In order to support Outcome 3 of the Women Make the Change programme, ensuring women are perceived as legitimate and effective political leaders, a mixed media national communications campaign will be launched that showcases the depth and breadth of women’s leadership across PNG. UN Women aims to address this by engaging a partner that is well-positioned to support the creation of campaign content and facilitate community dialogues on the value and importance of women’s political participation and leadership. Read the CFP: WMC - Call for Proposals For more information, contact Gabrielle John: gabrielle.john@unwomen.org

Wewak, ESP – A delegation of Papua New Guinea's Department of National Planning and Monitoring (DNPM) conducts a 5-day monitoring visit to Sepik Region, inspecting the EU STREIT PNG activities being implemented in the Region. During the monitoring mission, the delegation met with EU STREIT PNG Team, Provincial Administration, service providers and direct beneficiaries, and discussed key issues with key stakeholders on the ground. Appreciating the hard work delivered by the UN Partner agencies in the framework of the EU-funded STREIT Programme, the DNPM Monitoring Mission Leader, Mr Jacob Areman, Assistant Secretary at DNPM, in his remarks during the wrap-up meeting, underscored that it is important to hear directly from the beneficiaries and farmers about their views on the Programme and how the program has been supporting them. Likewise, he further said, "community participation is important for the Programme's success; everything is about farmers, and we need to spend more time with the farmers." Mr Areman acknowledged the good progress made by the Programme, particularly in cocoa and vanilla value chains and infrastructure development sections (roads improvement and maintenance) in the different corners of the Region. "We saw the progress is happening on the ground, and coordination and partnership between the provinces and the EU STREIT PNG are further strengthened," he added. Mr Areman called on further alignments between the Provincial Priorities and EU STREIT PNG, and advised both Provincial Administration and EU STREIT to take tangible steps to further enhance coordination and cooperation at technical levels through establishing institutionalised mechanisms. With support from the EU STREIT PNG Team, the mission covered paying a visit to multiple implementations sites where the Programme keeps up with its commitment to implement activities envisaged to further support the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agri-business practices in both East Sepik and Sandaun Provinces. It includes the renovated Fisheries Office and Ice Plant in Vanimo; Wutung Market Facility on the border of Indonesia; Vanilla farm in Waromo village in BWO LLG; Passi-Krisa-Osol Road's improvement; PDAL extension service centre in Pasi; Yawasoro Niiengwanje Road's improvements; Drone Survey, Penjikovi Women Agriculture Group, Ward 24, Yawasoro; Wewak Rural LLG's training, nursery and budwood garden site; Hawain nursery and resource centre; Wilmom Agro Farming Business Group and the Wewak Rural LLG's Cocoa and Vanilla training, nursery and Bud wood garden site. The EU-STREIT PNG is the largest grant-funded Programme of the European Union in the country and the Pacific region, which focuses on supporting smallholder cocoa, vanilla and fish farmers in the ten districts of East and West Sepik provinces. The Programme is being implemented as a United Nations joint programme under the leadership of FAO, partnering with the International Labour Organization (ILO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and United Nations development programme (UNDP). FAO and the other four UN agencies operate in collaboration with the Government of Papua New Guinea.

Wewak, ESP – The EU-STREIT Programme in Papua New Guinea, in collaboration with the Foundation for Women in Agriculture Development (FOWIAD), moves forward with its plans to build capacity among local cocoa farmers in the Sepik Region, providing them with skills and inputs to establish and run sustainable and competitive cocoa cultivation. With this insight, an additional 695 farmers, from six villages of Apusit, Jambitanget, Kwetgu, Mul Betlem, Patiko and Waikakim villages in North Wosera LLG, Wosera Gawi and Maprik districts of East Sepik Province, were covered by the latest step taken by Programme. Together with FOWIAD, the EU-STREIT provides the farmers with learning opportunities, including hands-on training and field demonstrations to begin and complete rehabilitation work on their existing cocoa blocks. Each farmer was trained on chupon budding and replanting. They were equally equipped with the requisite land preparation skills for planting new seedlings. Furthermore, the Programme procured and distributed 36,544 improved clone cocoa seedlings to the farmers. To have an effective oversight and monitoring mechanism in place, the Programme identified 23 lead farmers who would ensure that the larger group of farmers are following correct procedures and best practices. Besides, out of the ten demonstration blocks the Programme aims to establish in the target villages, five have already been set up, and the trainings have effectively begun. The demonstration blocks serve as a learning centre for the surrounding cocoa farmers to adopt the best practices on their individual blocks. The partnership with FOWIAD aims to train 2,000 youth, both men and women, on the development of cocoa production through distribution of cocoa clone seedlings and capacity building training such as clone cocoa budding and field management. Focused on the inclusion of women and youths, this initiative works on transforming the agricultural sector in the eyes of the youths, making it attractive, viable and offering real and gainful self-employment opportunities for the teeming PNG youths leading to a change in attitudes and a reduction in rural exodus. This will invariably direct, educate, motivate, and inspire other youths to venture into agriculture, which holds the true key to national wealth. With particular emphasis on female youths, this partnership will also lead to more empowerment as well as agency and better participation of the female gender in family financial decision making.  The EU-STREIT PNG, being implemented as a UN joint Programme (FAO as leading agency, and ILO, ITU, UNCDF and UNDP as implementing partners), is the largest grant-funded Programme of the European Union in the country and the Pacific region, which focuses on increasing sustainable and inclusive economic development of rural areas through Increasing the economic returns and opportunities from cocoa, vanilla and fishery value chains and strengthening and improving the efficiency of value chain enablers including the business environment and supporting sustainable, climate-proof transport and energy infrastructure development.

Nature and scope of the Call for Proposals The WPHF, in partnership with the Spotlight initiative, will fund qualifying projects in PNG. The projects must focus on one country. Multi-country projects will NOT be accepted. The focus of the WPHF Spotlight call will be on local civil society organizations working on gender specific protection issues and violence against women and girls in peace and security and humanitarian contexts. Special attention will be provided to applications supporting women and girls multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, such as those marginalized and excluded due to poverty, ethnicity, disability, age, geography, migratory status, HIV status, among others, which is in clear alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the principle of leaving no one behind in EVAW programming. The proposal submitted must be aligned simultaneously to the two following Impact areas for Programmatic Funding: Spotlight Outcome 6: Women’s and girls’ rights groups, movements and CSOs including those facing intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination, more effectively influence and advance progress on GEWE and ending VAWG, including domestic violence And WPHF Impact Area 5: Ensuring that women and girls’ safety, physical and mental health and security are assured and their human rights respected, and which requires measures that prevent acts of violence, facilitate access to services for survivors of violence, and strengthens accountability mechanisms. [1] Please read through the Spotlight Tip Sheet for guidance on recommended activities for Spotlight Initiative Outcome 6 in the following link : CSOs implementation during COVID-19   Location and Duration of Grants The provinces eligible to apply for grants Enga, Hela, Southern Highlands, Western and West Sepik. All civil society organizations can apply for a maximum of 15 months grants.   Funding streams The Call for proposals aims at responding to the needs of local women’s organizations in fragile settings and in the context of COVID 19, with two (2) funding streams: Funding stream 1: Institutional funding: from 2,500 USD to 30,000 USD This funding stream will provide institutional funding to local civil society organizations working on gender specific protection issues in peace and security and humanitarian contexts, to ensure they are able to sustain themselves through the COVID-19 crisis. Prospective applicants will need to demonstrate how the current crisis affects their institutional and financial capacities and how the funding would support them through the pandemic. It will aim at financing a limited range of activities to support the development or strengthening of a CSO’s institutional capacity. The purpose of this funding stream IS NOT to finance the delivery of a programmatic activity. Funding stream 2: Programmatic funding: from 30,000 USD to 200,000 USD This funding stream will finance projects which aim specifically to fund programmatic activities aligned with the Spotlight Initiative’s Outcome 6 and WPHF’s Impact Area 5. These projects can be designed to directly respond to the COVID 19 pandemic as long as they are aligned with these two Outcomes. An organization can submit an application to one or both funding streams. Organizations who will apply for both streams will need to submit two applications packages based on the requirements and related templates of each stream. Organizations can only apply once as lead or co-implementing partner – they cannot appear in several applications.   Eligibility, Application, and Selection Process National and local women-led, women’s rights, feminist, youth rights/led or civil society organizations with a proven track record working with women and girls, in PNG are eligible to apply. Grassroots and local community-based organizations are particularly encouraged to apply. Joint projects are allowed and encouraged. To be considered a “Women’s Rights or Feminist Organization,” the organization’s official mission/vision statement must reflect its commitment to addressing multiple/intersecting forms of discrimination and advancing gender equality and women’s rights. The organization must aim to address the underlying drivers/systems/structures, including patriarchy and gendered power dynamics, those that perpetuate gender-based violence, and work to transform these. “Women-led organization” must be headed by a woman as director/head of organization. To be considered “Youth rights”, the organization’s official mission/vision must reflect its commitment to addressing multiple/intersecting forms of discrimination and advancing the rights of youth. “Youth-led organization” must be headed by a youth as defined by the country/organization Other CSOs must demonstrate experience in addressing violence against women and girls, gender inequalities and/or women’s rights. Women’s funds are particularly encouraged to apply to expand the reach of the funding to a broader cross-section of civil society. Women’s funds that are not registered in the country of implementation may apply in partnership with a locally registered implementing partner as the lead applicant. The following are NOT eligible to apply for a grant from the WPHF: Organizations proposing a multi-country intervention; Organizations proposing an intervention in a country different from the eligible country; Organizations/lead-organizations that are not legally registered in the country/territory of implementation; International non-governmental organizations Government agencies or institutions; UN agencies or UN Country Teams; Private individuals; Private sector entities; Universities and Education institutions   Where do we obtain more information about the call? An information session will be organized with prospective applicants on 13th July and 2nd August 2021 online organized by UN Women, Care International PNG with WPHF Secretariat support. To register, please email: Lavinia Magiar at lavinia.magiar@careint.org, with copy to Felictias Sangga at felicitas.sangga@unwomen.org   Where, when and how to apply for the Call for Proposals? The deadline for submission of proposals is 11th August. Applications received after that date will not be considered. Application packages should be emailed to: cfp.pngco@unwomen.org  with copy to felicitas.sangga@unwomen.org           Please note, the following documents are required and  incomplete applications will not be considered. Proposal for relevant stream (attached, no more than 10 pages, excluding Annex A and B) Results Framework for relevant stream (see Proposal Template Annex: A) Project Budget (see Proposal Template Annex: B)            Proof of valid legal registration or status of the lead organization (if you are in the process for renewal, please share proof)   For full details on eligibility and project requirements, click, download and read documents provided: WPHF-Spotlight Call for Proposals Project Template: Stream 1 - Institutional Funding Project Template Stream 2 - Programme Funding Indicator Tip Sheet: Enabling Environment for Women, Peace, and Security Indicator Tip Sheet: Protection of Women and Girls   [1] See https://wphfund.org/