Terms of Reference

Background The “Beyond Bentiu Response" was launched in early 2016 in order to establish a durable alternative to the PoC through expanded service provision and enhanced quality of life outside of the PoC. Humanitarian partners therefore scaled up assistance to areas outside of the Bentiu PoC site, including opening up points in Bentiu town and neighboring villages of high return for biometric registration and food distribution, enabling returnees to access much-needed humanitarian services outside of the PoC site. As of 01 September 2017, nearly 17,267 IDPs had changed their biometric registration cards from Bentiu PoC to surrounding locations including Bentiu town, Ding Ding and Koch. However, humanitarian services are not sufficient to build confidence for youth to return home. In terms of family composition, 59% of youth respondents reported immediate family members living outside of the PoC in South Sudan, mainly in Unity State and an intention to be reunited with immediate family members contingent on security conditions.

The relatively safe but volatile security situation speaks to the urgency and need to promote security and peace in the surrounding areas and places of origin to build conditions for sustainable return. Uncertainty associated with lack of income and employment opportunities for returnees and host community members emerged as a key challenge during an IOM assessment in 2017. To address the challenges identified and support youth returns, there is a significant need to strengthen social, cultural and economic interdependencies among youth. The Bentiu Youth Intentions Baseline Survey of 1,235 youth IDPs in Bentiu PoC aged 18-35 years old in June 2017 indicated a significant lack of skills and livelihood plans amongst youth in the PoC, with 91% of youth IDPs reporting that they have not undertaken any vocational trainings, professional trainings, on-the-job trainings or apprenticeships. An overwhelming majority of youth IDP respondents (96%) indicated that humanitarian assistance constitutes the main source of livelihood. The survey also revealed that being idle (65%) followed by lack of basic skills (24%) and lack of training (9%) constitute the major challenges for youth IDPs. In terms of which livelihood skills training was most sought after, IDP youth provided an array of responses ranging from farming to masonry to computer skills. In terms of future employment outside of the PoC, over 50% of respondents identified small scale business and over 17% identified farming as preferred income generating activities. There is need to revitalize local economies and creating work opportunities and building a strong foundation for reconciliation between returnees and community members. Rubkona has been identified as the primary County where youth will return to, hence interventions should focus on Bentiu and Rubkona towns in Rubkona County.

IOM and UNDP received funding from the UN’s Peace Building Fund (PBF) to jointly implement a project in Bentiu entitled: Beyond Bentiu Protection of Civilian Site (PoC) Youth Reintegration Strategy: Creating Conditions for Peaceful Coexistence between Youth Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Returnees and Host Community Members. The project aims to strengthen foundations for peace through creating platforms for youth dialogue, rehabilitating and constructing key community infrastructure, and fostering positive economic and social interdependencies between youth IDP, returnees and host community member. Within the framework of this project IOM will be in charge of the administration and management of grants to be selected to national NGOs in order to provide sustainable recovery assistance for conflict- affect communities, particularly youth IDPs, returnees and host communities.

Proposal Requirements:

Proposal Criteria The review and approval of project proposals is undertaken in accordance with the overarching objectives of the project stated above and according to the following principles:

 The proposals must be realistic, well‐structured and addresses the problems stated in the background of the proposal.  The project should target comprehensive, sustainable livelihood training and employment opportunities which focus on bringing youth IDPs and host communities together through innovative livelihood opportunities.  The proposal should address the economic needs of youth in the displaced, return and host communities in Bentiu and Rubkona towns. While aiming to address economic needs, propose livelihood and income generating activities should also create platforms that promote peaceful co-existence, fostering a positive economic and social interdependencies between youth.  Proposal should explain its institutional mechanisms for protecting data, including beneficiary data (See Annex F – IOM Data Protection Principles)  Proposals do not duplicate existing activities able to meet the current needs implemented by the same applicant or other organizations. The applicant must coordinate with the relevant Cluster(s); to ensure activities fit within the Beyond Bentiu Strategy;  Proposed activities should assure a good representation of youth groups within Bentiu and Rubkona towns, as well as gender-balance (See Annex E – Cross Cutting Issues).  The proposal should articulate the concurrence of activities with existing community resources and complementarity with community-led recovery initiatives.

Project Timeframe The project should be implemented between May and December 2018 in Bentiu and Rubkona towns.

Budget Maximum amount of funding disbursed should not exceed USD 120,000.

National Non-Governmental Organization Eligibility IOM will carry out a due diligence process and an assessment of organizational capacity to determine eligibility. National non-governmental organizations (NNGOs) that satisfactorily meet due diligence requirements and demonstrate sufficient institutional, managerial, financial and programmatic capacity will be eligible to receive funding.

For NNGOs to be a recipient of funds from IOM, they must meet the following basic conditions: 1. Registered nationally as a humanitarian, development and/or non-profit organization and possession of a valid registration certificate; 2. Established sectoral competence in the area of potential intervention to be supported by the grant; 3. Established geographical presence in Bentiu and Rubkona towns and the PoC 4. Able to meet standards of financial probity acceptable to IOM/UN; 5. Capacity to meet M&E and reporting requirements established by IOM;