Rahmen für Kleinprojekte KoBü Thimphu 2018



Contract partner: Diverse Träger Country: Bhutan Funding amount: € 70.000,00 Project start: 01.01.2018 End: 30.11.2018

Short Description:

Overall goal


The overall aim of the small project grant fund is to complement and/or support the engagement of ADC in Bhutan with targeted and non-bureaucratic funding of small projects. This support takes place within the strategic and programmatic policy frameworks of Austria and Bhutan such as the Three Year Programme on Austrian Development Policy, the Country Strategy 2015-2018, and the 11th Five Year Plan of Bhutan.


Target group / Beneficiaries


The Austrian Coordination Office in cooperation with the civil society partners aims to reach disadvantaged people in socioeconomically underdeveloped areas which are not directly targeted in the main bilateral development programme. Whenever possible, innovative development approaches are sought and supported in a pilot mode.


Activities


The specific areas will be related to the development of tourism value chains, the revival of an old cultural festival as a touristic product through the restoration of monastery, the procurement of massage therapy equipment for traditional medicine hospital and to increased agricultural productivity with special consideration of vulnerable groups incl. disabled youths. They are in line with priorities as defined in Government of Bhutan strategies and policies.

project number 6509-00/2018
source of funding OEZA
sector Andere multisektorielle Maßnahmen
tied 0
modality Project-type interventions
marker
  • Policy marker: are used to identify, assess and facilitate the monitoring of activities in support of policy objectives concerning gender equality, aid to environment, participatory development/good governance, trade development and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions include the identification of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and desertification.
    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
  • Type of Aid – Aid modalities: classifies transfers from the donor to the first recipient of funds such as budget support, core contributions and pooled programmes and funds to CSOs and multilateral organisations, project-type interventions, experts and other technical assistance, scholarships and student costs in donor countries, debt relief, administrative costs and other in-donor expenditures.
  • Purpose/ sector code: classifies the specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure, funded by a bilateral contribution.
  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.