Applications for the Finnish Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa 2025 are being invited. The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) is calling for research proposals from public or private non-profit organizations in Europe/Africa operating within a consortium of European and African organizations. This Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) is financed by the European Commission.
This Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA), being an initiative of the European Commission is part of the EU’s Global Gateway investments. The Finnish Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa 2025. FRTIA 2025 aims to generate deeper understanding for policy and practice relevant recommendations on how teacher training and teacher wellbeing at work can be made more effective in Sub-Saharan Africa, and ultimately to reduce teacher shortage and attrition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
SUMMARY
- Scholarship Sponsor: European Union
- Host Institution(s): Institutions in Europe & Africa
- Scholarship Type: Research Grants
- Scholarship Worth: Maximum €800.000/grant
- Number of Awards: Several
- Study Level(s): Not Stated
- Nationality: Sub-Saharan Africa
Eligibility Criteria for the Finnish Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa 2025
To be eligible for grants, the lead applicant must satisfy the following conditions:
- Be a legal person.
- Be effectively established in either Europe or in an African country (establishment is determined based on the organization’s articles of association which must show that the organization has been founded under an act of law of the country in question and that its registered office is located in an eligible country). In this regard, any legal entity registered locally or acting under a “memorandum of understanding” is not eligible
- Be a public actor (a 100% public entity, with no private capital) or be a private non-profit actor (e.g., universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes, I/NGOs, CSOs, trade unions, network secretariats, associations, governmental research institutes or departments).
- Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project with the co-applicant (s) and not be acting as an intermediary.
- Have already managed at least one grant (of public funds) that has already ended (not longer than five years ago) and that amounts to 50% of the amount applied for.
- Dispose of financial statements certified by an independent body (audit or statutory commissioner). Those statements must not be older than 2 years.
Co-applicants concerning the Finnish Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa 2025
- The co-applicants shall participate in the implementation of the project, and the costs that they incur shall be eligible in the same way as those incurred by the applicant.
- The co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria that apply to the lead applicant itself, except that:
- They do not need to prove that they have already managed a grant amounting to 50% of the amount applied for.
Benefits of the Finnish Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa 2025
- Total funding in this RTIA 2025 call for proposals: €4.000.000
- Minimum grant amount: €400.000/grant
- Maximum grant amount: €800.000/grant +10% co-financing
Call Timeline for Finnish Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa 2025
- Call launch: October 4, 2024
- Info webinar: October 11, 2024
- Deadline for questions: November 8, 2024
- Deadline for responses: November 15, 2024
- Deadline for proposals: November 25, 2024
- Applicants informed of the final decisions: February 14, 2025
Application Procedure for the Finnish Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa 2025
- Please use the Applyforgrants. fi service and activate the Finnish Authenticator Application
- To submit your RTIA 2025 application, you need to activate the Finnish Authenticator Identification Service
- You must first register a foreigner’s identifier (UID) for yourself
- Then verify your identity using the Finnish Authenticator application. Please find step-by-step instructions here on the Suomi.fi website
Frequently Asked Questions:
Who can Apply for the Finnish Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa 2025?
In this call, eligible organizations are public or private non-profit organizations (universities, research institutes, research departments, I/NGOs, etc.) that are established in Europe or Africa and act in a consortium. The minimum consortium size is 1 European and 2 African partners and the maximum size for the whole consortium is 7 partners (one lead and six partners).
What is the regional facility for teachers in Africa?
The Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa aims to support African countries to improve the education and training of teachers and to make sure that their schools have enough qualified teachers.