Stichting SPARK - Calls

SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship so that young ambitious people are empowered to lead their post-conflict societies into prosperity. In Lebanon, SPARK has been working to develop the capacity of students and improve their access to higher education, economic empowerment, entrepreneurship and leadership development. Moreover, SPARK supports existing small and medium enterprise (SMEs) to grow and add jobs.

SPARK is a not-for-profit, non-political NGO with headquarters in Amsterdam and field offices in South East Europe, Africa, and the MENA region.

SPARK is making available $50,000 USD in support for a pilot that will support a minimum of 6 (M)SME in Lebanon with a combination of financial and technical support to adapt to Covid-19. SPARK specifically is seeking to support Lebanese SMES with a minimum of one aspect of a digitized system already in place (this can include marketing). Priority will be given to SMEs working in essential fields.

Support entrepreneurship and employability among youth (HES) Program – Program Overview

Higher Education Services Programme (HES) is a multi-donated programme designed to support Refugees and host community students through placing them at the universities, providing them with build-up skills in economic empowerment and languages, and social cohesion activities. Through the economic empowerment component, students are receiving training related to skills of marketing, business planning and modeling, and coaching under support for startups, SMEs, and internships.

Foundation SPARK Van Diemenstraat 70 1013 CN Amsterdam, the Netherlands. SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship so that young ambitious people are empowered to lead their post-conflict societies into prosperity. In Lebanon, SPARK has been working to develop the capacity of Students and improve their access to higher education, economic empowerment, entrepreneurship and leadership development, in addition to providing support for language courses.

Spark Lebanon is seeking to contract a local institution to deliver vocational short courses in Beirut, Bekaa and North.

SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship programs so that young ambitious people are empowered to lead their post-conflict societies into prosperity. In Lebanon, SPARK has been working to develop the capacity of Students and improve their access to higher education, economic empowerment, entrepreneurship and leadership development. Moreover, SPARK supports existing small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
SPARK is a not-for-profit, non-political NGO with headquarters in Amsterdam and field offices in South East Europe, Africa, and the MENA region.

Creating opportunities for students to find employment in their study area and try to establish their own businesses.

In 2019, SPARK will implement the first and second phase of its leadership for development programme aimed at training 360 students the training will cover topics within two focus areas Skilling for Civic Leadership (basic leadership skills) and Dialogue and facilitation.

In addition to the scholarships SPARK provides a leadership for development programme to its students. The programme is a comprehensive, multi-stage training to empower students to become motivated civic leaders, with the ability to engage productively in the rebuilding of their societies and to provide leadership within and outside of their own communities.

The purpose of this Tender is to identify Local Institutes or NGOs who will partner with Spark Lebanon in 2018-2019 for the delivery of a variety of short courses to Syrian youth in Arsal area-Bekaa.