Are you a Rwandan-based, women-owned company with a project idea to empower women economically? Will your idea create good employment for women, improve working conditions for women, or empower women-owned businesses in your supply chain and industry? Submit your short project concept by September 6th, 2024, to apply for technical support.
Opportunity Details
The “Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment” (WEE) project is part of the Special Initiative “Decent Work for a Just Transition” of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It aims to empower women in the private sector by creating good new jobs for women, improving their working conditions, and empowering women-owned businesses. The WEE project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Interationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
How will project ideas be supported?
The WEE project is offering partnerships to women-owned companies through “Integrated Development Partnerships with the Private Sector” (iDPPs).
iDPPs allow GIZ to cooperate with companies to implement joint projects. GIZ will support eligible project ideas with in-kind contributions, for example, national and international technical experts, capacity-building support, and small-scale equipment/material purchases. The partner company is expected to match – in-kind or in-cash – the value of resources GIZ invests into the project. GIZ and the partner company will co-implement the project idea: under this Call, there will be no cash flow between GIZ and the partner company.
The following are the main minimum criteria for project ideas:
Detailed criteria can be found in the “Frequently Asked Questions” document, which can be downloaded below.
The following are minimum criteria for companies submitting project ideas:
Detailed criteria can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions document.
A two-stage application procedure will be applied.
In the first stage, all interested and eligible parties are invited to submit a short concept note (Expression of Interest), which will be evaluated. Please submit your concept note (Expression of Interest) in English by email to [email protected] by September 6th, 2024. The subject line should be labelled “Expression of Interest for Partnerships with Women-Owned Companies”.
Only applications using the Concept Note template will be considered. This template as well as Frequently Asked Questions can be downloaded below.
During a second stage, selected applicants will be invited and supported to develop a full proposal for cooperation.
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