CALL FOR PROPOSALS
‘Think SADC, Innovate and Train Regional’ Promotion of Regional Knowledge Exchange and Cooperation between Training Institutes in SADC Member States in the fields of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), Climate-Sensitive Natural Resource Management (NRM) and Tourism
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the SADC Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) Directorate through the SADC/GIZ Project “Climate Resilience and Natural Resource Management” (C-NRM, 01/2021-12/2024) funded by the German Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ).
The objective of the SADC/GIZ C-NRM-Project is that climate change is systematically considered in cross-border Natural Resource Management (NRM), climate-smart agriculture and tourism in the SADC region. The project has 4 components. Under component 2, SADC/GIZ C-NRM seeks to achieve this objective by (i) promoting exchange among training providers as well as between training providers and development projects and organisations, (ii) supporting knowledge management and dissemination of good practices and (iii) strengthening resource mobilisation to reduce funding gaps.
The call addresses these goals and provides an opportunity to SADC training institutes to apply for funds as follows.
The objective of this call is
The call addresses training institutes from the SADC-region who offer training/education in the area/s of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), Climate-Sensitive Natural Resource Management (NRM) and/or Tourism.
It invites training institutes to partner up with at least one other institute (but preferably more than 1) from a different SADC member state and
GIZ seeks to issue 2 to 3 grants of up to EUR 150.000 per partnership / network for an 18 months’ period.
Already existing activities at a regional scale will be an advantage.
The proposal should include an element of capacity building among partners, whereby existing capacity e.g., in the form of knowledge, skills, learning material or training resources is shared amongst the institutes that are part of the network / partnership.
Further, the project – especially in light of what the world has learned during the last 2 years that were characterized by the COVID19 - pandemic – would like to see that digital learning formats such as distance and e-learning tools and up-to-date, innovative learning methodologies are taken on board as part of the project. This does not only make training independent from the physical presence of trainees which is cost- and time efficient for training institutes and trainees, but it moreover allows for easy harmonisation and adjustment of training contents. It facilitates sharing of contents and approaches, facilitates pooling of lecturers and curricula developers, sharing of development costs and training a higher number of students in line with their personal availabilities. As a result access to training possibilities is improved to learners from various language and cultural backgrounds across SADC and beyond.
5. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES
06 May 2022 |
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Application deadline |
04 June 2022 |
Contacting of successful applicants |
24 June 2022 |
Conduction of commercial eligibility checks |
27 June – 15 July 2022 |
Finalisation / fine-tuning of fundable projects |
18 July – 29 July 2022 |
Signing of grants |
August/Sept 2022 |
Implementation period |
Oct 2022 – March 2024 (18 months) |
Proposals that are not aligned with the templates provided will not be considered. Proposals must be submitted together with the provided Budget templates and must not exceed 5 pages. Project Proposals must be approved with the signature of the representative of the applicant organisation. Successful applications will be developed into full Project Proposals with the support of the SADC/GIZ-C-NRM team.