Deadline: 25 October 2019
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic has opened a call for proposals for small scale projects (SSPs). The proposals of legal entities registered in Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda may be submitted to the Czech Embassy in Nairobi.
The Small Scale Projects (SSP) constitute one of the instruments of the development cooperation of the Czech Republic. SSPs are identified by the respective Czech Embassies (through applications submitted by potential implementers) and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). SSPs aim to contribute to the local subject by small-scale development activities in accordance with the beneficiary country´s national development priorities.
Specification
- Implementer of the SSP is a local subject endowed with legal entity in the country of the project implementation,
- Implementer must be eligible to sign contract with the MFA which establishes jurisdiction of Czech laws and Czech courts,
- It is desirable for the implementer to cooperate with Czech subjects, e.g. would purchase Czech products, use Czech know-how etc.,
- Czech financial contribution to the project is 200,000 CZK – 500,000 CZK (co-financing from other sources is desirable) and the total cost of salaries, subsistence allowances, accommodation, travel costs (and eventual insurance and vaccination of the experts) must not exceed 25% of the project´s total costs,
- Funds are allocated to non-political and non-governmental entities only,
- Submitted proposals can be changed based on the notice from the Embassy until the deadline set by the Embassy.
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 completed 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 the 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 project´s 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.
How to Apply
- Interested applicants should send the soft copy of the application via e-mail at the address given on the website.
- It should consist of:
- the filled-in Identification Form – as a xls (Excel) file
- the scan of the printed, signed and stamped Identification Form – as a pdf (Acrobat) file
- the registration document of the organization (i.e. the document of its legal standing) – as a pdf (Acrobat) file
- the document confirming that the author of the proposal is eligible to act on behalf of the organization – as a pdf (Acrobat) file
- Applicants also deliver the hard copy of the above-mentioned documents to the Czech Embassy in Nairobi.
For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2ouYVq6