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Funding for small projects
The Embassy of Switzerland in Indonesia provides financial support to selected small-scale initiatives, which will be implemented in 2025 in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
Grant sum: IDR 371’000’000
Project duration: up to 8 months
Eligible partners: all non-profit civil society organizations in Indonesia or Timor-Leste
Goals and objectives
- Only projects benefitting rural communities in the following regions will be considered: Nusa Tenggara Timur, Maluku, Sulawesi, and Timor-Leste (all provinces).
- The successful organizations shall put forward activities aimed at enhancing essential services at the village or neighborhood level, such as (but not limited to) facilitating financial inclusion, empowering farmers and smallholders through capacity building, access to pre-school and grammar school education, access to basic health services, access to decent employment.
- The successful organizations shall target disadvantaged, vulnerable and/or marginalized groups, such as (but not limited to) minorities, people with disabilities, single parents, women and children living in extreme poverty.
Only shortlisted organizations will be contacted for an interview.
Eligibility
- The call is open to any non-profit civil society organization in Indonesia and Timor-Leste aligning with the thematic and geographic focus areas mentioned above.
- Please note that the following projects cannot be supported:
- International organizations and government institutions
- Profit-oriented organizations (e.g., SMEs).
- Profit-oriented activities (e.g., fundraising).
- Projects with religious purposes (organizations with a religious background are still eligible to apply).
- Projects solely consisting of material supply (e.g., office appliances, vehicles, or building material).
- Projects benefiting selected individuals, scholarships or study visits to Switzerland or third countries, advisory missions of foreign experts, as well as simple collections, donations, and sponsorships by individuals.
- The same organization cannot be repeatedly supported.
Timeline
Call launch | 19 August 2024 |
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Application Deadline | 8 September 2024 |
Decision | Mid-December 2024 |
Funding decision and signature of contracts | January/February 2025 |
Earliest Project Start | Mid-January 2025 |
Latest Project Start | Early February 2025 |
Latest Project End | 31 October 2025 |
Final Reports Submission | 30 November 2025 |
Final Reports Review | Mid-December 2025 |
Final Disbursement | Mid-December 2025 |
Application Process
The application must be submitted online with the following attachments:
- Completed budget proposal (mandatory)
- Scanned copy of registration (mandatory)
- Latest annual report (optional)
- Audit reports (optional)
- The Embassy might request additional documentation.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.