The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad is announcing a call for proposals of the Small Scale Projects (SSP). Please find an application form attached, fill it in and send it back to us by October 31, 2024.

Identification Form English (XLS, 85 KB) - please calculate budget in USD (instead of local currency IQD)

You may apply for a financial contribution from the Czech Republic for your project (ie. projects financed under the framework of the Czech Republic development cooperation). SSP aims to contribute to the small-scale development activities of a local subject. These activities must be in accordance with national development priorities of Iraq. Project can be conducted in the form of supply of equipment or material (including those of Czech origin), training, support of development activities of local institutions and organizations, contribution to a larger (for example, international) project, etc. Various projects can be supported, such as projects to promote local community development, improve health or medical care, eradicate poverty, make education available, educate people in rural areas, protect the environment, improve the position of women in the society or promote coexistence between ethnic and religious communities. One of the crucial condition is   sustainability   of a project (meaning the project would be able to run in a future without further Czech financial support). 

WHO CAN APPLY FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO A SMALL SCALE PROJECT
Implementer of the SSP is from among non-political and non-governmental organizations only; a local subject with legal subjectivity in the country of the project implementation. Implementer must be eligible to sign contract with Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that establishes jurisdiction of the Czech law and the Czech courts.  

IMPLEMENTATION, BUDGET AND POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION
The projects must be implemented from the date of the contract’s signing (about March 2025) to end of September 2025. Tangible assets of the project should be marked with a logo of the Czech Republic Development Cooperation. In the case of project's intangible assets, it is always necessary to mention the financial support of the Czech Republic Development Cooperation. See logo below. 

The financial contribution of the Czech Republic for a single SSP is from 200,000 CZK up to 500,000 CZK (according to a valid exchange rate, approx. from 9,000 USD up to 22,000.- USD). Co-financing from other sources is voluntary and desirable.  The project should be effective and economical for which reason all receipts must be documented. Total cost of salary/fee, subsistence allowance, accommodation, travel cost and eventual insurance of experts must not exceed 25 % of the project´s total costs. SSP does not include compensation for administrative costs.

IMPORTANT TERMS
After approval of the project by the MFA, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad will sign the contract with all successful applicants. All SSP projects must be completed before the end of September 2025. Once project is completed, all financial documents and receipts must be delivered to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bagdad.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO A SMALL SCALE PROJECT
The application for a SSP grant must include:

• - The filled in Identification Form English (XLS, 85 KB) signed and stamped by the organization. "Local currency"  row shall contain the amount in USD, all the Czech Crowns  (CZK) sections must be left blank and they will be recalculated by the Czech Embassy in Baghdad according to the valid exchange rate,
• - A verified copy of the document (in English or translated into English) certifying that the applicant has legal subjectivity (it is officially registered), and 
• - A confirmation in Czech or English that the person signed on the Identification Form has the competency to sign the application on behalf of the organization. 
• - All questions may be sent by e-mail to Baghdad.Commerce@mzv.gov.cz. Please write down “SSP 2025” in the subject of the message
• - All applications (filled Identification Form English (XLS, 85 KB), scanned with stamps & signatures in .pdf format) must be sent to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad in electronic form to Baghdad.Commerce@mzv.gov.cz by the end of October 2024 (deadline is October 31, 2024).

 

Připravil: Ing. Roman Plevák, Ph.D., vedoucí oddělení obchodu a rozvojové spolupráce, Velvyslanectví ČR v Bagdádu