USAID-BHA Grant 2020-2022 Selection Results

Item #

Activity title

Selected agencies

Proposal topic

Amount available in USAID grant (CHF)

 

1

Global Focal Point (GFP) for HLP (Position 1)
For 18 months (April 2021 - September 2022)
Salary and travel costs

IOM

Global Focal Point (GFP) for HLP

57,852

 

2

Global Focal Point (GFP) for HLP (Position 2)
For 18 months (April 2021 - September 2022)
Salary and travel costs

IOM

 Global Focal Point (GFP) for HLP

57,852

 

3

Senior Roving Cluster Coordinator (Position 1)
For 18 months (April 2021 - September 2022)
Salary

NORCAP

 

Senior Roving Cluster Coordinator

80,103

 

4

Senior Roving Cluster Coordinator (Position 2)
For 18 months (April 2021 - September 2022)
Salary

NORCAP

 Senior Roving Cluster Coordinator

80,103

 

 

 

 

 

5

Roving Information Management Officer (Position 1)
For 18 months (April 2021 - September 2022)
Salary

NORCAP

Roving Information Management Officer

80,103

 

 

6

Roving Information Management Officer (Position 2)
For 18 months (April 2021 - September 2022)
Salary

NORCAP

Roving Information Management Officer

80,103

 

 

7

Localization initiatives

IMPACT

Improve access to the settlements-based approach guidance note by translating it into two UN official languages (French and Spanish).

13,268

IOM

Translate the guidelines and online courses developed through the Cluster on “Good Shelter Programming” to Arabic, Spanish and French.

13,320

Canadian RC

Assess capacities of REDLAC-Shelter partners at country level,

Capacity development and training, in response to needs identified.

13,351

CraTERRE

Production of two Shelter Response Profiles (SRPs) for two countries or territories together with local Shelter Clusters.

13,351

 

Total

53,290

 

8

Capacity building, preparedness and outreach

 

Caritas Bangladesh

Training on shelter and settlement response coordination mechanism in Bangla.

7,100

IOM

Launch targeted communication campaigns directed to affected communities and engaging diasporas, for awareness raising of the importance of shelters in DRR in the Philippines and Bangladesh, focusing on social media and in cooperation with Facebook.

7,100

Canadian RC

Develop an interactive directory of locally available vendors of shelter related items that is accessible to shelter agencies.

7,100

CRS

Contingency planning / preparedness and capacity building in Nepal’s districts with a high risk of recurring or significant new disasters. 

7,100

Care UK

A new context specific training on good quality shelter response programme delivered as an interactive workshop to cluster partners in MENA+1 more region.

7,100

 

Total

35,500

   

9

 

Development and updating of online trainings

Canadian RC

Revise the More than Just a Roof course and update its technology to a more modern software platform, (Rise by Articulate), and translate the content into Arabic and French.

8,900

IMPACT

Adapt the settlements-based approach training materials into an online training resource available to the wider humanitarian community.

13,300

CraTERRE

Produce an online training resource for ‘Contextualised analysis of Local Building Cultures’.

13,300

 

Total

35,500

 

10

Country level assessment, monitoring and evaluation

IMPACT

Facilitate assessments, monitoring and evaluation activities in support to national clusters.

97,904

 

11

Regional and country level shelter practice and lessons learnt workshops/fora

CRS

Asia Pacific Shelter Forum

5,340

Habitat for Humanity

Asia Pacific Shelter Forum

5,340

DRC

Africa Shelter Forum (2 events)

7,120

DRC

MENA Shelter Forum (2 events)

7,120

Canadian RC

LAC Shelter Forum (2 events)

7,120

 

Total

32,041

 

 

12

Shelter Projects

IOM

Development, dissemination and translation of Shelter Projects 2019-20

35,601

 

 

13

Global Shelter Coordination Workshop and Global Shelter Cluster Meeting

IFRC

 

12,361

 

14

Global Focal Point for Research
For 18 months (April 2021 - September 2022)
Salary and travel costs  

Habitat for Humanity

 Global Focal Point for Research

89,004

 

15

Global Focal Point for Advocacy
For 18 months (April 2021 - September 2022)
Salary and travel costs  

CANADEM

 Global Focal Point for Advocacy

89,004

 

16

Activities of the GSC WGs, CoPs, SAG and DCG

Australian RC

Inclusion WG: Update, translate and pilot “All under One Roof”

11,950

Australian RC

Environmental Profiles: 4 additional environmental profiles drafted for specified country clusters within Asia Pacific

9000

Care UK

Shelter & Health WG: to start the WG, produce lit reviews, case studies, organize Shelter and Health Learning Day

17,800

IMPACT

Severity Classification WG: facilitate the development of an initial/prototype version of a Shelter Severity Classification (SSC) system.

17,600

IMPACT

Urban Settlements WG: coordination activities and regular webinars with members of the USWG every 4 months.

9,000

Kindling 

Fire Prevention: Baseline report on the State of Fire Safety in Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements and Fire safety guidance / decision support tool for use in the field.

18,000

CraTERRE

Informing Choice for Better Shelter: survey of existing tools and methods and develop and pilot a methodological guide.

17,869

IOM

Diaspora WG: operationalize and promote the SoPs to engage with diasporas in different fora.

5,500

DRC

Construction Good Practice Standards WG: Publication and Dissemination. Strategic partnerships to promote stronger linkages between academia and humanitarian partners.

9,000

 

Total (with overspending)

106,805+5,439=

112,244

 

17

GSC Website

IFRC

 

17,800

 

18

GSC App

IFRC

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,900

Sum of allocated amount: 1,019,678 CHF (not including activities 17, 18 and 13)

Advertised amount: 1,059,147 CHF

Difference: 39,468 CHF from activities 17, 18 and 13 (minus 5,439 CHF overspending on activity 16), which will be implemented by IFRC directly.