Productivity Improvement Resilience Program (INTAJ)
Announcement: Productivity Improvement Resilience Program (INTAJ)
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Program Announcement
The Small and Medium Enterprise Assistance for Revitalization and Transition (SMART) Project is a four-year, USAID funded program implemented by DAI. SMART aims to rapidly recover Palestinian enterprises and put them on a path to revitalization and resilience following unprecedented economic distress. SMART will help enterprises regain productivity, grow, and expand. It will promote economic growth and self-reliance in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
SMART’s Productivity Improvement Resilience Program (INTAJ) will address critical emerging challenges hindering the resilience, growth, and scalability of SMEs, Start-Ups, group of businesses and cooperatives in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, as they strive to maintain productivity or grow in the current crisis. The Program aims to enhance the resilience growth, and scalability of firms through:
INTAJ will work with eligible and qualified firms within the most impacted sectors across the West Bank and East Jerusalem including Food Processing, Agriculture, Textile & Garments, and Furniture.
Target Beneficiaries: Applicants located in West Bank and East Jerusalem based on the below definitions.
Award Ceiling and Beneficiary Contribution: Agreements will be subject to a ceiling of $70,000 and will cover up to 60% of the cost of capital expenditures and up to 75% of Technical Assistance and Trainings.
Program Support Duration: Up to nine months.
Eligibility Criteria:
Firms will be deemed not eligible if any of the following are true:
Selection Criteria:
Eligible applicants will be evaluated based on the following selection criteria:
How to Apply: Please click here Productivity Improvement Resilience Program (INTAJ).
Application Deadline: Applications are due no later than December 31st,2024 at 11:30 P.M. , as per the cover page of the Request for Applications (RFA). The review and evaluation process will begin upon receipt of applications, and therefore we advise companies not to wait until the deadline for submitting their application. SMART will review and select firms in the order their applications were submitted.
Further Information: For more details on the program, the eligibility, the evaluation criteria, and the contribution coverage please visit www.smartproject.ps. For further inquiries email [email protected].
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