Call for Proposals: Small Scale Projects (SSP) 2023

The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad announces a call for proposals of the Small Scale Projects, which could be supported by a financial contribution within the framework of the Czech Republic development cooperation.

SSP aim to contribute to the local subject by small-scale development activities in accordance with the beneficiary country's national development priorities.

Various projects can be supported, such as projects to promote local development, improve health or medical care, eradicate poverty, make education available, educate people in rural areas, protect the environment, improve the position of women in the society or promote coexistence between ethnic and religious communities.

One of the crucial condition is a project´s s u s t a i n a b i l i t y (meaning the project would be able to run in a future without further Czech financial support)

WHO CAN APPLY FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO A SMALL SCALE PROJECT

Implementer of the SSP is non-political and non-governmental organizations only; a local subject with legal subjectivity in the country of the project implementation. Implementer must be eligible to sign contract with Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that establishes jurisdiction of the Czech law and the Czech courts.

IMPLEMENTATION, BUDGET AND POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION

The project must be implemented from the date of the contract’s signing (about March 2024) to end of September 2024.

Tangible assets of the project should be marked with a logo of the Czech Republic Development Cooperation. In the case of project's intangible assets, it is always necessary to mention the financial support of the Czech Republic Development Cooperation.

Czech Republic helps

The financial contribution for a single SSP is from 200,000 CZK to 500,000 CZK (according to a valid exchange rate, approx. up to 22,000.- USD). Co-financing from other sources is arbitrary and desirable.

The project should be effective and economical for which reason all receipts must be documented. Total cost of salary/fee, subsistence allowance, accommodation, travel cost and eventual insurance and vaccination of the experts must not exceed 25 % of the project´s total costs,

SSP does not include the payment of the implementer's administrative costs.

IMPORTANT TERMS

After approval of the project by the MFA, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad will sign the contract about the implementation of the project with a successful applicant no later than 20 March 2022.

SSP must be completed before the end of September 2022.

After the project is completed, all financial documents and receipts must be delivered to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bagdad.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO A SMALL SCALE PROJECT

The application for a SSP grant must include:

- The filled Identification Form English (XLS, 67 KB) , signed and stamped by the organization. "Local currency" row shall contain the amount in USD, all the Czech Crowns (CZK) sections must be left blank and they will be completed by the Czech Embassy in Baghdad according to the valid exchange rate,

- A verified copy of the document (in English or translated into English) certifying that the applicant has legal subjectivity (it is officially registered), and

- A confirmation in Czech or English that the person signed on the Identification Form has the competency to sign the application.

- Questions if any should be sent by e-mail to commerce_baghdad@mzv.cz . Please write down “SSP 2024” in the subject of the message

- All applications (FORM 2B both in .xls and scanned with stamps & signatures in .pdf) must be sent to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad in electronic form to baghdad@embassy.mzv.cz no later than Wednesday, October 20, 2023.

Připravil: Ing. Roman Plevák, Ph.D., obchodní rada, Velvyslanectví ČR v Bagdádu