Czech Challenge Fund – Zambia

Description

1) Objective

The Czech-UNDP Partnership for Sustainable Development Goals Project aims to respond to the development challenges by transferring innovative solutions for SDGs to partner countries. The objective of the Czech Challenge fund: Innovations for SDGs is to facilitate the transfer of know-how and innovative solutions.

The challenges for Zambia are:

• Good Governance with focus on e.g., support of youth and women-led enterprises and livelihoods, local enterprise development.
• Nature Resources Management and Renewable Energy with focus on e.g., innovative and new sources of energy, including production, packaging and distribution of the biogas and organic fertilizers.
• Circular Economy with focus on e.g., Sustainable and climate resilient agriculture, forestry, agroforestry and production of timber, innovations for sustainable river fishing and fish farming, innovation for sustainable beekeeping and access to the markets, support of cooperatives.
• Climate Resilience & Water Security (droughts, floods, extreme weather patterns affecting water availability) with focus on e.g., Climate Change resilience, adaptation and mitigation. Early warning systems for water-related disasters, water-saving technologies, climate-resilient agriculture, and sustainable groundwater management.

2) Eligibility

The eligible applicants include the private sector, NGOs, universities, state institutions or research centres. The applicants are required to engage local partners to assure viability in local conditions and to promote the sustainability and scalability of the solution. Partnership with the local partner needs to be presented in the form of letter of cooperation, memorandum of understanding or similar document signed by both parties.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Zambia.

4) Budget

Grants are ranging between US$20,000 and US$40,000, the applicants provide co-funding of at least 20% of the total cost of the project.

5) Application

The application deadline is 6 December 2024. Interested suppliers must submit their offer directly in the system as instructed in the solicitation document, following the instructions in the available user guide.