Call for Proposals: Water and Development Partnership Programme

Deadline: 10-Apr-23

In order to strengthen collaboration across francophone countries in Africa, IHE Delft’s Water and Development Partnership Programme is seeking proposals that bring together diverse, inter- and trans-disciplinary teams that wish to collaborate to find sustainable solutions to water challenges, redress larger systemic injustices and enrich the knowledge on water.

What kind of projects are sought?

Projects with budgets ranging from €50,000 to €100,000 euro for a duration of 2 to 3 years that aim to redress issues related to inequities and ecological degradation in water-related developments in one or more of the following thematic areas:
- Water and Health (1 to 2 projects will be awarded)
  - This theme focuses on developing viable pathways to improve and upscale the provision of adequate, affordable, and inclusive water and sanitation services, particularly to marginalized groups and/or underprivileged areas.
- Water for Food (2 to 3 projects will be awarded)
  - This theme focuses on developing viable pathways to more sustainable, equitable, and climate-change-resilient irrigation practices and agro-ecosystems to support the livelihoods of actors involved in small- and medium-scale agriculture as well as to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- River Basins and Deltas (2 to 3 projects will be awarded)
  - This theme focuses on developing viable pathways to more secure, equitable, and ecologically sustainable governance and management of (transboundary) river basins and delta regions, including coastal areas and aquifers.

Eligibility Criteria

Projects need to be implemented in the following countries. Teams must include partners from at least two of the listed countries, including at least one of the countries indicated in bold:
- Burkina Faso
- Mali
- Niger
- Benin
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Cape Verde
- Senegal
- Togo
- Mauritania
- Chad
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Algeria