Call for Proposals for small initiatives - Mtwara Tandahimba
Search for Common Ground, Tanzania

Background Search for Common Ground’s (Search) mission is to transform the way individuals, organizations, and governments deal with conflict, away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative solutions. Search is currently implementing the Kwa Pamoja Tudumishe Amani project in Mtwara region that is focused on strengthening linkages between youth, community leaders, women, bodaboda and security actors (particularly police) to build a collaborative response to prevent extremist recruitment in Mtwara. Search is looking forward to supporting larger youth-led initiatives, which can reach even more community members and strengthen youth leadership. These initiatives will directly respond to some of the recommendations and solutions collaboratively identified during the Youth Security Forums under Search’s ongoing project and designed by youth champions in the design workshop. The Six selected initiatives will thus be rooted in local knowledge and designed to effectively strengthen prevention of and community resilience to risks related to extremism, while fostering collaboration and self-agency in youth champions.
Context Search for Common Ground implements the Kwapamoja Tudumishe Amani II: Strengthening Collaboration and Relationships between and among Youth, Community Leaders, and Security Actors in Mtwara, Search works with youth, women, local government, Bodaboda groups and local civil society. Search has found that youth, women and bodaboda can also act as positive agents of change in their communities when supported to engage directly with police and other community members to identify and lead peace and security initiatives. The proposed Collaborative activities will strengthen youth, women and bodaboda and police engagement through providing initial spaces for police representatives and youth to separately develop their comfort and confidence in engaging with one another by enabling the specific stakeholders practice the skills learnt during the training to take forward their own initiatives.Under our existing project Search has identified this as a gap in programming: youth leaders, women and bodaboda drivers to be left behind in leading roles towards peace building. Additionally they need opportunities to explore their roles, then security actors (police) and community leaders need separate discussion to explore their roles in peace and security initiatives prior to bringing them together to discuss sensitive topics. Some of the Indicative activities that will be considered include but not limited to Participatory Theater performances, arts and cultural events, sports activities, community dialogues, Social Media Campaigns etc.Overall Objective

• To support inclusive peace and security initiatives in Mtwara Rural and Tandahimba

Specific objective

• To strengthen linkages between youth, community leaders, and security actors to work towards a collaborative response to prevent recruitment into VE groups in at-risk communities in the Mtwara region of Tanzania.

Capacity desired for the Sub Awardee

• Proven experience of working in the target Districts ( Mtwara rural and Tandahimba),
• Experience working in sensitive contexts,
• Experience working with youth, men, women, bodaboda drivers, religious leaders and security actors such as Police.
• Ability to co design and implement activities efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to generate clear and timely activity reports covering outcome and success stories.
• Ability to manage funds with good capacity on financial management.
• Ability to implement an activities in efficiency and effective within a timeline (November 2023)

Eligibility criteria

• Be a non-profit organization or group of youth/ women or police that registered under the District Community Development Office.
• Demonstrated experience in the fields of conflict, safety and security, good commitment to conflict sensitivity and principles of do no harm.
• The objective of the Initiatives must be designed to contribute to the results under Objective mentioned above.
• The proposal must be cost-efficient and feasible, with well-defined tasks and responsibilities, realistic timelines, and a clear sustainability plan where appropriate.
• Innovation and potential for scaling-up and replication will be an asset.

Interested sub awardees are hereby invited to submit their proposal, answering the following objectives:

• Increase opportunities for youth, women and bodaboda leadership and engagement on peace and security in Mtwara, including creating a more receptive environmentparticularly within the police forcesfor their participation

The Budget Available is 2,000,000 per one initiative.
Selection criteria

• The proposals must answer the aforement