INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS

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INTERNATIONAL
CALL FOR PROPOSALS

“Schools around the World 2019”

Activities to provide support for food, health, schooling
and training for schools and educational centres in contexts affected
by structural poverty.

PRESENTATION
OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND GUIDELINES

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                                  New Life for Children
                        Associazione non lucrativa di utilità sociale
                          Via Nazionale 230, int. 21 00184 Roma
                     Tel. + 39 06 93563790 - Cod.Fisc. 97530640586

                              www.NewLifeforChildren.org
INDEX
1. PROPOSING ORGANISATION                                                    3
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS                                      3
3. FUNDING                                                                   3
4. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GUIDELINES                                            4
  4.1 APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY                                                  4
  4.2 ELIGIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES                                 4
  4.3 ELIGIBILITY OF TYPES OF EXPENDITURE ITEMS                              5

5. PROJECT PRESENTATION and SELECTION                                        6
  5.1 FIRST PHASE: PRESENTATION OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS                    6
  5.2 SECOND PHASE: PRESENTATION OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATION                 6
  5.3 PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATION                       6
  5.4 VALIDATION OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATION                                 6
  5.5 COMMUNICATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF FUNDING                             7
  5.6 COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION                                          7

6. ANNEXES                                                                   8
  6.1 ANNEX 1 – INFORMATION ON THE ORGANISATION                              8
  6.2 ANNEX 2 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS / SUMMARY PROJECT PROFILE                 8
  6.3 ANNEX 3 - CALL FOR APPLICATION / PROJECT FORM                          8
  6.4 ANNEX 4 - CALL FOR APPLICATION / FULL BUDGET                           8

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                               Via Nazionale 230, int. 21 00184 Roma
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1. PROPOSING ORGANISATION
New Life for Children is an international humanitarian organisation based in Italy that has been operating on
3 continents for 10 years. The goal of our projects is to counter the cycle of child poverty by encouraging
access to schooling for the population groups who are in need.

New Life for Children give priority to activities in contexts characterised by structural poverty in which girls
and boys live in conditions of social, economic, physical and psychological distress.

New Life for Children supports any local entity that plays a role in education, believing that education is the
key factor to guarantee that each child has a future that is free of poverty and violence.

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The "Schools around the World 2019" call for proposals is part of the international "Schools in the World"
programme which has been operating in support of infant schooling on 4 continents since 2004, promoted by
New Life for Children and Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti1,.

The overall objective of the call for proposals is to implement child protection and development initiatives in
contexts of extreme poverty and social vulnerability through access to integrated schooling, health care
and services for food security.

The target population are children from the ages of 3 to 14, while schools are the preferred space for the
implementation of these initiatives, which have positive effects on both families and communities.

Thanks to this call for proposals, New Life for Children wishes to strengthen its network of medium and long-
term international partners by carrying out activities aimed at achieving its mission in the following countries:
Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia.

3. FUNDING
The call for proposals provides for the allocation of funding in the form of the grant of a minimum of € 20,000
up to a maximum of € 40,000 for each individual initiative, up to a maximum duration of 12 calendar months.

As part of this call for proposals, funding will be provided for a single organisation based in one of the
following countries: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania or Zambia.

1Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti for development and communication is a research organisation in the neuroscientific and
psycho-pedagogical fields specialised in the training of educational personnel, in particular teachers and educators.

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4. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GUIDELINES

4.1 APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

APPLICANTS:

   (a) Projects may be proposed exclusively by local private and non-profit organisations with registered
       and operational offices in the countries covered by the call for proposals;
   (b) Partnerships and/or consortiums are permitted as defined in the following paragraphs;
   (c) Applicants must be established as legally responsible for the preparation and management of the
       activities and funding, including in the event of co-implemented actions with partners;
   (d) Projects of organisations that already have operational initiatives in the countries included in the call
       for proposals are eligible for funding.

ACTIVITIES:

Only projects submitted by local private and non-profit organisations that have been operating for at least 5
years in the sectors included in the call for proposals shall be admitted.

PARTNERS AND CONSORTIUMS:

The only type of consortium permitted is the following: in association with a public or private school as
beneficiary or co-executor. Other types of consortiums are not permitted.

LEGAL NOTICES:

Eligibility shall be deemed invalidated if an applicant or their legal representatives are involved in:

   (a) Court proceedings in progress or concluded with charges against them;
   (b) Dispute proceedings involving other donor organisations;
   (c) Definitive judgments of a criminal, civil or administrative nature.

4.2 ELIGIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES

Activities with the following characteristics are CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE for funding:

   (a) Activities that are structured and included in the institutional activity of one or more public or private
   schools located in one of the countries involved in the call for proposals;
   (b) Activities that are scheduled to be performed within a 12 calendar month timeframe;
   (c) Activities that lead to a strengthening, extension and/or improvement of school activities, aimed at
   children aged 3 to 14 who find themselves living in precarious and vulnerable socio-economic conditions;
   (d) Improvement and/or extension of access to health care services for the benefit of school children aged
   3 to 14;
   (e) Activities to counter malnutrition in age groups ranging from 3 to 14 and/or to improve access to a
   healthy diet for the beneficiary child population;
   (f) Activities for the partial renovation, enlargement or improvement of school infrastructure;

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(g) For any activity that involves the use of real estate, the applicant organisation shall provide information
   on the characteristics and state of the buildings involved in the project and provide proof of entitlement to
   use (either direct or indirect).
   (h) Teacher training is an indispensable part of the initiative: the methodology, contents and costs of the
   training will be brought by New Life for Children and by Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti in compliance with
   the expectations and the mission of the organisation.
   (i) Generally speaking, proposed activities must meet the criteria of importance and relevance specified in
   the problems analysis and in the logical framework.

The following activities are deemed NOT ELIGIBLE for funding:

   (a) Activities that do not meet the objectives of the call for proposals;
   (b) Activities that are merely a support to the ordinary operating activity of the applicant organisation;
   (c) Activities that exclusively or mainly provide for the activation of internships/scholarships;
   (d) Activities solely for the purchase, construction, maintenance or renovation of buildings, assets or
   equipment;
   (e) Activities that promote the interests or strategies of political parties;
   (f) Activities that promote any type of proselytism;
   (g) Other general costs of the applicant organisation.

4.3 ELIGIBILITY OF TYPES OF EXPENDITURE ITEMS

An illustrative, but not exhaustive, list of expense items is shown below.

   1. Local staff (for example, project coordination, educational staff such as teachers, educators, etc.);
   2. Travel costs and accommodation (for example, fuel, etc.);
   3. Utilities (for example, costs related to telephony, internet, stationery, etc.);
   4. Improvement of school infrastructure;
   5. School material for direct beneficiaries (for example, pens, notebooks, books, etc.);
   6. Medical services for direct beneficiaries;
   7. Medical supplies for direct beneficiaries;
   8. Training activities;
   9. Local charges (bank commissions, administrative costs), 7% of the total.

Funding of types of activities other than those listed, when justified by the implementation of the initiative,
can be discussed during validation (for example, water purification, construction of a well, etc.).

All costs shall be exclusively related to the activities funded by this call for proposals. In the event of a
negative assessment, funding shall be suspended with immediate effect.

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                                         Via Nazionale 230, int. 21 00184 Roma
                                    Tel. + 39 06 93563790 - Cod.Fisc. 97530640586

                                             www.NewLifeforChildren.org
5. PROJECT PRESENTATION and SELECTION
The assignment process is divided into 5 steps:

5.1 FIRST PHASE: PRESENTATION OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The presentation of the CALL FOR PROPOSALS, by 31 May 2019, shall concern the eligibility of the project
idea, its completeness and consistency with respect to the contents and the purposes specified in the call for
proposals. The following documents shall be submitted in this phase:

   (a) Annex 1 – Information on the organisation;
   (b) Annex 2 - Summary Project Profile;
   (c) Act of incorporation translated and validated in English;
   (d) Statute translated and validated in English;
   (e) Financial statements for the last three years translated and validated in English.

5.2 SECOND PHASE: PRESENTATION OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATION

The presentation of the CALL FOR APPLICATION, by 31 July 2019, to which only ideas that passed Phase 1
can gain access, is focused on the comparative assessment of final projects. The following documents shall
be submitted in this phase:

   (a) Annex 3 - Project Form
   (b) Annex 4 - Budget

5.3 PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATION

Following the positive outcome of the individual Call for proposal, the individual CALL FOR APPLICATION
shall be assessed by a commission composed of:

   1. Chairman of New Life for Children - Onlus;
   2. 1 project manager;
   3. 1 member external to the organisation.

Assessments of the eligible candidacies received shall be carried out at the sole discretion of New Life for
Children by 30 September 2019.

5.4 VALIDATION OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATION

Those successful in the CALL FOR APPLICATION shall then go through a validation procedure that
represents the last selection step:

   (a) One or more meetings to gain mutual understanding and further information with the examining
       commission at the location of the initiative (or at the offices of the proposing organisation, New Life for
       Children);

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                                         Via Nazionale 230, int. 21 00184 Roma
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(b) Signing of a collaboration agreement with special mention clauses on: Guidelines for financial
       reporting, narrative reporting, audio-visual communication and on-site monitoring. Definition of the
       procedure for carrying out on-site training by New Life for Children, the proposing organisation;

Should the assignees not be deemed suitable during validation, the funding can be assigned to other
organisations via a new validation procedure.

5.5 COMMUNICATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF FUNDING

The communication will be given by email starting from 7 October 2019.

5.6 COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION

For any further clarification, please write to the following e-mail address: grant@newlifeforchildren.org

As a private organisation, New Life for Children is not obliged to observe public procedures and has the right
not to assign all or part of the budget.

English shall be the language used for communications and monitoring activities.

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                                                 New Life for Children
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                                         Via Nazionale 230, int. 21 00184 Roma
                                    Tel. + 39 06 93563790 - Cod.Fisc. 97530640586

                                             www.NewLifeforChildren.org
6. ANNEXES
6.1 ANNEX 1 – INFORMATION ON THE ORGANISATION

Excel file: Annex 1 and 2 - INFORMATION and CALL FOR PROPOSAL

6.2 ANNEX 2 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS / SUMMARY PROJECT PROFILE

Excel file: Annex 1 and 2 - INFORMATION and CALL FOR PROPOSAL

6.3 ANNEX 3 - CALL FOR APPLICATION / PROJECT FORM

Excel file: Annex 2 and 4 - CALL FOR APPLICATION and BUDGET

6.4 ANNEX 4 - CALL FOR APPLICATION / FULL BUDGET

Excel file: Annex 2 and 4 - CALL FOR APPLICATION and BUDGET

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                                           New Life for Children
                                 Associazione non lucrativa di utilità sociale
                                   Via Nazionale 230, int. 21 00184 Roma
                              Tel. + 39 06 93563790 - Cod.Fisc. 97530640586

                                       www.NewLifeforChildren.org
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