Deadline: 30-Apr-24
The Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Nairobi, has launched the Call for Proposals for small grants for 2024.
Small grants are one of the instruments of the Slovak development cooperation. They are provided by the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation through the Slovak Embassy in Nairobi. Small grants focus on supporting small-scale development projects and enable a flexible, operational and effective response to development needs at the local level.
Sector Priorities
- The submitted projects must be related to sectors defined by the Medium-term Strategy for Development Cooperation of the Slovak Republic for 2019 – 2023 extended to 2024, namely:
- Quality education
- Good health
- Good governance and civil society building
- Food safety and agriculture
- Infrastructure and sustainable use of natural resources
- Support for the creation of a market environment
- Cross-cutting themes:
- Environment and climate change
- Gender equality
Funding Information
- The maximum amount of the non-repayable financial contribution is 10 000 EUR per project.
- A maximum number of the selected projects are limited by the budget allocated for this call for proposals which is 130, 000 EUR.
- The duration of each project is from 6 to a maximum of 12 months beginning immediately after the entry of the small grant agreement into effect.
Eligibility Criteria
- The call for proposals is open to registered:
- non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities
- non-governmental organizations
- local and regional self-government units.
- Eligible place of implementation: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Somalia.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The applicant cannot be:
- a legal entity subject to an international sanction under Act No. 289/2016 Coll. of Slovak Republic on the Implementation of International Sanctions and on the Amendment to Act No. 566/2001 Coll. of Slovak Republic on Securities and Investment Services and the Amendment and Supplementation of Certain Acts.
- a legal entity against which the Slovak Republic has a financial claim.
For more information, visit Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Nairobi.