Deadline: 28 February 2015
The Jobs Fund’s 5th round of funding is now open and NGOs in South Africa can apply for once-off grants in the areas of enterprise development, infrastructure, support for work seekers and institutional capacity building.
The Jobs Fund creates jobs by supporting initiatives that generate employment in innovative ways.
Established by the South African government in 2011, The Jobs Fund awards grants to organisations through a competitive project application process where only the best ideas are funded. The Jobs Fund operates on challenge fund principles. Funding allocations are transparent, open and competitive, and are made by an independent Investment Committee.
The Jobs Fund accepts applications from the private, public and non-governmental sector during calls for proposals.
ound will focus on the agriculture sector, with specific focus on subsectors that continue to require labour intensive farming practices
The Jobs Fund is seeking innovative approaches that will provide comprehensive support packages to smallholder farmers. This support must address constraints that hinder smallholder productivity and commercial viability. These constraints include but are not limited to: access to appropriate finance, markets, infrastructure and integration into the existing agricultural value chains.
To reach smallholder farmers, the agriculture round will emphasise partnerships and collaboration with large experienced intermediaries. Interventions must focus on projects that have potential to create jobs on a large scale and promote broader systemic impact.
The total grant allocation for supporting interventions that benefit smallholder farmers is R600 million. The principal funding objective for this theme area is to catalyse improved efficiencies and scale in a manner that is inclusive of smallholder farmers. To support this objective, grant sizes will range from a minimum of R20 million to a maximum of R200 million.
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