Call for proposals for piloting Assistive Technologies

Link to Atlas Project

00046258 – Small Grants Programme

Documents

Call for Proposals
Request for information
Grant Proposal Form
Proposal budget form

Overview

Goal

The ultimate goal of this pilot is to deploy, test, and evaluate the real-world effectiveness of three specialized AAC technologies among persons with severe speech and motor impairments in Armenia. The selected CSO(s) will generate critical operational evidence and recommendations and compile those in a final report to inform the MLSA’s national scale-up strategy.

Furthermore, to ensure equitable access and address the acute needs of conflict-affected populations, the pilot mandates that at least 20% of the selected beneficiaries must be refugees with disabilities or PwDs residing in vulnerable refugee-hosting communities.

Activities

The Scope of Work is divided into the following core activities:

The selected organization(s) shall implement the pilot by deploying and testing the AAC solutions across different real-life settings, including home, educational, rehabilitation, abilitation and community environments, as appropriate to the individual needs of the beneficiaries. Throughout the pilot, the organization(s) shall document implementation processes, user outcomes, and operational lessons to generate practical evidence on the usability, functionality, and effectiveness of the technologies in different contexts and inform recommendations for future national scale-up.

Activity 1: Targeted Beneficiary Selection and Baseline Assessment

Activity 2:  Capacity Building

Activity 3: Monitoring

Activity 4: Endline evaluation, final report and handover.

Applicants must submit a complete application package, containing:

• Grant Proposal,
• Budget Proposal,
• Request for Information.

Applications should be submitted in English to the following email address: ani.karapetyan@undp.org

 

The deadline for submission of applications is COB, 04 August 2026.