The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) has selected India as part of the country programmes portfolio to implement a US$ 5 million fund aimed towards promoting sustainable sanitation in rural India, with special focus in the states of Assam and Jharkhand. The programme seeks to respond to fundamental challenges in the Indian Rural Sanitation Sector. In this respect it is consistent with the core principles espoused by the Government of India (GoI), the GSF and the institutional and funding arrangements prevalent in the sector and, aims at influencing long-term, sustainable change.
The Global Sanitation Fund in India will support community-level interventions aimed to enabling access and effective use of improved sanitation facilities and hygiene promotion at scale in select locations in Assam and Jharkhand.
GSF, along with Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), will be implemented in eight districts in each state of which four will be taken up for complete saturation and in another four districts one identified block will be taken for implementation.
Eligibility:
The applicants must be a legal entity registered at national or state level in India with the right to enter a contractual agreement with NR Management Consultants Pvt Ltd.(NRMC), the Executing Agency (EA) for the GSF in India. It must have no history of legal proceedings related to fraud or corruption. There are no area specific restrictions. The ideal sub grantee will have:
- Three years registration as a society/trust
- Experience of working on community development projects as evidenced by satisfactory completion of a community development project
- Audited balance sheets of last three years
- Demonstrated staffing capacity for the project
Last date to apply: July 5, 2011
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Contact details:
Mr Vinay Tiwari
NR Management Consultants India Pvt Ltd.,
s-6, 2nd floor, Green park extension,
New Delhi – 110 016
Tel: (011) - 41881235
email: gsf@nrmcindia.co.in.
Website: http://nrmcindia.co.in
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