The project funds are aimed at supporting technical assistance work between the UK and Cuba in a number of priority areas through small – scale, high-impact project interventions (up to £10,000).
The British Embassy will now run a competitive bidding process in order to ensure we use our allocation for projects that are of high quality and deliver value for money.
Further information and guidance on how to bid is set out below.
Cuba Priorities for UK FY 2019-20 (expenditure must be complete at 85% by mid December 2019).
The Embassy is looking for innovative projects, with concrete objectives and measurable policy outcomes. We remind bidders that we cannot fund academic research projects, or research collaboration projects.
Your proposal must be related to one of the following policy areas:
- Financial and Professional Services, Central Banking.
- Global Health Threats, Biotech and Life Sciences
- Higher Education and English Language Teaching
- Energy (including renewable energy) strategy and technology
- Public Procurement
- Public Policy, Administration and Governance
- Cuban economy, challenges and solutions.
Who may bid? Eligibility criteria
In order to be eligible, your organization or agency must be a legal entity, not-for-profit or commercial company, a registered non-governmental (NGO) or governmental organization, an academic or research institution, and must demonstrate that it has:
- Previous experience in delivering and managing projects
- Preferably previous experience working with international agencies/organizations
- Proof of legal registration
- Sufficient technical, financial, human and logistical capacity to deliver the project being proposed.
- The capacity to deliver at least 85% of the proposed project activity by mid-December 2019.
How to bid?
Your proposal should include the followings forms:
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Project Proposal Form for projects under £10,000
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A fully developed Activity-Based Budget (financial breakdown)
Each institution may submit up to a maximum of 5 proposals, which can be completed in English or Spanish. The Embassy Programme Fund does not authorize the purchase of capital goods, flight costs above economy class, nor can it fund purely academic research projects.
Only bids approved by the Cuba Programme Board will be considered for delivery. Bidders will be advised if their proposals are accepted for implementation. When approved, implementers will be asked for further due diligence information, and finally asked to sign a contract or grant agreement with the British Embassy in Havana.
