Programme Update

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Provisional* pipeline upcoming calls

Good news!

We hereby would like to share our provisional upcoming calls with you. We expect the Government Gazette (Staatscourant) to be published soon.

Some important highlights;

• To bring more focus into the programme and be less fragmented, and to be more aligned and with the Dutch policy on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (BHOS beleid) we have made changes in the country list. Suriname is now the only Compact country (C-country) left on the programme list. This means that Armenia, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cuba, Georgia, Nepal, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Zimbabwe are not part of the programme for upcoming calls;
• Iraq will join the programme for individual scholarships and regular Tailor-Made Training;
• 2 new calls for Institutional Collaboration;
• All Institutional Collaboration Projects will receive 3 extra months of time for implementation till 31 March 2022;
• 1 new call for regular TMT for Full Programme and Compact Plus countries (A&B countries) as well as Suriname;
• Call for OKP Short Course scholarships for Full Programme and Compact Plus countries, as well as Suriname. An increased focus on study programmes related to the priority themes of ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights’ & ‘Security and the Rule of Law’ will be part of this call;
• 11 new calls for TMT+ in various countries.

Timeline

We have already started with the (provisional) publication of 3 new TMT+ calls. Later this week we also expect to launch the regular call for TMT. The application Round 3 for Short course is also provisionally scheduled, with the Delta registration link for applicants to open provisionally on 2 December. We plan to publish other calls mentioned below between now and end of 2020.

For more information, please feel free to contact OKP@Nuffic.nl

Tailor-Made Training Plus

New calls Sahel

We are glad to announce we have provisionally* opened the following 3 calls for the Sahel region:

Sahel - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights / Security and Rule of Law- call 20047*
Strengthen regional collaboration capacities in the Sahel / Renforcer les capacités de collaboration sous régionale au Sahel.

For more information check the Context Document for the Sahel region (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger).
Funding available: EUR 1,200,000 for multiple projects of max 400,000 each. Co-funding is encouraged.
Closing date for submission: 18 January 2021, 11:00 AM CET

Sahel - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights - call 20048*
Facilitate regional community of practice in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights / Faciliter l’émergence d’une communauté régionale de pratiques dans le domaine de la Santé et Droits Sexuels et Reproductifs.

For more information check the Context Document for the Sahel region (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger).
Funding available: EUR 400,000 - co-funding is encouraged.
Closing date for submission: 19 January 2021, 11:00 AM CET

Sahel - Security and Rule of Law - call 20049*
Facilitate regional community of practice in the field of Security and Rule of Law / Faciliter l’émergence d’une communauté régionale de pratiques dans le domaine de la Sécurité et Etat de Droit.

For more information check the Context Document for the Sahel region (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger).
Funding available: EUR 400,000 - co-funding is encouraged.
Closing date for submission: 20 January 2021, 11:00 AM CET

Individual scholarships

Timeline Short course Call: Round 3 2020

We are glad to share the timeline* for the upcoming call for Short courses within the programme with you.

Timeline Round 3:
•    Course details check in Delta (institutions):

27 November - 1 December 2020, 16.00 CET
•    Applications (students): 2 December 2020 – 5 January 2021,16.00 CET
•    Nomination of applicants (institutions): 14 January 2021, 16.00 CET
•    Eligibility check & assessment (EKN):

14 January – 4 February 2021, 16.00 CET
•    Selection done/Grant letters: 18 February 2020

Please note that due to the shorter timeframe of this round, all phases are reduced in time as well. This means that we would like to emphasize that the first actions to be taken are coming up very soon: as the call is scheduled to be published in Delta on Friday the 27th already, please do proceed to checking your courses a.s.a.p., as the deadline for this is Tuesday the 1st of December already. On Wednesday the 2nd of December, the registration links will be distributed that will allow candidates to start registering their scholarship applications in Delta from that day on – until the 5th of January.

Reminder

Orange Knowledge Partner Day

We are happy to remind you that on 26 November 2020 10.00-13.00 the plenary session of our online partner event will take place. You can still register to join this grand finale in our online series!

Do you want to e-meet other partners of the programme? Would you like to be inspired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Are you ready for a wave of inspiration about what strengthening educational can accomplish?  Curious to know who wins the Orange Knowledge Impact Award?

Register now for the main session of our Partner Days event!