Nuffic Grants in Tanzania – Call for Proposal for Renewable Energy
The Nuffic has announced a call for proposals for Renewable Energy with an aim to strengthen the technical and vocational education and training in renewable energy (diversity of forms) to create jobs and contribute to ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all in Tanzania (SDG7).
Objectives
Strengthening technical and vocational education and training to increase the use of renewable energy sources (e.g. solar, wind, geothermal, biogas), increasing reliable access to electricity and household cooking alternatives, particularly in remote areas.
Contribute to self-employment and job creation in the renewable energy sector.
Program Impact
The following medium-term impact will contribute to this:
• Education system (TVET/HE) is of good quality, relevant and accessible (SDG 4);
• Partnerships between persons and organisations are inclusive and sustainable (SDG 17);
• Organisations key to (sectoral) inclusive development of partner countries are strengthened by inflow of enhanced workforce.
• The proposed project must contribute to the following long-term impact:
• Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy (SDG7);
• Facilitate (local) capacity building on technology development to accelerate the use of renewable energy in households, using innovative solutions and taking the climate into account.
Funding Information
• Maximum available funding for this call, excluding co-funding is EUR 400.000.
• Maximum funding per Tailor-Made Training Plus, excluding co-funding is EUR 400.000.
Outcome
Enhanced knowledge and skills of individuals and organisations (in partner countries and in the NL) in line with country/regional specific labour market needs and aiming at inclusiveness.
Eligibility Criteria
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rant Applicants
• Eligibility for OKP Group Training Courses grants extends to Dutch institutions providing secondary and higher vocational and academic education or other types of organisations that provide educational training courses and that also contribute to strengthening of the priority themes in the Country List.
These institutions must deliver the training themselves; intermediary organisations are not eligible.
• The institutions must have sufficient organisational and financial capacity to run a training course. This can be demonstrated using a COCA that is assessed as positive by Nuffic.
• The organisations must also have demonstrable experience in providing the desired training course.
Group Training Target Group
• To be eligible for an OKP Group Training Courses grant, an application must relate to running a training course for candidates who meet the following criteria:
• The candidates work for one of the following types of national and/or local organisations: ministries, secondary or higher vocational or academic education institutions, universities, private sector, commissions or NGOs.
The candidates may not work for: a bilateral or multilateral organisation; a non-governmental organisation that is internationally active and is focused on representing social interests, such as development cooperation, nature and environmental protection, health or human rights.
• The candidates must have the nationality of or be resident and working in one of the OKP countries for which grant applications for providing the type of group training courses concerned can be awarded .
• The candidates must be in a position to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
How to Apply
All TMT proposals have to be submitted via our web application Delta. We have prepared a TMT+ Delta User Manual to guide you through the application process. The Delta User Manual can be found among the downloads under the link to this call. Make sure you have all the information required for your application complete and ready before submitting. Submit your joint proposal in Delta (OKP-TMT+ Tanzania 10014 FNS June 2019)
Required documents An application needs the following documents to be complete. Incomplete applications will be rejected. 1. TMT+ Joint Proposal Form Orange Knowledge Programme 2. TMT+ Budget Form Orange Knowledge Programme 3. TMT+ COCA Form Orange Knowledge Programme 4. CVs of all proposed resource persons (there is no prescribed format)
Please note that a COCA check doesn’t have to be applied for simultaneously with an application for a TMT+. A COCA can be applied for at any time. We advise you to apply for a COCA check before applying for a joint proposal, so you’re sure that your COCA is not a reason for rejection. We welcome you to send COCA applications any time to [email protected] referring to COCA.
Apply by 11th August.
