Request For DRC
EOI for SMEs For HERAT
Request For DRC
Request For EOI and Application form for SME- HERAT
Call for Expression of Interest (EOI)
Business Grants support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Invitation
The Danish Refugee Council is inviting entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs who fall under the Small and medium enterprise (SME) category and are in need of financial support for starting or expanding small businesses to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) and Application form for participating in the business grants programme.
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has worked in Afghanistan since the 1990s through Humanitarian Mine Action. In 2011, DRC expanded its scope and reach of programming to provide multi-sector and holistic packages of assistance.
Danish Refugee Council (DRC), with financial support from United Nations Development Program Afghanistan, is implementing a multi-sectoral project titled ‘ABADEI” in East, West, South and Central regions of Afghanistan
Through the one-year interventions, DRC aims to promote self-reliance among acutely vulnerable households and foster community resilience through cash-based emergency response and carefully phased livelihoods, protection, and peacebuilding activities implemented across Afghanistan’s Western (Herat and Farah), Central (Kabul, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, Paktika and Logar), Southern (Kandahar, Zabul and Nimroz) and Eastern (Nangahar and Kunar) regions.
Inclusion Criteria
Potential for job creation, especially among youth and women
Market sensitivity: business in priority sectors will be given preferences
Sustainability of the business
Feasibility of the business
The social impact that the business creates
Submission requirements
To apply, please complete the attached EOI and Application form in any of the national languages (Pashtu & Dari) and submit it through the given email address or DRC offices.
Selected applicants will be invited for a more detailed application process.
Closing date for applications: Aug 16, 2022
Submission Guidelines:
Please send your application through msme.applications.west@gmail.com with the subject title of your email “Expression of Interest – SME (Province name)” before the closing date (16/08/2022).
if you don’t have access to the Email, you can also submit the EOI and Application form to the below physical address.
Baghcha Gulha, Second street of Mokhabirat, PD3, Herat, Afghanistan.