FY 2015 Request for Concept Notes for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Other Vulnerable Populations in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, and Iraqi Refugees in Syria

This is the first time PRM has issued a request for concept notes instead of full proposals and this solicitation is the first step in a two-part process. After reviewing concept notes, PRM will invite selected organizations to expand their submissions into full, 12 or 24 month proposals, with detailed budgets. Selected organizations will have 30 calendar days after they are notified of their selection to complete their full proposals. This announcement references PRM'€™s General NGO Guidelines, which contain additional information on PRM’s priorities and NGO funding strategy with which selected organizations must comply. Please use both the General NGO Guidelines and this announcement to ensure that your concept note submission is in full compliance with PRM requirements and that the proposed activities are in line with PRM’s priorities. Concept note submissions that do not reflect the requirements outlined in these guidelines will not be considered. (a) Concept note activities should primarily support displaced Iraqi and Syrian populations in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, as well as Iraqi refugees in Syria; however, projects are encouraged to allow for support of other local refugee populations as well, including Palestinian refugees. (For Egypt only, projects may also focus primarily on sub-Saharan African populations.) With the exception of Iraq, concept note activities are restricted to beneficiaries living outside of government- or UNHCR-run camps. Concept notes may incorporate efforts to increase the capacity of national actors (both governmental and NGO) to respond to the needs of refugees and displaced populations. (b) Concept notes must focus on one or more of the following sectors (see PRM’s General NGO Guidelines for sector descriptions): (i) Protection, including but not limited to child protection, psychosocial assistance, dissemination of reliable information related to available services or other assistance, legal aid, meeting basic needs (cash assistance or relief items), and/or gender-based violence prevention and response as applicable (ii) Education (primary, remedial, accelerated, and/or non-formal) (iii) Health (including mental health) (iv) Shelter (v) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) (vi) Livelihoods