Deadline: 30-Apr-22
The British Embassy in Panama City is accepting proposals for projects to encourage civil society, non-profit and multilateral organizations that directly support the following thematic areas:
- Open societies
- Open data and access to information
- Democracy
- Human rights (LGBT+, afrodescendants, indigenous communities, resocialisation strategies)
- Media freedom
- Climate change
- Waste management and recycling
- Implementation of nationally-determined contributions (NDCs) and COP26 commitments, nature-based solutions
- Energy transition, clean growth, tackling deforestation
- Links between climate change and academia
- Adaptation in indigenous communities
- Accessible education
- Bilingualism
- Creative industries development, cultural, software, artificial intelligence (AI), IoT
- Technologies for virtual learning
- STEM education
Funding Information
- The total cost of a project should be between $10,000 and $30,000 USD (or the equivalent in other currencies). Proposals must be submitted in the currency in which the organization operates.
- Projects cannot last longer than 9 months.
Criteria
- Activities can only start once there is an agreement officially in place with the British embassy.
- The call for proposals is not intended for individuals, for-profit or government organizations.
- They cannot consider projects that include the purchase of equipment and IT devices.
- Ensure projects have clear, tangible, and achievable deliverables within the funding period.
- The embassy will conduct a Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) to determine if a selected implementing partner has the capacity and capability to manage the funds and deliver project objectives. The embassy will save the right to decide whether it should maintain or reject a project depending on DDA outcomes.
- Project proposals must be aligned with the FCDO´s priorities and thematic areas above.
- Project proposals should identify the key beneficiaries and reflect the change they will bring.
- Project proposals should state the issues they will address and why the UK should fund them.
- Projects must qualify as Official Development Assistance (ODA). ODA is a term created by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ODA projects have, as a primary objective, the promotion of economic development and welfare in developing countries.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/call-for-project-bids-2022-open-societies-climate-change-and-accessible-education-in-panama