Call for Proposals for Partner Agreements for Civil Society Organizations under the Strong Civic Space for Equality and Women's Empowerment (CFP – TUR – 2024 – 02)

Clarification No 2. In response to the queries received between 10 December 2024 and 17 January 2025 for the Call for Proposals for Partner Agreements for Civil Society Organizations under the Strong Civic Space for Equality and Women's Empowerment (CFP – TUR – 2024 – 02) is issued and available below.

Please ensure to read Clarification No 1. which was published  on 9 December 2024 in response to queries received until 02 January 2025 as well.

UN Women Türkiye invites women’s rights/women-led civil society organizations (CSOs) and other relevant rights-based CSOs legally registered and operating in Türkiye to submit project proposals under this Call for Proposals.

This Call for Applications is launched within the framework of the “Strong Civic Space for Equality and Women’s Empowerment-Phase II’ project implemented by UN Women Türkiye with the financial support of the European Union.

UN Women will award indicatively 4 Partner Agreements (PAs) to civil society organizations to contribute to the achievement of the project Output, “Women’s rights groups, women-led CSOs, other rights-based organizations have enhanced operational, normative and programmatic capacities and strengthened sense of community around common goals as part of a larger network of UN Women supported organizations through principled and demand-driven financial and technical support.”

PAs will be awarded in three lots and in the thematic areas of:

• LOT1: Elimination of violence against women and girls
• LOT 2: Advancing women’s economic empowerment
• LOT 3: Gender responsive climate action and/or disaster risk reduction

Applicants should submit individual proposals covering the eligible activities under only one lot (Lot 1, 2 or Lot 3). Applicants may apply to more than one lot separately, provided that they submit only one proposal corresponding to a single lot, with all mandatory annexes.

Application deadline: 24 January 2025 Türkiye midnight time.

Questions regarding the application processes can be submitted until 17 January 2025 until the end of business hours.

E-mail address for applications: [ Click to reveal ].

When submitting applications and questions use of the reference code “UNW- CFP TUR-2024-02 and the LOT number” in the subject section of the email is required.

An information meeting was organized online on 26 December 2024 between 14.00 and 16.00 Türkiye local time. The presentation is available below.