The German Consulate General in Kolkata runs a programme for small scale cooperation projects in the Indian States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal.

Small Scale Projects address the needs of the underprivileged parts of society, alongside the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with a clear focus on “helping people to help themselves” and aiming at funding a sustainable improvement of living conditions. Preference is generally given to projects in the fields of education, vocational training, income-generation and protection of the environment. Projects promoting gender equality receive particular consideration. The target group benefitting from the micro-project should be actively involved in the project.

Proposals for up to EUR 10000 for each project are accepted. The duration of the project should not exceed seven - eight months and has to be concluded before the end of the year (calendar). The following costs cannot be financed: staff, administrative and running costs (overhead costs), unskilled labour, vehicles, computers, printers, television sets, travel expenses etc. Only projects that have not yet commenced at the time the application is approved can
be supported.

Due to conflict of interest, the Consulate General cannot support projects co-sponsored by other organisations that receive contributions from the German Federal Budget (e.g. European Union, United Nations).

Documents required:

• Complete Application Form
  
• Financing plan
  
• Accounts and budget for the preceding year
  
• Copy of the registration of your institution under the Societies Registration Act, FCRA and other NGO documents
  
• Project summary and photos
• Two competitive quotations/estimates (in Rupees) for each item for which the grant is requested
  
• Authorization certificate for the two signatories
  

Applications should be submitted to the E-mail: wi-11@kalk.diplo.de

Due to availability of limited funds, unfortunately we cannot take every project into consideration. Furthermore, only the selected project partners will be contacted. Unfortunately, due to limited resources, application submission and rejection acknowledgement information cannot be sent.