The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is announcing a grant project competition, “Support to financing of pre-assessment visits for development cooperation projects in recipient countries designated by the Republic of Latvia”.
It envisages the organising of business trips for feasibility studies in partner countries in order to establish contacts with new partners and draw up an application for a development cooperation project.
Applications can be submitted for evaluation on a first come, first served basis while funding is available in 2025.
Eligible applicants are any institutions of direct and indirect public administration, local governments, derived public persons, other government agencies of the Republic of Latvia as well as associations, foundations, businesses, trade unions and other subjects registered in Latvia.
The total budget available for the implementation of projects in 2024 is EUR 25 000.
Priority will be given to projects in the European Union’s Eastern Partnership countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia), in Central Asian countries (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) and in African countries.
The main criteria for project evaluation are: the relevance of the project idea to the spirit of development cooperation and the needs of the partner country; the applicant’s experience; and the experience of the cooperation partner. Additional points will be awarded if the applicant is a civil society organisation, several partners are planned, and co-financing is mobilised.
Additional points will also go to new applicants, who have not implemented development cooperation projects before. The rationale and proportionality of the budget posts will also be assessed.
Winners will be announced on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For further information, please call us at (+371) 67016417 or write an e-mail to AttistibasSadarbiba@mfa.gov.lv .