Deadline: 30-Jun-2020
The Czech-UNDP Partnership for Sustainable Development Goals Project aim to respond to the development challenges by transferring Czech expertise and innovative solutions for SDGs to partner countries.
The objective of the Challenge fund: Czech solutions for SDGs is to facilitate transfer of Czech knowhow and innovative solutions that would address development challenges identified by UNDP Country Offices in the project countries and contribute to the achievement of SDGs.
The CFCS is looking for innovative solutions that generate improvement and value, especially by introducing, new methods, ideas, or products. The CFCS views innovation in its broadest sense. The proposed solutions need to be sustainable and have a potential for scale up.
Outcomes
The supported outcome is a new approach, product, idea or service. The supported outcome is also a feasibility study providing an innovative and replicable solution to the identified development challenge. The study will include evidence that the proposed solution is feasible, and implementation plan specifying concrete actions and partnerships necessary for the implementation of the solution. It will list all associated activities, stakeholder engagement, implementation costs and possibilities for scale-up.
The Awardee is to consult the solution with local partners, stakeholders and/or final beneficiaries in order to make sure that the solution is adapted to and viable in local conditions. This engagement with local partners needs to be documented.
Funding Information
The Czech-UNDP Partnership for SDGs will provide up to US$40,000 per project through the CFCS. The applicants are expected to provide in kind or financial co-funding of at least 20% of the total Project costs. Typical items that can be covered from the Challenge Fund may include, but are not limited to:
- Salaries of project staff;
- Technology, design, business, development and other consultancy services;
- Advisory inputs;
- Small equipment and supplies;
- Training and workshop expenses;
- Other costs, including travel connected to the implementation of the project
The expenses shown above should be predicted to reflect the Project goals and should be clearly justified in accordance with Project objectives. Only expenditures accrued during the project in accordance with the Project Plan, in line with project objectives, necessary for achieving project outcomes, and completed by the end of the project are eligible for financing. All agreements with subcontractors or third parties must be submitted with the Application and must contain provision that the Applicant retains ownership of all new intellectual property and know-how that may be created during the implementation of the Project.
Expenses that will not be considered for financing by CFCS include but are not limited to:
- Capital expenditures;
- Interest or debt owed to any third party;
- Expenditures and provisions for possible future losses or debts;
- Items already financed through another similar scheme, program or institution, financial awards;
- Bank and currency exchange expenses, losses, fees and penalties;
- Marketing, sales and distribution costs for promoting the technology, product or service.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities wishing to apply to the CFCS need to meet the following eligibility criteria:
- The lead applicant must be an Entity registered in the Czech Republic. Potential participants include Czech private sector, NGOs, universities, state institutions or research centers.
- The project must be implemented in one of the partner countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Georgia, Kingdom of Cambodia, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Zambia.
- All applicants must demonstrate their capacity to implement their proposed Project, and will need to demonstrate adequate financial, material, human and other non-financial resources to implement the proposed Project within the set timeframe.
- The applicant may partner with other Entity/Entities eligible for CFCS support. The applicant is responsible for the project and must warrant that the permission of the other members has been obtained.
- The funding request is for a specific, new and innovative project that addresses the set development challenge. The CFCS views innovation in its broadest sense including: i) a new approach, product, idea or service that has not been tested anywhere; ii) is new to the beneficiary country; iii) has not been applied to the sector in question in the beneficiary country; or iv) service or business model being introduced to a target group where it has not been tried before.
- The proposed project must have a potential for financial, social and environmental sustainability and scale up.
- All projects must be inclusive in nature and benefit the target beneficiaries and contribute to the achievement of SDGs, rather than solely benefitting the participating Entity.
- The applicant must apply for an Award ranging between US$20,000 USD and US$40,000.
- The applicants provide co-funding of at least 20% of the total cost of the project. Co-funding can be in-kind. Co-funding above the minimum threshold is preferred and will be taken into account during evaluation.
- The projects must demonstrate that the activities funded by the CFCS will be additional to the Entity’s existing activities and that the projects would not go ahead without CFCS funding. The CFCS could also consider projects that if they would have gone ahead, it would be at a muchreduced pace or scale in the absence of the CFCS support.
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