SEEP Network & FSD Africa

EVIDENCE AND LEARNING GRANT
SAVINGS GROUPS AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
http://mangotree.org/files/galleries/SEEP_RFP_SGs-and-Women_s-Empowerment_FINAL-0001.pdf

Countries: Sub-Saharan Africa, but proposals can include benchmarking or perspectives from other regions.
Application language: English
Deadline: 02 March 2018

Grant size: 90,000 USD for a period of up to 12 months (from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)
The mechanism for funding will be a cost-reimbursable services agreement, based on receipt of invoices 


DESCRIPTION

The SEEP and FSD Africa Networks are soliciting proposals from learning partner organizations to address a specific gap in the body of knowledge on the relationship between Savings Groups and women’s empowerment.

Objective: This evidence and learning grant aims to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of Savings Groups in women’s empowerment; and, in turn, the improved design, implementation, monitoring or evaluation of Savings Groups initiatives in relation to one, or multiple, dimensions of women’s empowerment. 

Proposals may include activities that consolidate, expand and transfer knowledge on the relationship between Savings Groups and women’s empowerment. These may include primary research, secondary research, action research or knowledge translation.

Technical approaches and methodologies may include:

• Primary research (qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods)
• Secondary research (consolidation and synthesis of existing evidence, tools or practices)
• Action research (development and/or evaluation of operational tools or models) 

• Knowledge translation (synthesis and dissemination of existing knowledge for improved 
application) 


Specific outputs may include a combination of the following: research report; learning brief; blog series; case study; video; podcast; operational tool; monitoring, evaluation and learning tool; infographics; high-impact virtual and/or in-person learning event(s).

ELIGIBILITY

Proposals may be submitted by universities, applied research institutions, non-governmental organizations, and private sector organizations. Partnerships are encouraged, and organizations may contribute to multiple proposals as lead or co-applicant.

Proposals and questions must be submitted electronically to:
David Panetta

Program Director, Financial Inclusion through Savings Groups
The SEEP Network

panetta@seepnetwork.org

For more information: www.seepnetwork.org
All questions and the corresponding answers will be shared on Tuesday, February 6: http://mangotree.org/news