Questions and answers – Call for concept notes – Scaling up Women and Youth’s Participation in the Labour Force in Jordan

Canada's Middle East Strategy (MES) defines Government of Canada's engagement as well as priorities in the Middle East, and in Jordan. Please refer to the Call page for details about the desired outcomes of the project.

To apply for funding in response to a call, please consult the following page and take note of the technical advice available on the Funding Guides page. Please refer to the Call page, section Organization Eligibility, for full details.

In the "How to submit your application" section of the call page, you will find a list of the documents you need to submit with your application. Some of these documents are Global Affairs Canada PDF forms, which you will need to download and save in order to view their contents.

If needed, further technical information is available.

Consult the information on risk management for international development projects.

No. As stated on the call page, your proposed project will take place exclusively in Jordan.

For this Call, the previous project experience can be cumulative across the several projects.

As indicated on the Call Page, programming for youth must align with Jordan’s national laws governing labour law and youth rights, as well as all child labour conventions to which Canada and Jordan are party.

No. The required project experience examples can only be demonstrated by the lead applicant and other signatories.

This call refers to the following definition from International Labour Organization's definition: “Green jobs are decent jobs that contribute to preserve or restore the environment, be they in traditional sectors such as manufacturing and construction, or in new, emerging green sectors such as renewable energy and energy efficiency”.

For more information, please consult the available questions and answers - Policy on Cost-Sharing for Grant and Non-Repayable Contribution Agreements and conditions.

To learn more about innovation as understood in this call, please consult the guidance note on Global Affairs Canada's approach to innovation in international assistance.

As indicated on the Call page, priority will be given to proposals that meet the requirement of targeting (GE-03) or fully integrating (GE-02) gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment in their design.

To learn more, you can consult “Feminist International Aid - Toolkit for gender equality in projects”, in particular tool number 9.

As indicated on the call page, please refer to the Guidance on Eligible Costs for Development Initiatives.

Note that at this stage of the call process, no documents other than those indicated in the “How to submit your application” section will be accepted.

It is up to organizations to justify the geographical areas selected for their project, and no specific “remote areas” have been identified for programming.

As indicated on the Call page, please refer to the Tip Sheet on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): Growth That Works for Everyone.

Yes. Non-repayable funding may be considered for this call.

The project will begin once the recipient organization(s) and Global Affairs Canada have signed the financial instrument.

Yes. If the consortium lead (signatory) meets the requirements in terms of capacity and recent experience, it will make the consortium eligible to apply.

Only organizations that are legally incorporated in Canada or in Jordan are eligible to apply as a signatory partner.  If your organization is legally incorporated in Jordan, AND your organization is registered to operate in Jordan (with the Government of Jordan), then you are eligible to apply to this Call. Please refer to the Call page, section Organization Eligibility, for full details.

For this Call, only organizations that are legally incorporated in Canada or in Jordan are eligible to apply as a signatory partner. If your organization is submitting a concept note with other organizations, each organization co-signing the funding agreement must meet these eligibility requirements and provide documents that show their eligibility.

Carefully examine the selection criteria on the call page, in the “Organization eligibility” section.

All mandatory eligibility criteria presented on the call page are for organizations that would sign a contribution agreement with Global Affairs Canada.

As indicated on the call page, organizations that do not meet the eligibility criteria may consider forming a consortium with an organization that meets all the eligibility criteria.

Please refer to the call page, “Organization eligibility” section, for further details.

No restrictions are placed on applicants based on previous Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) or other Global Affairs Canada’s funding.

However, applicants must ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria.

No. As mentioned on the Call page, recent experience must be within the last 8 years.

An organization can only be a signatory or a cosignatory for one application in this Call. As indicated on the Call Page, if your organization submits more than one (1) application, either on your own or as a co-signatory to a funding agreement, we will only consider the application with the earliest submission time stamp.

There are no restrictions on the number of non-signatory organizations allowed.

As indicated on the Call page, only each of the signatory organizations is required to complete the Organization Attestation form.

Yes. In kind contributions can be considered if they meet the requirements of the Policy on Cost-Sharing for Grant and Non-Repayable Contribution Agreements.

For guidance refer to the Policy on Cost-Sharing for Grant and Non-Repayable Contribution Agreements.