2017 Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions : Call for Proposals. Application Deadline: December 16th 2016
Spider announces its second open call for proposals within thematic area Education and Learning. This time we are looking for organisations using ICT within formal or non-formal education to give vocational skills to improve employability or self-sufficiency.
The objective of the present call is to receive project proposals that are ready to be implemented and can deliver concrete results. Proposals that can demonstrate how they will achieve learning outcomes and organizations that form strategic partnerships with different stakeholders from the public and private sector and civil society will be prioritized.
Focus
The focus is on vocational skills, and we are looking for proposals that are competency based, learner centered, and using formal and/or non-formal education. The areas will be in different trades and subjects where the trainees are taught technical and life skills that will lead to productivity and improve chances of employability and/or self- sufficiency.
Target group
This call will focus on the heads of children-headed households or, heads of women-headed households, wi dows or youth in rural-, urban settings and refugee camps.
ICT component(s)
The proposed ICT component(s) should be used as a tool for furthering education within the particular context, specifically integrating pedagogically proven methods. The project should make use of ICTs/ method in ICT4D that has yielded the desirable results in the same or similar socio-economic settings and tailored to the context in which it is implemented.
Financial allocation and project duration
The project should not exceed 1 million SEK per year.
Spider will fund projects in education starting from mid-2017. Projects need to end by mid-2019.
Eligibility of applicants
Spider will accept applications from institutions of learning, vocational schoools and organisations from the following 23 priority countries for Swedish development cooperation:
Africa
Burkina FasoDemocratic Republic of CongoEthiopiaKenyaLiberiaMaliM ozambiqueRwandaSomaliaSudanSou th SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambia
How to apply
If you consider your organisation to be eligible for support in the open call, fill out this application template.
Your application shall consist of
concept note, written in English, maximum two pages, font Times New Roman 10
Template Open Call Education 2016 Vocational skills (98 Kb)an externally audited annual reportaudit management letterproof of registration.
Deadline for application
Send the application by email to education@spidercenter.org nol ater than noon Central European Time on 16 December 2016.
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