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To present your project, you must go to the page where the Call for Proposals is published. There you can click ‘apply’ and just follow the instructions. The entire procedure is also presented in the guidelines.
It may occur that there is no open Call for Proposals at a certain moment in time. Do not hesitate to check our website regularly for new Calls. 

If the call is not country-specific, to be eligible, the project must be implemented in at least one of the countries of the Belgian bilateral development cooperation: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda.

You may choose to present a regional project that covers several of the 14 partner countries. However, keep in mind that the “value for money” of your project will be assessed. For efficiency reasons, it is often better to focus on a geographical area.
If your project is covering several countries, all of them must be part of the 14 countries.

At least one of the (co-)applicants must be established or represented in the country where the project is implemented. To us, this means that you are locally registered with the authorities, that you have local staff and that you are directly implementing activities in the country.

A complete overview of the project criteria can be found in the guidelines chapter 2.1.3. The most important are listed below:

• The project must contribute to the specific objective of the Call for Proposals (see guidelines chapter 1.2).
• It must also specifically show in detail that it is aligned with the guiding principles of the Wehubit programme.
• There must have been a previous digital pilot phase implemented by your organisation. Only scaling up or replication will be financed.

A complete overview of the organisation criteria can be found in the guidelines chapter 2.1.1. The most important are listed below:

• Be a public actor or be a private non-profit actor. It is important to prove the non-profit nature of your organisation.
• The lead applicant must demonstrate it has already managed a grant amounting to 40% of the amount applied for. A certificate of satisfactory performance signed by the donor constitutes proof thereof.
• Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project with the co- applicant(s) and not be acting as an intermediary.

Co-applicants must meet the same eligibility criteria as the applicant, except the one relating to the previous management of a grant of 40%. Please read guidelines chapter 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 for more information on co-applicants and partners. Supporting documents will need to be presented for each applicant and co-applicant of your proposal.

Templates are provided within the online application form. To access the application form, go the 'Grants - Calls for Proposals' section of the 'financing instruments' page and click on the 'apply' button. The first page of the application form will contain all annexes requested for the 1st round.

Financial statements certified by an independent body (audit or statutory commissioner). Those statements may not be older than 2 years.

You need to prove that you have an office in the country where the project will be implemented. To prove this, the following documents are sufficient:

• Local registration document
• Or a contract proving you are currently implementing activities in the country with local staff

A document should prove that the organisation has already managed public funds and successfully implemented grants for at least 40% of the amount applied for. Examples of proof are:

• Certificate of good execution provided by a financing donor
• Approval of a final report provided by a financing donor

An initial grant contract is insufficient to proof good execution. A previous project funded by a foundation is insufficient as it does not cover public funds.

A complete overview of the allowed costs can be found in the guidelines chapter 2.1.4 and Article 4.1 of the Grant Agreement (Annex F).
We should be able to subdivide costs in one of the following domains:

• The operational costs: necessary and indispensable costs for achieving the objectives and results of the project, including the cost for achieving verifiable deliverables;
• The management costs: separate costs related to management, supervision, coordination, monitoring, control, evaluation and financial audit which specifically originate in the implementation of the project or the justification of the Grant;
• The structure costs: costs related to the achievement of the social purpose of the beneficiary, which even though they are influenced by the implementation of the project cannot be separated or charged to the budget of this project.
  • Since structural costs are calculated on a flat-rate basis of 7% of the operational costs, it’s important not to list costs regarding structure costs in the management costs (for example the contribution to the legal department of the organisation).

• The requested amount can not be higher than 90% of the total project cost
• The requested amount should be between 50,000 EUR and 350,000 EUR