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08 Jan
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Countries:

  1. Africa: Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
  2. Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia
  3. Western Balkans: Bosnia and Hercegovina, Serbia
  4. Eastern Europe: Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

Deadline:
Planning Grant: 18 March 2016
Demonstration Project: 19 Feb 2016

Grant size:
Planning Grant is SEK 350,000;
Demonstration Project ranging from SEK 500,000 to 1,800,000.

DESCRIPTION
Demo Environment Fund by SIDA:
Reducing Poverty by developing Partnerships for Planning & Demonstration Projects in 11 Countries

Applications are currently invited for Demo Environment Fund, a challenge fund financed by The Swedish Agency for Development Cooperation (Sida) and managed by The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. Demo Environment is a programme that aims to promote sustainability and reduce poverty by developing partnerships and knowledge about new and innovative technical solutions.

The programme represents an opportunity for a range of private and public sector organizations to explore partnerships, transfer knowledge and share the risk of investing in new technology that can help to reduce poverty and environmental impact, and to increase climate resilience. It also gives organisations and entrepreneurs opportunities to demonstrate and adapt their products and expertise in new markets. Applications will be considered for:

  1. Planning grants
  2. Demostration grants

About the Programme
The programme will run from 2015–2018. It operates as a challenge fund and awards grants on a competitive basis. Two kinds of grants are available: planning grants and grants for demonstration projects. You may apply for one or both types of grant consecutively. Calls for applications are published on the website of the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. The programme’s emphasis is on new, sustainable, clean-tech solutions in the areas of water, sanitation, ecosystem services, energy and urban development. This includes products, systems, processes and services that have clear environmental advantages over existing or alternative solutions.

Applications for Demonstration Projects should be carried out in two steps. First, a concept note will be submitted. Successful applicants will then be invited to submit a full application.

All applicants must follow the procedures for submission of applications and provide the required documentation. Applications shall be made using the templates available shortly on this website.

ELIGIBILITY

  1. Planning Grant: To apply for a Planning Grant, the Applicant (the organisation outside the selected country) must already have signed a partnership agreement with a legally registered organisation in one of the 11 selected countries. All types of organisations are welcome to apply, including for-profit and not-for-profit organisations, foundations and academic institutions. SMEs are encouraged to apply in particular. Each partner must have been operating for at least three years. As a guiding principle, we are looking for organisations that have at least 5 and no more than 249 employees if the partner is a private enterprise. Each partner must be financially sound with a reasonable turnover, and no record of recent payment defaults. The same partnership cannot be awarded more than one Planning Grant.
  2. Demonstration Project: One partner must act as the principal partner (the Applicant) when submitting your application. The principal partner must play a key role in the project implementation. The funds are paid to the Applicant (the buyer of the imported technology). The Applicant must be based and legally registered in one of the 11 selected countries, and have identified a foreign seller of the technology required for the project. The buyer and seller must have signed a partnership agreement before submitting the application. All types of organisations are welcome to apply, including for-profit and not-for-profit organisations, foundations and academic institutions. SMEs are encouraged to apply in particular. Each partner must have been operating for at least three years. As a guiding principle, we are looking for organisations that have at least 5 and no more than 249 employees if the partner is a private enterprise. Each partner must be financially sound with a reasonable turnover, and no record of recent payment defaults.

For more information: http://www.tillvaxtverket.se/sidhuvud/englishpages/demoenvironment/howto...