pole Institute with funding from the European Union, young people from Goma, Nyiragongo, Bukavu, Rubavu, and Rusizi participated in Participatory Action Research (PAR) and the development of Youth Agendas for Peace. These processes identified priorities related to social cohesion, conflict prevention, youth participation, combating hate speech, and economic empowerment. This call aims to identify youth-led initiatives that address these priorities and are adapted to local realities 2. Purpose of the call To identify and select peace initiatives proposed by additional youth structures in the DRC, contributing to social cohesion, the prevention of tensions, and the active participation of young people in their communities. These initiatives will also aim to strengthen connections between young people in the East and West of the DRC, particularly between those in North and South Kivu and those in Kinshasa, in order to foster a common understanding of conflict dynamics and promote concerted actions likely to influence the integration of youth priorities into public policies in the DRC. 3. Who can submit? The following can submit: Youth structures exposed to vulnerability (citizen movements, pressure groups, and other structures of young people exposed to vulnerability), project support structures, and other structures that have participated in the KCA project activities; 8. Submission Guidelines To share your comments or feedback on our activities in the DRC, please contact us free of charge on Airtel: +243 982 019 640 and Vodacom: +243 835 001 112. Both numbers are also available on WhatsApp. Or send us an email to DRC [email protected] Interested organizations are invited to: Complete the initiative submission template; Submit their proposal to the project team via the KoboCollect link Each organization is allowed to submit only one initiative proposal. The proposal must be directly related to the defined priorities. Multi-site submissions are not permitted. The same organization cannot submit proposals for different sites (e.g., Goma and Bukavu, Nyiragongo and Kinshasa). The application must be limited to the organizations intervention site. Any proposal that does not meet these criteria may be considered non- compliant 9. Selection Process Initiative proposals will be analyzed and selected in a participatory manner by the project team in collaboration with youth organizations participating in the inter-network forums for project transparency. The process guarantees: Transparency; Fairness and non-discrimination; Youth participation in decision-making The initiatives will be monitored by the project team to ensure their effective implementation and sustainable contribution to peace and social cohesion. Initiatives will need to reflect local realities and promote community ownership. Initiatives must demonstrate the potential for community ownership and continuity beyond project support. Deadline: August 31, 2026 for all KCA project sites (Goma, Nyiragongo, Bukavu and Kinshasa) Submission method: please use the Kobocollect link only for the submission of initiatives and which contains all the guidelines to follow in order to submit the form. Link here: https://ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/FuTeoC1i [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] Tender Link : https://www.mediacongo.net/appel-societe-44398_international_alert_identification_des_initiatives_portees_par_les_jeunes_en_reponse_a_ces_priorites_et_adaptees_aux_realites_locales.html