Call for Proposal: Support women inclusion and empowerment in the development of Dairy and Honey value chains (VC) in Lunxhëri AU

UPDATED: Deadline for applications extended to 31 January 2022, not later than 18:00 hrs.

UN Women in the framework of “EU for Gender Equality in Albania: Implementation of the EU Gender Equality Acquis”, UN Joint Programme funded by the European Union through UN Albania SDG Acceleration Fund is planning to engage a civil society organization (CSO) based in Albania as Responsible Party to implement “Support women inclusion and empowerment in the development of Dairy and Honey value chains (VC) in Lunxhëri AU”.

The intervention is foreseen to directly impact the VC inclusion and economic empowerment of an estimated  30 women beneficiaries in the Lunxhëri Administrative Unit; increase women’s presence and importance in the above two VCs; increase women’s know-how through training activities on: animal health care; milk processing and dairy production at the farm; hygiene and food safety; good practices in beekeeping; harvesting and processing of honey; product diversification and differentiation; HACCP and National Standards; support women dairy and honey producers in market development; and provide employment opportunities and higher income resulting from women’s effective participation in the VCs.

The activities in this intervention aim to engage women – particularly poor, vulnerable and marginalized women – who will effectively engage and participate in value chains and market system, resulting in earning higher incomes, and enjoy economic security. This objective will be achieved by (i) increasing the number of employed/self-employed women in production, processing and marketing; (ii) enhanced capacities on production of Dairy products and technical knowledge on beekeeping; (iii) support women in market development and (iv) improve and ensure hygiene and food safety meet the established standards.

The deadline for the receipt of the complete proposals is now extended to 31 January 2022, not later than 18:00 hrs.

All details can be found in the document attached.