The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 least developed countries. With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development.

As part of UNCDF strategy ”Leaving no one behind in the digital era”, UNCDF, in partnership with the National Information and Technology Authority in Uganda (NITA-U) are looking for a legally established entity in Uganda to design, develop, commission, and operationalize a Data Protection Solution.

Applicants may apply independently or in a consortium, provided that the consortium has a pre-established partnership prior to when this request for applications was issued. Please verify the eligibility conditions on Section 3.1. of the RFA.

UNCDF will award to one (1) applicant, who scores the highest in accordance with the Evaluation Criteria as set forth in section 3.2. The emerging winner will receive:
• A grant contribution to implement the project of up to 150,000 USD
• Technical assistance by UNCDF team and the NITA-U team through the lifetime of the project.

UNCDF will sign a Performance-Based Agreement (PBA) with the selected applicants. Please refer to the PBA sample available on this RFA website.

Inquiries to this request for applications may be submitted by email to
uncdf.rfa@uncdf.org cc richard.ndahiro@uncdf.org

All applications must be submitted uploading Annex I, II and III available in this RFA website by 23:59 EST on 20 April 2021 using UNCDF’s online application platform:

https://apply.uncdf.org/prog/data_protection_solution_for_the_nita-u/data_protection_solution_for_the_nita-u