RFP: Civil Society Mapping in Lesotho

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Wishes to Submit Proposal: Civil Society Mapping in Lesotho at UNICEF

Closing Date: 26 November 2026

1. BACKGROUND

Civil society organizations are important partners in advancing children’s rights, strengthening accountability, reaching underserved populations, and supporting inclusive national development. In Lesotho, civil society actors operate across diverse thematic areas and geographic locations, but available information on their organizational capacity, programme focus, staffing, funding, operational status and physical presence is fragmented across multiple sources and may not be current.

UNICEF Lesotho therefore intends to commission a national civil society mapping exercise to establish a credible and practical overview of the sector. The exercise will identify established organizations with verifiable operations and physical offices, analyze sector-wide patterns, and produce a structured database that can support partnership development, stakeholder engagement, programme planning and referral to relevant organizations.

The mapping is expected to cover national and subnational organizations, including nongovernmental organizations, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, networks, associations and other not-for-profit civil society entities that meet the verification criteria agreed at inception. The assignment is a mapping and descriptive analytical exercise. It is not an audit, accreditation process, formal due-diligence assessment, partner selection exercise or performance ranking of organizations.

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

Terms of Reference Document: Available on the United Nations Lesotho website.

Date published: 06 November 2026

HOW TO APPLY

Interested parties should refer to the Terms of Reference document for the full details of the assignment and proposal submission requirements.

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