[{"bbox": [83, 145, 1147, 228], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the recourse to an award of a grant without a call for proposals is justified on account of the organisations' technical competence and high degree of specialisation (article 195(f) of the Financial Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [83, 252, 1147, 652], "category": "Text", "text": "To be successful, interventions for this specific objective require a strong outreach capacity towards the different stakeholders targeted, an in-depth understanding of the political and social dynamics at play, and a very specific expertise. In this respect, these four organisations have a unique positioning in the Nigerian context and technical competencies. The Nigerian Women Trust Fund is the only institution with a trust fund geared towards capacity building for women seeking office and for the overall promotion of women's political participation. It does this whilst providing a platform for collaboration between organisations working in the same space. ElectHer has an innovative methodology for women's political participation using digital tools (crowdfunding, digital campaigns and training, civic technologies). Their appeal to the youth population is unique and this serves our objective of promoting the political participation of young people. The Albino Foundation leads advocacy for the political participation of people with disability in Nigeria. They successfully led the People with disability (PWD) community in advocacy for the inclusion of PWD in the ongoing electoral reform process. The organisation's high technical competence has also been demonstrated in their positive advocacy and leadership of the PWD community on political participation and access to social services more generally. They also enjoy the confidence and collaboration of other international agencies and groups working on these issues in Nigeria. Cedar Seed works closely with the Albino Foundation on these issues and supporting this organisation would widen our reach to the PWD community."}, {"bbox": [83, 677, 1147, 758], "category": "Text", "text": "Working with these organisations also enable to build on the successes of the predecessor programme in order to sustain momentum and ensure sustainability of our actions. The organisations are all well recognised and respected by multiple stakeholders and there is much value to be added on our engagement with them."}, {"bbox": [83, 782, 441, 811], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1.5 Grants: (direct management)"}, {"bbox": [83, 836, 343, 864], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### (a) Purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [83, 863, 1147, 917], "category": "Text", "text": "*Specific Objective 6:* Empower Civil Society Organisations and relevant agencies to demand greater transparency and accountability in the electoral and decision making process, and promote greater citizens' participation."}, {"bbox": [83, 942, 388, 971], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### (b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [83, 969, 318, 996], "category": "Text", "text": "NGOs and public bodies."}, {"bbox": [83, 1022, 404, 1049], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### (c) Justification of a direct grant"}, {"bbox": [83, 1048, 1147, 1156], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to the Kukah Centre selected using operational and financial capacity as essential criteria and relevance of the proposed action to meet the objectives of the programme, design, effectiveness, feasibility, sustainability and the ratio cost/effectiveness of the action as award criteria."}, {"bbox": [83, 1180, 1147, 1261], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the recourse to an award of a grant without a call for proposals is justified because the organisation is in a factual monopoly situation (article 195(c) of the Financial Regulation), as the secretariat of the National Peace Committee which has an exclusive mandate to:"}, {"bbox": [121, 1262, 947, 1290], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Organise, observe and monitor compliance with Peace Accord by the political parties;"}, {"bbox": [121, 1290, 1147, 1344], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Provide advice to the Government and the Electoral Management Body on resolution of political disputes and conflicts arising from issues of compliance with the Accords;"}, {"bbox": [121, 1344, 1147, 1396], "category": "List-item", "text": "* To make itself available for national mediation and conciliation in the case of post - electoral disputes or crises."}, {"bbox": [83, 1397, 1147, 1506], "category": "Text", "text": "Made up of eminent elder statesmen, the National Peace Committee is the only platform of engagement between the political parties and between them and relevant government agencies on many contentious issues in the electoral cycle. Although with no legal enforcement powers (yet), the Committee is the most credible and trusted body in the electoral process owing to its convening power and ability to mobilise high profile political leaders across the world."}, {"bbox": [1040, 1660, 1159, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 25 of 29"}]