12-002 modification 3.pdf

The purpose of this modification is to incorporate the following:

1. Request concept papers for Mozambique as described below by 25 April 2012 for first round consideration:

Mozambique:

Focus: GBV Total available is $200,000 DHAPP in support of the Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique (FADM) was awarded funds supporting a three-year Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Initiative to reduce and respond to GBV in Mozambique by the U.S. Government’s (USG) Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This funding will build upon existing HIV prevention and care activities.

Within the context of HIV prevention, care, treatment, and overall system strengthening, the goal of this strategy is to reduce the acceptance and incidence of gender-based violence and provide guidance for legal protection, appropriate clinical services for survivors, and education.

The offeror will collaborate with DHAPP, FADM and other implementing partners in their efforts to reduce GBV among the military populations and their families and consequently impacting in the relationships developed between military populations and civilians surrounding military compounds. Collaboration will include integrating the selected partner’s programming with the existing programming and working with existing partners to collect and use baseline focus group information regarding GBV in the FADM. The offerer may subcontract to a local NGOs or civil society organizations to receive local cultural and language support. The offeror collaborate with the other FADM.

The offeror will lead the GBV effort in these areas:

1. Provide technical assistance to FADM and existing implementing partners to increase awareness of GBV among all levels of FADM and its related policy.

a. Consider all levels of perpetrators: high rank officials, military instructors (male and female) and the military population in general

b. Consider all possible victims: young recruits at training camps (male and female), female (lower rank or privates) at their assigned units, young female living in areas surrounding military units

2. Provide technical assistance to FADM and existing implementing partners to improve GBV policy implementation through:

a. Increased high level advocacy with MOD to require GBV screening and referrals for victims of rape and sexual violence

b. Advocacy to integrate GBV screening and referral into clinical guidelines, starting with counseling and testing, Prevention with Positives and prevention of mother-to-child transmission.

3. Provide technical assistance to FADM and existing implementing partners to improve the availability and quality of GBV non-clinical services and education supporting these types of activities:

a. Using a training of trainers approach the collaborative implementing partners and FADM will use their expertise and experience to train military peer educators (and all other required staff) in the basic principles and techniques of individual of group discussions on GBV in military settings

b. Provide technical assistance in the development/adaptation of military contextualized GBV Information Education Communication materials.

A specific scope of work delineating the roles and responsibilities of the offeror and existing partners will be developed after the grant is awarded.