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皇冠体育app British Embassy Programme Fund supports activity in line with the UK government鈥檚 foreign policy objectives in the Philippines during financial year 2019/20. Proposed projects should be in support of FCO strategic priorities and Embassy country objectives as outlined below.

皇冠体育app BEPF project bids are shortlisted and approved by the British Embassy Manila鈥檚 Post Programme Board. To apply for funding, interested organisations must submit a Project Concept Note (please see the form below) to the Embassy鈥檚 Project Section. This will provide the basic information required to enable the Post Programme Board to make an assessment on whether or not an implementer will be invited to submit a full Project Proposal.

All projects submitted must directly support at least one of the following priority objectives for the British Embassy Programme Fund:

1. Better understanding and implementation of international human rights standards and best practices to counter modern slavery and violence against vulnerable groups.

2. Increased democratic space and better protection of journalists, human rights defenders and civil society space.

皇冠体育app BEPF strongly suggested that projects supporting these priority objectives are costed between 拢15,000 to 拢30,000.

All British Embassy Manila International Programme Fund projects must clearly demonstrate how they will:

• support at least one of the above priorities
• deliver value for money (VfM)
• meet OECD criteria for Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding and
• demonstrate that they are able to complete 90% spend by December 13, 2019

皇冠体育app assessment criteria will be based on the following:

• financial and operational capacity
• relevance
• methodology
• sustainability
• value for money
• impact

Managerial and Financial Aspects

• any organisation can apply for funding. We do not accept project bids submitted by individuals.
• please note that we cannot make pre-payments; the successful bidders should make the payment and then ask us to reimburse these expenses. 皇冠体育app implementer must have an active bank account in the name of the organisation to which we can electronically transfer reimbursements.
• organisations must prove that they are able to manage the project sum in a satisfactory manner; the Embassy may request reports by auditors.

Exemptions

We regret that we are unable to fund:

• academic courses
• charitable activities
• commercial activities
• infrastructure or construction projects, or
• humanitarian aid

Co-financing

• a partnership framework to support the broader engagement of a project can strengthen your bid
• other sources of funding should be specified

Evaluation of project bids

• the aim of the project should be concise, feasible and sustainable
• the expected outcomes should be measurable and
• the target group should be clearly defined and involved in project implementation

Approval and reporting

If the Project Concept Note is successful, we will invite the implementer to submit a full Project Proposal. 皇冠体育app full conditions of grants will be outlined once final decisions have been made by the Post Programme Board.

皇冠体育app Embassy will require monthly financial reports and quarterly project progress reports from implementers. 皇冠体育app first payment will be made upon the receipt of a monthly financial report. When the project has been completed the implementer shall prepare and send a final report to the Embassy within the period specified in the contract.

Implementation time frame

Successful applicants will implement their projects from June 01, 2019 until February 15, 2020. All payment requests and reporting should be finalised by March 15, 2020, with 90% of funding spent by December 13, 2019, with full spend by February 15, 2020, and you are advised to plan project activities accordingly.

Contact

Completed concept notes should be sent by email to [email protected] by 22 May 2019

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