UNCDF in partnership with the European Union under the 11th EDF is implementing a five year Programme referred to as the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU). The general objective of the programme is to consolidate stability in Northern Uganda, eradicate poverty and under-nutrition and strengthen the foundations for sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development. The programme aims to steer a paradigm shift from a sector-oriented support to an integrated territorial approach, and 'connect the dots' between key sectors and areas for an inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development of the region. UNCDF contributes to the programme in three areas:

1. Food Security and Agriculture: UNCDF designs and implements a mechanism for providing concessional and zero interest loans,technical assistance grants and partial credit guarantees to promising projects. Women and youth are deliberately targeted, and projects that aim at reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities (green economy) promoted under the START Facility (Support to Agricultural Revitalization and Transformation) in Northern Uganda.

2. Transport Infrastructure: UNCDF supports rehabilitation and upgrading of selected number of priority districts and community access roads within four priority districts (Amudat, Adjumani, Abim, Moyo) to enable implementation of roads rehabilitation programs by districts; provides training in road maintenance and technical assistance in integrating the road rehabilitation and maintenance component in the LG annual and and maintenance component in the LG annual and mid-term planning, budgeting and implementation frameworks.

3. Good Governance: UNCDF uses local public financial management systems as the entry point to enhance capacities of local authorities to better fulfil their core and broad mandates (notably in relation to the other sectors targeted by this programme) and better respond to local needs and deliver quality services to its citizens, improving upwards accountability mechanisms. This component includes two funding facilities: District Local Government Excellence Fund and District Revenue Mobilization Fund.

Proposal submission deadline is on 19 November, 5 PM, Uganda time. For full details, please access https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=85338