Call for bids in Kazakhstan: project proposals for the 2022/2023

This financial year the British Embassy is seeking to support projects that will aim to achieve the following objectives:

1.Support Kazakhstan to meet its climate change goals, including, but not limited to the following topics:

1.1. Promote a Central Asian vision for joint climate change action at COP27/28.

1.2. Support the development of Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) principles in Kazakhstan, particularly in the mining and energy sector.

1.3. Develop climate-related data, particularly around measuring pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on public health, and including gender in datasets. 1. Help Kazakhstan to promote food security and sustainable agriculture through the support to the wheat, seed oil and other agricultural sectors. 2. Support Kazakhstan to fulfil its international human rights obligations in one of the following areas:

3.1 Assist Kazakhstan in building National Preventive Mechanisms and a strong legal framework to (legally) support torture victims in Kazakhstan.

3.2 Support Kazakhstan in its efforts to promote media freedom and protecting the rights of journalists.

3.3 Promote the concept of a “Just Transition” to a low carbon economy and the Powering Past Coal Alliance in Kazakhstan.

3.4 Strengthen and promote women’s rights and political leadership, particularly in the Government.

  1. Assist Kazakhstan in improving the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) offer within its WTO commitments.

Bid Guidance:

  • Projects are funded for a single financial year that will end on 31 March 2023, with no expectation of continued funding beyond this period.
  • All project activity should be completed by 15 February 2023 to allow payments to be finalised well in advance of 31 March 2023.
  • This financial year, the British Embassy will fund a maximum of 3 projects with the maximum budget limit of $46,000 per project.
  • This call for bids is a non-committal enquiry i.e. if you submit your project proposal, this will not necessarily guarantee any project funding from the Embassy.

Assessment:

Bids will be assessed against the following criteria:

  • Alignment with the above mentioned objectives.
  • Project outputs and objectives are achievable within the funding period.
  • Sustainability demonstrating that project benefits continue after the funding ends.
  • Clear risk management and financial accountability procedures.
  • The organisation’s safeguarding policies that ensure protection of beneficiaries.
  • Overall value for money.

Process:

  1. Project proposals must be submitted to: ukinkz@fcdo.gov.uk and Assemgul.Kaliyeva@fcdo.gov.uk by midnight (Kazakhstan time) on Sunday 24 July 2012. Late proposals will not be considered.
  2. Proposals must be submitted using the attached forms only. Your bid should include completed Project Proposal, Activity Based Budget and Due Diligence Questionnaire.
  3. We aim to notify the successful bidders by 29 July 2022.
  4. Grant agreements/MoUs must be signed with successful project implementers by 5 August 2022. Should there be any delay, we have complete discretion to withdraw the offer of funding. Grant Agreement and MoU (the latter is signed with international development organisations only) templates can be found here:

Grant Agreement Template (MS Word Document, 107 KB)

MoU Template (MS Word Document, 127 KB)

Revisions to the Grant Agreement and MoU templates will not be accepted. You must agree to sign them in their existing format (if successful) as part of the bidding process for us to consider your bid. Please confirm this in writing when submitting your bid (email confirmation will be sufficient).

Contacts:

If you have any questions, we encourage you to send your queries to: Assemgul.Kaliyeva@fcdo.gov.uk

Forms