Small Grants to Innovative Socio-Economic Development Projects (Kenya)
Deadline: 4-Feb-22
The Go Blue is pleased to launch a call for proposals for the Small Grants to Innovative Socio-Economic Development Projects and businesses in Tourism and Cultural Heritage cross-sector, generating new employment and new value dynamics in Kilifi, Kwale, Lamu, Mombasa, Taita-Taveta and Tana-River (JKP – Jumuiya ya Kaunti za Pwani).
The purpose of this call is to foster socio-economic development by assigning small grants to individual entrepreneurs, community-based organisations, public and private sector organisations to develop nonprofit and profit-oriented projects and businesses targeting employment and innovation on Tourism and Cultural Heritage sectors in the Kenya’s coastal counties: Kilifi, Kwale, Lamu, Mombasa, Taita-Taveta, Tana-River (JKP – Jumuiya ya Kaunti za Pwani).
More specifically, this call for proposals aims to support the development of innovative and/ or social business models including refurbishing, communication and branding of existing offer in Tourism and Cultural Heritage sectors. Cultural Heritage preservation, domestic tourism interventions as well as marketing and promotion with a view to reach international tourist sector operators and advisories (namely European and cruise tours), looking to change perceptions over the region’s security and facilities, are some examples of interventions eligible under this call for proposals.
Lots
The call for proposals is comprised of:
Applications from civil society organizations to manage micro-grants targeting cultural tourism business development by individual entrepreneurs or community-based organizations
Applications from public and private sector organizations to small grants for development and enhancement of tourism and cultural heritage
Funding Information
The total amount available for grants is EUR 520,000.00.
Lot 1
Minimum and maximum grant thresholds: EUR 50 000.00
Minimum and maximum duration of projects: From 15 to 26 months
Lot 2
Maximum grant threshold: EUR 5 000.00 to EUR 20 000.00 (EUR 30 000.00 for projects implemented in Tana River county with the purpose of boosting investment in this county, contributing to improve its economic and social development indicators)
Minimum and maximum duration of projects: From 15 to 26 months
Eligible Projects
Project applications that are in accordance with the objectives defined in this call for proposals are eligible. Without excluding other possibilities, such applications may include:
Development of the Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage sectors in association with other sectors of activity, such as environment, fisheries, agriculture, education, social action, if this articulation is capable of creating inter-sectorial economic value;
Reinforcement of creative, technical and/or management capacities in civil society organizations operating in the areas of Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage, including the development of business plans and internationalization strategies;
Development of projects (for example, business incubators) that intend to allocate funding to other projects and actions of third parties, in a competitive manner, in the areas of Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage through the attribution of sub-grants (also known as cascade grants);
Entrepreneurship initiatives that contribute to increased competitiveness in the areas of Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage, which use cultural heritage, creativity and intellectual property to produce goods and services with cultural, social and economic significance;
Technology for the Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage sectors, including the development and use of digital platforms for wide dissemination and marketing of products and/or services;
Promotion of access to Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage to new internal and external markets, including communication, advertising and marketing campaigns;
Development of institutional capacities and public and participatory governance of the Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage sectors;
Creation and/or expansion of festivals and international professional fairs in the sectors of Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage;
Formal education and professional training projects in the Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage sectors
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants for grants in this call for proposals may be:
legal persons governed by public or private law, for profit or not, provided that
incorporated or registered in Kenya and
with their main business activity in the Tourism and/or Cultural Heritage sector.
Legal persons governed by public or private law incorporated or registered in other countries or territories may also apply to this call for proposals, namely the Member States of the European Union, subscribing States of the ACP-EU Agreement, provided that they are in partnership, association or consortium with at least one partner with implementation responsibilities that fulfils the conditions.
For more information, visit https://goblue.co.ke/go-blue-proposals