The Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Nairobi, has launched the Call for Proposals for the development tool Sharing Slovak Expertise (SSE) provided to partners in the Republic of Kenya in the year 2021.

Types of Possible Projects

• Internship in Slovakia - diplomats in partner countries are encouraged to come to Slovakia to participate in professional knowledge exchange and networking, whilst strengthening mutual bilateral relationships. The maximum duration of the internship is 2 weeks.
• Study visits to Slovakia - professionals, experts and representatives of the government and the non-governmental sector in partner countries are encouraged to come to Slovakia to acquire Slovak knowledge, experience and skills, whilst establishing and cultivating mutual relationships. Through short-term visits to Slovakia (max. 5 days including travel) they will be able to participate in business meetings with Slovak counterparts, to understand and potentially apply the Slovak perspective in their fields.
• Slovak expert(s) visits to partner country - experts in partner countries are encouraged to invite Slovak counterpart(s) to their country to participate in professional knowledge exchange and networking, whilst strengthening mutual expert relationships. The recommended duration of the visit is max. 5 days including travel.

Territorial & Sectoral Priorities

• Sharing Slovak Expertise is a Slovak Official Development Aid (ODA) tool. Its primary objective is to offer and share expertise, experience and recommendations of Slovak experts on successful governance reforms and good practice in various areas where the Slovak Republic has recognized comparative advantages
• SSE aims to support partner countries on their way to the EU and NATO integration, based on the Slovak experience of continual reforms to make public administration, public finances and state services more efficient, to increase prosperity and civic participation.
• SSE offers an opportunity to share experience of experts from various specialized institutions of the Slovak Republic, including the non-governmental sector, the academic and/or medical community. Countries of the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership of the EU where the Slovak Republic has its Embassy continue to be the territorial priorities.
• In this context, projects should focus on topics with real impact and added value. Projects should be linked to ongoing or already implemented Slovak ODA projects to ensure continuity or "opening the door" to new development projects.

For more information, visit Sharing Slovak Expertise.