Panama Call for Proposals: Open Societies, COVID-19 Response, and Climate Change & Biodiversity

• Eligibility:
  • Not-for-profit, civil society and multilateral organisations operating in Panama are eligible to apply
  • Assessment Criteria
    • strict alignment with aforementioned priority areas
    • evidence of urgent or priority need
    • activities are value for money (VfM) and cost-efficient
    • clear, tangible, and achievable deliverables within the funding period
    • clear monitoring and evaluation procedures included
    • good risk & stakeholder management
    • project feasibility, including capacity of implementing organisation and ability to deliver under current circumstances
    • sustainability – project benefits continue after the funding ends
    • the organisation’s safeguarding policies ensure gender equality and protection of beneficiaries (i.e. against harassment and discrimination of women and children)
    • administration costs for delivering the project do not exceed 10% of the total project budget

• Funding amount:$10,000 to $30,000
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target countries: Panama
• Application languages: English

The call for bids for project proposals that directly support open societies, COVID-19 response, and climate change & biodiversity is now open.

The Embassy is particularly interested in short-term interventions in the following specific areas:

• Open societies (democracy, human rights, media freedom)
• Open Data/Access to information – including but not limited to digitalisation of government services and information
• Improving the quality of and access to government/national statistics/information
• Supporting human rights
• Supporting LGBT+ rights in Panama
• Supporting Media Freedom
• Supporting indigenous rights and inclusion in policymaking
• Supporting Gender Equality in Panama
• COVID-19, vaccines, recovery and health security
• Supporting inclusive, green and sustainable economic recovery and growth after the impacts of the pandemic
• Supporting data-driven initiatives to tackle Covid-19
• Climate and Biodiversity
• Tackling biodiversity loss/deforestation, with a particular interest on tackling this issue in the indigenous regions
• Policy support in solid waste management and recycling
• Capacity building and preparation ahead of COP26, including in climate negotiations and implementation of NDCs

Learn more and apply here