The project HOPES-LEB (Higher and Further Education Opportunities and Perspectives for Syrians and vulnerable youth in Lebanon), funded by the European Union, through the EU Regional Trust Fund in response to the Syrian Crisis, the ‘EU Madad Fund’ and implemented by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Campus France and Nuffic, is pleased to announce the opening of the first round of the HOPES-LEB Call for Proposals to support short-term education training and capacity building projects implemented by local institutions registered in Lebanon.

The HOPES-LEB project invites organisations registered in Lebanon to submit tailor-made project proposals that address the specific needs of vulnerable Lebanese youth and refugees from Syria and alleviate bottlenecks related to access to and completion of higher and further education and labour market integration.

The focus will be on developing institutional capacity for supporting beneficiaries with the completion of their education, preventing dropout and better preparing them for the labour market (local, regional and international opportunities).

Priority Areas

Projects are expected to address one or more of the following three priority areas:

• Access to higher education
• Completion of higher education
• Access to the labour market

Funding Information

• A total of €1,080,000 is available to support projects in Lebanon, which allows for at least 18 projects in total, divided over two rounds of calls (one in 2020 and the other one in 2021).
• All projects can request funds for their actions ranging from €10,000 to €60,000.
• The maximum duration of these funded projects should not exceed 18 months.

Eligibility Criteria

The general criteria that proposals under the Funding for Training and Capacity Building have to comply with in order to be eligible:

• Proposals should come from organisations and institutions officially registered in Lebanon
• (Co-)Applicants must be:
  • Local ministries and governmental organisations
  • Youth or labour organisations
  • NGO’s (local, regional and/or global)
  • Education and research institutions (local, regional and/or global)
• International NGO’s, regional and global research institutes and regional and global education Institutions can participate as co-applicants in a project, in which a Lebanese registered entity takes the lead.
• (Co-)Applications from research institutes and education institutions: this type of institutional cooperation has to be practical and demand-driven, should arise from the needs of local organisations.

For more information, visit HOPES-LEB.