Nuffic announces Call for Proposal for Renewable Energy- Tanzania

Deadline: 11 August 2019

The Nuffic has announced a call for proposals for Renewable Energy with an aim to strengthen the technical and vocational education and training in renewable energy (diversity of forms) to create jobs and contribute to ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all in Tanzania (SDG7).

Objectives

Strengthening technical and vocational education and training to increase the use of renewable energy sources (e.g. solar, wind, geothermal, biogas), increasing reliable access to electricity and household cooking alternatives, particularly in remote areas.
Contribute to self-employment and job creation in the renewable energy sector.

Program Impact

The following medium-term impact will contribute to this:

Education system (TVET/HE) is of good quality, relevant and accessible (SDG 4);
Partnerships between persons and organisations are inclusive and sustainable (SDG 17);
Organisations key to (sectoral) inclusive development of partner countries are
strengthened by inflow of enhanced workforce.

The proposed project must contribute to the following long-term impact:

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy (SDG7);
Facilitate (local) capacity building on technology development to accelerate the use of renewable energy in households, using innovative solutions and taking the climate into account.

Funding Information

Maximum available funding for this call, excluding co-funding is EUR 400.000.
Maximum funding per Tailor-Made Training Plus, excluding co-funding is EUR 400.000.

Outcome

Enhanced knowledge and skills of individuals and organisations (in partner countries and in the NL) in line with country/regional specific labour market needs and aiming at inclusiveness.

Eligibility Criteria

Grant Applicants
- Eligibility for OKP Group Training Courses grants extends to Dutch institutions providing secondary and higher vocational and academic education or other types of organisations that provide educational training courses and that also contribute to strengthening of the priority themes in the Country List. These institutions must deliver the training themselves; intermediary organisations are not eligible.
- The institutions must have sufficient organisational and financial capacity to run a training course. This can be demonstrated using a COCA that is assessed as positive by Nuffic.
- The organisations must also have demonstrable experience in providing the desired training course.
Group Training Target Group
- To be eligible for an OKP Group Training Courses grant, an application must relate to running a training course for candidates who meet the following criteria:
  - The candidates work for one of the following types of national and/or local organisations: ministries, secondary or higher vocational or academic education institutions, universities, private sector, commissions or NGOs. The candidates may not work for:
    - a bilateral or multilateral organisation;
    - a non-governmental organisation that is internationally active and is focused on representing social interests, such as development cooperation, nature and environmental protection, health or human rights.
  - The candidates must have the nationality of or be resident and working in one of the OKP countries for which grant applications for providing the type of group training courses concerned can be awarded .
  - The candidates must be in a position to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice.