Deadline: 21-May-24
Enabel has launched a call for proposals, as part of the Data Governance in Africa Initiative, aims to support a “development-oriented and human-centric data economy and society in Africa”.
The Initiative is part of a broader strategic partnership between the African Union and European Union regarding Digital Cooperation and is seen as a key component of the Joint AU-EU Vision for sustained and sustainable economic growth.
Objectives
- The general objective of this Call for proposals is to identify and to support the scaling-up of data-driven Digital Social Innovations (DSIs) in Africa in order to enhance the involvement of national and/or regional digital and data ecosystems in the development and concretisation of data use cases that aim to address societal challenges (for example bridging gender, rural/urban, connectivity and other gaps).
Themes
- If applying for Lot 1, the themes and sectors differ depending on the country of implementation and the focus of enable’s bilateral portfolio in that specific country. If applying for Lot 2, these themes and sectors are more flexible, but should align with one of the following:
- E-Health/epidemics.
- Digital inclusion, encompassing issues like youth and gender gaps, digital rights, digital skills/education, decent work and social protection.
- Climate change, covering areas like just energy transition, natural resource management, waste management, and climate-smart, sustainable agriculture.
- Governance, including, resource mobilization, social cohesion/peace-security, smart cities, transportation, and tax/customs management.
Types of Lots
- two lots are identified in this Call:
- Lot 1: DSIs that are implemented in at least one partner country of the Belgian Development Cooperation in Sub Sahara Africa and are aligned with at least one thematic priority of the bilateral portfolios (BE-funded).
- Lot 2: DSIs that are implemented in one of the Sub-Saharan African countries (EU-funded).
Funding Information
- The total indicative sum available for enable Call for Proposals is 1.800.000 EUR, with Lot 1 (BE-funded) amounting to EUR 900.000 and Lot 2 (EU-funded) also amounting to EUR 900.000
- Any grant application under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- Minimum amount: 100,000.00 EUR
- Maximum amount: 300,000.00 EUR
- Duration: The term of the action may not be less than 12 months, or exceed 18 months.
Target Groups
- The Call specifically targets those DSIs implemented by public institutions (national and/or regional), academia, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other ‘not-for-profit’ actors such as social enterprises or not-for-profit business associations in one (or more) of the African countries. Moreover, these DSIs must have passed the early stages of ideation, prototyping, testing and have at least one successfully implemented case study, preferably in the country or countries where the proposal is to be implemented.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for grants, the applicant must satisfy the following conditions:
- be a legal person; and
- be a public actor or be a private non-profit actor; and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and not be acting as an intermediary; and
- Have already managed a grant (of public funds) amounting to 40% of the amount applied for. A certificate of satisfactory performance signed by the donor is mandatory and constitutes proof thereof; and
- Have at one’s disposal financial statements certified by an independent body (audit or statutory commissioner). Those statements must not be older than 2 years.
- The co-applicant(s) shall participate in the implementation of the action, and the costs that they incur shall be eligible in the same way as those incurred by the applicant. The co-applicant(s) must satisfy the eligibility criteria which apply to the applicant itself, except that:
- They do not need to prove that they have already managed a grant amounting to 40% of the amount applied for.
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