Expression of Interest for “Strengthening Social Entrepreneurship for Migration & Development” (SEMD)

“Strengthening Social Entrepreneurship for Migration & Development” (SEMD) is a project initiated and funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by GFA Consulting group and Beyond Group.  Its main objective is to contribute to the creation of a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that enables the initiation, development, and implementation of innovative entrepreneurial solutions to migration & development challenges in three Middle Eastern countries: Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon.

To achieve this objective, the project will support social entrepreneurship support organizations to create entrepreneurship initiatives with a direct impact on refugees and migrants in the three countries.

We are launching the attached call for Expression of Interest (EoI) to identify the key Social Entrepreneurship Support Structures (SEST) with whom we can partner with and implement activities to achieve our project objectives.

How to apply

The applicant shall submit Expression of Interest (EoI) to: [email protected]  mentioning name and contact details of the organization accompanied by the following documents: 

  • A concept note describing  
    • Background information for the activities (like gaps in the ecosystem, needs of entrepreneurs etc.),  
    • Proposed activity/ies (including duration, target group, logic, average total cost and approach to the implementation). 
    • How the activities can be implemented with the highest possible safety and health measures. 
    • How the 50% co-financing is raised or if the organisation has the capacity to provide the co-financing. 
  • A description of the organisation previous experiences, including relevant past projects in (social) entrepreneurship support in one or more of the three mentioned countries (summing up to at least 500k EUROS in the last 3 years) and previous co-financing partners.  
  • A description of the organisation capacities including; the location and premises, the team structure (incl. short biographies), the number of staff and years in business, its legal form proven by registration papers. 

Only applications containing the mentioned documents will be taken into consideration.  

Deadline for sending the Expressions of Interest is July 20th, 2020 

Announcement of shortlisted organisations will be on July 24th, 2020 

Only Shortlisted organisations will be contacted to provide full proposal and discuss partnership agreements.  

منتهية الصلاحية
آخر مدة للتقديم
الاثنين, 20. يوليو 2020
نوع الدعوة
دعوة لتقديم مقترحات
قطاع(ات) التدخل:
السكان النازحون, العمل وسبل العيش, لعاملات المهاجرات/ العمال المهاجرين
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