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

The Small Scale Projects (SSP) are one of the instruments of the development cooperation of the Czech Republic. SSP are identified by the respective Embassies of the Czech Republic (through applications submitted by potential implementers) and approved by the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). SSP aims to contribute to the local subject through small-scale development activities based on the beneficiary country´s national development priorities.

By the Czech Republic supporting a small scale projects should not only bring development outputs, but should also contribute to increasing the visibility of the Czech Republic in the country. 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 conditions is a project sustainability (meaning the project would be able to run in a future without further financial support)

Funding Information

• The financial contribution for a SSP is from 200,000 CZK to 500,000 CZK (approx. up to 21,000, - USD; 18,000, - EUR). Co-financing from other sources is arbitrary and desirable. 

• The project must be implemented from the date of the contract’s signing (about March 2025) to October 29, 2025

Eligibility

• The financial contribution is intended for projects implemented in Syria. The implementer of the SSP is a local subject with legal subjectivity in the country of the project implementation. Implementer must be eligible to sign contract with MFA CZ that establishes jurisdiction of Czech laws and Czech courts. A SSP may be implemented, for example by an educational, health, social or cultural institution, a non-governmental non-profit organization, a cooperative, a territorial unit. Funds are allocated to non-political and non-governmental group. An individual cannot claim a contribution.

Post Date: August 23, 2024