Small Scale Projects are instruments of bilateral development cooperation of the Czech Republic under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. These projects are directly managed by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut. Through the SSPs, the Czech Republic supports small-scale development projects carried out directly by local stakeholders in accordance with the beneficiary country´s national development priorities.

All projects should be in accordance with the national development strategy and promote gender equality and respect for the environment. The SSPs should also contribute to increasing the visibility of the Czech Republic in Lebanon.

FUNDING

Funding provided by the Czech Republic for each project ranges between 200 000 CZK (approx. 8 000 USD) to maximum limit 500 000 CZK (approx. 20 000 USD). Co-funding from the applicant or other sources is welcomed (in case of co-funding, the applicant is requested to fill additional funds from other donor into the project budget overview in the Identification Form). Overhead costs are to be born by the applicant. The funds from the Czech Republic shall be used on the implementation of the main project goal and should be handled in effective manner. In line with this, the total cost of salary/fee, subsistence allowance, accommodation, travel cost and eventual insurance and vaccination of the experts (personal and travel costs) must not exceed 25 % of the project´s total costs. The SSP budget also cannot include the payment of the implementer´s administrative costs.

The financial amount approved for the implementation of the selected SSP will be in Czech currency (CZK). This amount will be binding for the conversion into USD (following the official exchange rate). The approved CZK amount is final and cannot be changed. It is necessary to take this into account during project and budget planning.

WHO CAN APPLY

Only subjects that can demonstrate their independent legal status in Lebanon can submit SSP proposal(s):

1. Non-political and non-governmental organizations only;
2. Implementer of the SSP is a local subject with legal status in the country of the project implementation;
3. Implementer must be eligible to sign contract with MFA CZ; thus, the contract would fall under jurisdiction of Czech law and Czech courts.

The majority of SSP funding is to be directed toward local civil society organizations (including non-governmental organizations) and other institutions working at the local level. Other entities, such as international, intergovernmental, multilateral and regional organizations can be eligible for a contribution provided that they are working with local partners and on local projects. Similarly educational, health, social or cultural institutions may receive SSP funding provided that their projects are essentially local in nature.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Interested entities should submit their applications to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut no later than Monday, September 20, 2021.

Submitted proposals can be changed based on the notice from the Embassy until the deadline set by the Embassy.

Successful applicants should sign the contract with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut (the applicant must be eligible to sign a contract with foreign entity/donor).

Implementation of the project can commence only after signing the contract. The contract amongst others specifies the time deadline for submission of the final report and all relevant financial documents to the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

All SSP activities should be finished no later than 15^th October 2022 (beginning of project activities is expected in March 2022).

HOW TO APPLY

All applications for the Small Scale Projects funding must contain:

• Completed Identification Form (available for download below) 2x – scan of signed and stamped in PDF and editable one in Excel;
• Copy of the document proving the applicant’s legal status (e. g. founding charter, license);   
• Copy of the authorization of the signed person to act on the applicant’s behalf.

All documents must be submitted in Czech or English language or need to be translated into English.

All applications must be sent to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut in both electronic form and paper form no later than Monday, September 20, 2021.

The electronic form must be sent to the address: beirut@embassy.mzv.cz – please, mention “SSP 2022” In the subject of the email.  The filled out Identification Form needs to be attached in 2 forms: 1) PDF file – scan of filled out Identification Form complete with stamp and signature; 2) Excel file – the editable filled out Identification Form.

The paper form (hard copy) needs to be delivered in a sealed envelope to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut, P. O. Box 40 195, Baabda, 21007, Mount Lebanon, Republic of Lebanon.

Only complete applications submitted in this form and in line with these instructions will be admitted for evaluation.

All questions should be sent by e-mail to commerce_beirut@mzv.cz . Subject of the message should contain words "SSP 2022".

Please download an enclosed SSP identification form (proposal form) below:

SSP Identification form (XLS, 71 KB)