UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (UNCDF)

Mentorship Platform and Grant Support and Management - Global

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline for submission: December 21^th of 2018

The purpose of this request for applications (RFA) is to support UNCDF in deploying mentorship model to support its work under Inclusive Innovation work. UNCDF is implementing an innovation engagement in Malaysia and China followed by other countries of Asia, Africa and The Pacific, that would focus on driving usage of digital finance and digital innovations working on various use-cases where technology plays a key part. Overall objective of these services is to empower various segments (women, youth, refugees, migrants, MSMEs, farmers) in their daily lives. This will be achieved by supporting various stakeholders in the market:

1. Working with the established providers to solve some key challenges of these segments by crowding in solutions across start-ups or individuals and

2. Working with start-ups to solve use-cases that would drive customers to actively consume financial and digital services.

3. In the process UNCDF will also work with government and regulators to support innovation and open frameworks that could drive creation of plug and play model between start-ups and industry players.

The final outputs and deliverables of this engagement is the operations and management through an online mentorship platform and providing small value grants included managing cost of logistics with the participating teams. Including engagement of mentors under the cohort organized by UNCDF in various countries, to support the mentees of the UNCDF programme.

Applications should be returned to the UNCDF MM4P Programme by email no later than midnight on December 21^th, 2018 Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5). It is anticipated that negotiations and grant signing will commence within 3 to 4 weeks of application submission.

The overall duration of this engagement is expected for an initial duration of one (1) year and would be extended for subsequent years based on the experience of existing engagement. Expected date of full completion is December 31, 2019 for current agreement.

Applications and any consultation about this RFA should be submitted via email at mm4p@uncdf.org; copying in (cc) jaspreet.singh@uncdf.org Please include in the subject line of the email: “Global Mentorship Platform Ops and Management”