Call for Proposals for Civil Society Organizations / Consortia to implement a solution-oriented business support program for women entrepreneurs in Moldova

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Moldova Office invites qualified Civil Society Organizations and/or Consortia to submit proposals for the design, management, and full-cycle implementation of a Solution-oriented business support program for women entrepreneurs in Moldova (Programme).  

The Programme will run for 24 months (July 2026-June 2028) and aims to reach a minumum of 100 women entrepreneurs across the full portfolio of awarded proposals. It is implemented through programme tracks of 25 participants each, lasting up to six months per track. Each track guides participants from the diagnosis of a specific business growth blocker through to active implementation support, delivering a core architecture of components: business diagnosis, solutions development, piloting, expert access, mentoring, access to finance support, workforce linkages, and knowledge capitalization. Implementing organizations (applicants) define the sectoral focus, geographic anchoring, and methodological configuration on the basis of their documented expertise and the profile of their target group. 

The available budget is USD 90,000 per programme track. UN Women reserves the right to award between one and four tracks in total across the Programme portfolio, to one or more Responsible Parties. A single organization may propose one or more tracks within a single application. 

UN Women invites eligible applicants to submit their proposal, as elaborated in this advertisement.

An info session will take place on 15 May 2026 at 14:30, Moldova time.

Link for connection: https://unwomen.zoom.us/j/95010435602?pwd=cuaE9fZ7pFUIFRcCX74Aw1pmnWSoo0.1

Interested proponents may obtain further information by contacting this email address: natalia.manea@unwomen.org   

Please note that selected Programme Partner will be assumed to have accepted al legal terms of conditions present in the Partner Agreement - attached. Besides, the selected Programme Partner will accept to register and seek for verification on the UN Partner Portal an online platform designed to streamline and enhance collaboration between Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and various UN agencies. The UNPP is a joint initiative involving agencies such as IOM, UN Secretariat, UN Women, FAO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOPS, WFP, and WHO with operational support from UNICC, aimed at simplifying partnership processes and fostering effective cooperation.