Deadline: 16-Aug-21
The project “Development of export capacities on the banks of the Dniester”, implemented by UNDP Moldova with the financial support of Sweden and Great Britain Moldova, launches the grant program that will financially support at least 5 projects developed and presented by a consortium of support organizations of businesses on both banks of the Dniester River.
The selected projects will receive financial support for up to 18 months to identify needs and provide support for the private sector, strengthen public-private dialogue, and formulate feasible policy solutions to improve the business climate on both banks of the Dniester River, and so on.
Goals
- This competition is launched to identify up to 5 partnership initiatives developed and submitted by a consortium of BSOs from two banks of the Nistru river. The business support organizations (sectorial business associations, unions of producers, employers’ associations, chambers of commerce, other non-state and non-private business support organizations ) from the opposite banks of Nistru river will offer support to the private sector to deal with challenges in their entrepreneurial activity, including the ones caused by Covid-19, and improve the business environment on both banks of the Nistru river.
- As an ultimate result, the above-mentioned is expected to lead to supporting left bank enterprises, especially, export-led companies, overcome the negative impact of the pandemic crisis, to access trade mechanisms available on the right bank, to build knowledge and skills for an increased competitiveness for cross-river trade and access of abroad markets. This would include capacity building of the BSOs to improve their strategic planning and technical understanding related to external trade, DCFTA and the UK-Moldova Strategic Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement (SPTCA), so that they could provide strong arguments to public sector on policy and regulatory improvements.
Funding Information
- The implementation timeframe for the project proposal is up to 18 months, but not less than one year.
- The maximum amount the applicants can request under the submitted project proposals will not exceed 40,000 USD.
- The projects will be implemented by both applicants, and the minimum responsibility of one partner should be at least 30 %.
Eligibility Criteria
The applications will be submitted in line with the following principles:
- Cross-river partnerships of at least two organizations from different banks. Under this competition, organizations will be able to submit only one project proposal as main applicant, at the same time being allowed to participate as co-applicant in several applications;
- Main applicant and co-applicant will be business support organizations (profile professional association, sectorial business associations, product professional organization, unions of producers, employers’ associations, chambers of commerce, other non-state and non-private business support organizations) from opposite banks.
- Legal entities registered on the right or left banks of the Nistru river.
- Main applicant will have an experience of min 2 (two) years of activities.
Non-Eligibility Criteria
- The main applicant, or the partners organization was found liable for serious professional or financial mismanagement, proven by such evidence as recognized by UNDP Moldova.
- The main applicant or the partner organization has a history of failing to comply with contractual obligations arising from previous arrangements with donor organizations.
- The main applicant and / or co-applicant(s) is a private entity.
- The main applicant and/or co-applicant(s) is a legal entity under the state property or founded by public authorities
- The project proposal implementation period is less than 12 months or exceeds 18 months.
For more information, visit https://sc.undp.md/tnddetails2_1/2324/