Deadline: 1-Oct-20
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Georgia is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Local Small Scale Projects 2021.
Local Small Scale Projects are an integral part of the Development Cooperation of the Czech Republic in Georgia and they are implemented every year through grants´ programme managed by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tbilisi.
Focus Areas
- Projects in 2021 shall have one or combination of these two focuses:
Funding Information
- Overall project budget must be within 200 000 – 500 000 CZK (approximate exchange rate GEL is 7, 25 CZK)
Target Regions: Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Samegrelo, Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities
Support to vulnerable groups
- Socially Vulnerable Single Parents
- Basic subsistence support to single parents
- Socially Vulnerable Families
- Support to socially vulnerable families with U1 children
- Support to families enrolled in child reintegration and prevention programmes
- Support to families of under aged juveniles enrolled in diversion programme, as well as probationers, and former convicts. These individuals were convicted for small scale poverty-related crimes. Thus, are under the risk of repeating offenses
- Support to families outside the social benefits system. Extremely poor and socially vulnerable families, identified by social workers, who are currently outside the social benefits system and until they enroll in the system
- Support to socially vulnerable families with children with Autism, Down Syndrome and other different abilities
- Vocational Education
- Establish care & education programmes at vocational education schools. Provide social services, such as transportation, for vulnerable students of vocational education schools
- Support to Persons with Disabilities to enroll in vocational education and improve language skills
- Support access to internet and devices for students of long-term vocational programmes.
Support of business (MSMEs)
- Support to overcome logistical challenges in the regions of Georgia facing the difficulties of supply chain
- Identification of new alternative markets and agriculture production
- Support business (MSMEs) practices on responding to emerging challenges on financial, operational and managerial level in the post-COVID-19 era and beyond
- Advanced information and export opportunities including expanding/identifying international trade/business linkages on new or existing markets during the crisis and in a post-COVID period
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a legal entity registered in Georgia, whose basic activity is not profit making;
- Eligible are non-governmental organizations (universities, community organizations, etc.)
- The applicant may submit only one proposal
Evaluation criteria
- Formal requirements;
- Developmental relevance of the project to the needs / priorities of the target country and compliance with the thematic priorities of Bilateral Development Cooperation Programme of the Czech Republic in Georgia;
- Cost effectiveness and efficiency (incl. amount of co-financing);
- Feasibility and sustainability of project results;
- Effectiveness of project results, logic of the project.
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