Deadline: 31-Mar-21
The Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation has launched a Small Grant program for a development project upon the application submitted through the Slovak Embassy.
This aid modality of the Slovak Official Development Assistance is funded from Slovak Aid and is aimed directly at small-scale projects which represent a more flexible, operative and effective financial support for developing countries.
Priority Sectors
The projects have to be in line with the Mid-term Strategy for International Development Cooperation of the Slovak Republic 2019 – 2023 and focus on one or more of the selected Sustainable Development Goals:
- Quality education (SDG 4) – education at all school levels, acquiring professional skills with focus on entering the labor market and conducting own business, education of pedagogical and non-pedagogical staff, equipment of school facilities;
- Good health(SDG 3) – health care with emphasis on mothers and children, nutrition programs, education and awareness of the population in the field of prevention and health care, education of health professionals, equipment of health facilities;
- Good governance and civil society building(SDG 16, 11) – public sector reform, public finance management, support for the rule of law and civil society participation in democratic processes, local government capacity building and active citizen participation in community development, security sector reform, activities of civilian experts in international crisis management, conflict prevention and support for reconciliation activities;
- Food security and agriculture (SDG 1,2) – introduction of new techniques and procedures in all parts of the food chain, including processing of agricultural products, their marketing and sale, food security, job creation;
- Infrastructure and sustainable use of natural resources (SDG 6,11,7,15) – water management, integrated management of water and other natural resources, revitalization and protection of endangered water resources, drinking water supply, wastewater treatment, waste management, raising environmental awareness, energy security and the use of alternative energy sources, sustainable development of settlements, increasing resilience to natural disasters, including climate change, soil protection, reducing soil degradation and drying, halting the loss of biodiversity, protecting ecosystems, restoring degraded ecosystems;
- Support for the creation of a market environment (SDG 8,9) – support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, the introduction of innovations, job creation.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount of the non-repayable financial contribution is maximum10 000 EUR per project.
- The duration of each project is from 6 to a maximum of 12 months beginning from the date of the signing of the Agreement between the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation and the Final Beneficiary.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants for small grants can be legal entities of not entrepreneurial nature legally registered in the recipient country such as NGOs, civic society associations, municipalities and other local self-government bodies, schools, hospitals, health and social care institutions, education, sport and culture associations and organizations.
For more information, visit https://www.mzv.sk/web/tbilisi/rozvojova-spolupraca