Country: Pakistan
Closing date: 20 Oct 2015
Youth in Action Balochistan is not for profit, non governmental, youth led organization working in Balochistan Province of .
In 2007 a group of educated, dynamic and like-minded youth working in the development sector, got together to establish an organization, for addressing the most urgent and pressing needs of the people of Baluchistan. True to this spirit the organization was named Youth In Action Baluchistan (YIAB).
Considering their association with the development sector the group was cognizant of the plethora of problems plaguing the province. Consequently, the organization’s focus was not kept limited either in in terms of geography or sector. Whilst operating in different districts of the province, YIAB has been carrying a range of interventions in the areas of education, child protection and child rights, health & hygiene, youth & women empowerment, emergency response & preparedness, governance, free legal aid, human rights, etc.
The type of activities undertaken by the organization range from capacity building to service delivery, with focus remaining on the deprived and marginalized segments of the society. Whereas in terms of operations what characterizes YIAB’s functioning are its efforts to (a) enlist involvement of the locals when initiating activities at the grass root level; and (b) mobilize women for bringing peace, tolerance, and development in society.
Although a somewhat new entry in the development arena, YIAB – owing to the linkages of its members with national & international funding agencies – enjoys a diverse portfolio, characterized by partnership with organizations like USAID, UN-FAO, UN-Habitat, UN-WOMEN, Ministry of Human Rights & Rural Development Department, Government of Baluchistan, Baluchistan Education Foundation, and the like.
Microcredit Enterprise Development Program
Women & Youth Empowerment
Livelihood Improvement
Community Physical Infrastructure
Education
Health
Emergency Response and Preparedness
Youth in Action Balochistan is looking for lead partner organization to act as lead consortium partner for the below program and Youth in Action Balochistan will be the co-applicant in this call.
The United Nations, ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness in Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian Countries. ESCAP is calling for project proposals to build and enhance tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness capacities, particularly in end-to-end early warning for coastal hazards.
The 2013-2016 strategy of Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness has three main pillars:
Regional mechanisms
Special country needs
Civil society and business sector initiatives
ESCAP aims to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated approach to resource mobilization for building and enhancing tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness capacities at various levels in accordance with the needs of the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian countries. The Fund will contribute to narrowing the capacity gaps in the region and, among other things, ensure development of an integrated regional early warning system based on adequate resources, and comprising a network of collaborative centres connected to sub-regional and regional centres and linked to other existing centres outside the region, such as those in the Pacific Ocean.
Primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective national early warning arrangements rests with the respective national governments in the region. Subject to availability of funding, the Fund may be drawn upon to supplement national resources in areas in which national organizations do not have adequate capacity. It is envisaged that designated regional, sub-regional and national centres would serve as focal points for establishing, enhancing and maintaining the necessary capacities, whether in terms of technologies, organizations and expertise.
Deadline for submitting proposals is 31 October 2015
Geographic scope:
Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian Countries:
Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam.
Pacific Island Countries:
Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Project duration:
Maximum 18 months.
How to apply:
Please submit your organizational profile for partnership to Youth in Action Balochistan (YIAB) at youthinaction2007@gmail.com, youthinaction2001@ymail.com and mohsinright@gmail.com
