Lebanon Enterprise Development (LED) Project Grants Annual Program Statement (APS) No.2 Amendment 2020-2021 Funding Round

Grants Program Objectives

The Lebanon Enterprise Development (LED) project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking concept papers for activities that will serve as catalysts for investments that will substantially increase the competitiveness of Lebanese firms and industry sectors with the objective of creating new jobs supported by increased revenue. 

LED is also interested in concepts from organizations that are or are trying to produce goods or offer services that are in high-demand due to COVID-19, but that have specific constraints that are limiting their ability to do so or their ability to meet demand. LED also welcomes concepts from local private sector organizations that are helping local businesses to overcome the multiple challenges that they are currently facing, whether economic or heath related.

The objective of this grant program is to support LED’s goal of creating new jobs for Lebanese citizens by leveraging the ideas, knowledge, skills, and resources of selected local organizations. The outcomes achieved by LED’s grantees will enhance LED’s overall impact on the Lebanese economy. LED invites private not-for-profit and for-profit associations, syndicates, or cooperatives or private enterprises to propose activities they wish to implement with LED grant funding.

Grants Program Support Areas

As noted above, LED grant are to support activities in two primary areas as follows. Applicants may propose grants that relate to one or both areas.

  1. Firm or Industry Competitiveness: Grants shall address constraints that result in directly improving business operations for firms or groups of firms, including those that address the multiple challenges that they are currently facing, whether economic or heath related.
  2. Improved Business Enabling Environment: Grants shall address policy, regulatory, or administrative constraints to doing business that will reduce the cost of doing business, increase investment, or have other beneficial impacts, thereby accelerating private sector growth and job creation.

How to apply

Applicants wishing to apply for must following the instruction contained in the APS document that can be downloaded at the Related Documents section to the right. Any questions and all grant applications should be sent to the attention of LED Grants via email to [email protected].

 

Expired
Deadline
Wednesday, 30. Jun 2021
Type of Call
Call for Proposals
Intervention Sector(s):
Development
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