Call for expressions of interest for a service provider to support new grant programme
16.01.2023
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat has launched a Request for Expressions of Interest for a Service Provider. We are looking for a service provider to support the business incubation phase of the new grant programme “Business Incubator and Accelerator (BIA) for Mountains and Islands”, to be launched in the coming months.
The BIA grant programme aims to increase the resilience of mountain and island communities by fostering and enhancing innovative entrepreneurship in different value chains (i.e agriculture, textiles) through the provision of grants, technical assistance and capacity development. It will be structured as follows:
- Provide financial support to non-governmental organizations and producers’ organizations through grants to enhance innovative entrepreneurship in different value chains (i.e. agriculture, textiles) and increase the resilience of mountain and island communities.
- Provide technical support through the business incubator. The business incubator provides technical assistance to applicants to improve their business plan and budget, in order to increase the feasibility, sustainability, potential impact, replicability, and economic efficiency of their grant proposals. It also specifies the technical needs of the applicants and collects baseline data to monitor the economic, social and environmental impact of the investment.
- Build capacity through the business accelerator, which provides training and/or technical assistance to boost businesses, by seizing existing growth opportunities.
Interested service providers must be able to undertake the following activities with up to 120 non-governmental organizations and producers’ organizations in the ten focus countries (Dominican Republic, Fiji, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mongolia, Nepal, Peru, Philippines and Uganda):
- Develop a detailed business plan;
- Identify specific needs for technical assistance; and
- Collect baseline data related to social, economic and environmental indicators.
For further information and to submit your organization’s expression of interest, complete and submit the form by 1 February 2023 to [email protected].
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