Through this Call for Proposals, UNOPS will engage eligible Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) and distributors [1], some of whom operate either alone or in partnership with each other, and help them set up financing windows for high-quality, small-scale solar solutions for rural and peri-urban households and provide grants to beneficiaries to make systems affordable.

UNOPS will make available 2,986 high quality off-grid energy access products to PFIs and distributors to be distributed to eligible rural and peri-urban households, offering partial grants to the PFIs based on cash or credit terms of said products.

[1] Financial institutions include any microfinance bank, microfinance institution or other local entity providing micro-credits, which is registered as a financial institution, or non-governmental organization, or other association, pursuant to the laws of the Republic of Yemen, and approved by UNOPS to participate as a financier of solar products and small-scale solar systems.