2nd Round of HOPES-LEB Call for Proposals to support Training and Capacity Building Projects (Lebanon)

Deadline: 1-Dec-21

The project HOPES-LEB (Higher and Further Education Opportunities and Perspectives for Syrians and vulnerable youth in Lebanon), funded by the European Union through the EU Regional Trust Fund in response to the Syrian Crisis, the ‘EU Madad Fund’, and implemented by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Campus France and Nuffic, is pleased to announce the opening of the second round of the HOPES-LEB Call for Proposals to support short-term training and capacity building projects implemented by local institutions and organisations registered in Lebanon.

HOPES-LEB aims at improving livelihood prospects through higher education opportunities for vulnerable Lebanese youth and refugees from Syria, increasing their chances for a better future. The project follows a comprehensive approach covering the entire educational pathway for higher and further education, from preparation for and completion of higher and further education to access to the labor market through the provision of academic scholarships, and counseling, funding for innovative short-term education projects implemented by local institutions, stakeholder coordination and the development of a unified regional alumni network together with other higher education projects in the region.

Through the second round of the HOPES-LEB Call for Proposals, the HOPES-LEB project invites organizations and institutions registered in Lebanon to submit tailor-made project proposals that address the specific needs of vulnerable Lebanese youth and refugees from Syria and alleviate bottlenecks related to access to and completion of higher and further education and labor market integration.

Funding Information

Through the Funding for Training and Capacity Building, a total of € 1,080,000 is available to support projects in Lebanon, which allows for at least 18 projects in total.
The second round of the Call for Proposals aims to support at least nine additional projects ranging from € 10,000 to € 60,000.
The maximum duration of these funded projects should not exceed 14 months.

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries are defined as follows:

Direct beneficiaries: individuals that are the first-hand targets of the interventions and activities of a project;
Indirect beneficiaries: individuals which have no direct link with the activities but could potentially benefit from them via the direct beneficiaries and the sustainability of projects’ results, mainly achieved through capacity building measures.

Eligibility Criteria

The general criteria that proposals under the Funding for Training and Capacity Building have to comply with in order to be eligible:
- Proposals should come from organizations and institutions officially registered in Lebanon
- (Co-) Applicants must be:
  - Local ministries and governmental organizations
  - Youth or labor organizations
  - NGO’s (local, regional and / or global)
  - Education and research institutions (local, regional and / or global)
International NGO’s, regional and global research institutes and regional and global education institutions can participate as co-applicants in a project, in which a Lebanese registered entity takes the lead.
(Co-)Applications from research institutes and education institutions: this type of institutional cooperation has to be practical and demand-driven and should arise from the needs of local organizations.