Deadline: 15-Sep-21
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Pretoria is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Small Scale Development Projects for 2022. The call concerns all countries accredited to the Embassy: South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mauritius.
The Small Scale Projects (SSP) are one of the instruments of the development cooperation of the Czech Republic. SSP are identified by the respective Embassies of the Czech Republic (through applications submitted by potential implementers) and approved by headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). SSP aims to contribute to the local subject by small-scale development activities in accordance with the beneficiary country´s national development priorities.
Funding Information
- Implementer of the SSP is a non-governmental and non-political organization with legal personality in the country of the project implementation,
- Implementer must be eligible to sign contract with Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (MFA CZ) that establishes jurisdiction of Czech laws and Czech courts,
- It is desirable that the implementer would cooperate with Czech subjects, e.g. would purchase Czech products, use Czech know-how, etc.
- Czech financial contribution for the project is between 200,000 CZK – 500,000 CZK (co-financing from other sources is arbitrary and desirable) and the total cost of salary/fee, subsistence allowance, accommodation, travel cost and eventual insurance and vaccination of the experts should be as low as possible and must not exceed 25 % of the project´s total costs,
- Focus of projects with regard to development priorities in the given countries with emphasis on agriculture, energy, water and waste management, protection of environment and species.
Eligible Countries
South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mauritius
Implementation
- Implementation of the project can be started only after signing the contract,
- Project implementation must not exceed 31st October of the relevant year (project billing must also be done by this date),
- SSP does not include the payment of the implementer´s administrative costs,
- The financial amount approved for the implementation of the SSP in CZK is also binding for the conversion into foreign currency,
- One of the crucial condition is a project sustainability (meaning the project would be able to run in a future without further financial support),
- Tangible assets of the project should be marked with a logo of the Czech development cooperation. In the case of projects intangible assets, it is always necessary to mention the financial support of the Czech development cooperation,
- The transfer of funds between items in the approved identification form must be justified in writing to Embassy and described in the final report.
For more information, visit https://www.mzv.cz/pretoria/en/economic_and_commercial_information/call_for_proposals_for_local_small_scale_1.html