Orange Corners Innovation Fund Grant Programme 2024–2030

The administrative rules appended as an annexeto this Order apply to grants awarded under articles 5.1and 7.2 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Grant Regulations 2006with a view to enhancing access to finance for young entrepreneurs who provide innovative, sustainable solutions to challenges in Africa, the Middle East and Asia in the framework of the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) Grant Programme 2024–2030, from the date on which this Order enters into force up to and including 31 December 2030.

1. Grant applications under the Orange Corners Innovation Fund Grant Programme 2024–2030 may be submitted in several different rounds.
2. Applications for grants in the first round of the Orange Corners Innovation Fund Grant Programme 2024–2030 should focus on the target locations Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria and the Palestinian Territories, and must be submitted between 2 October 2023 and 12.00 noon CET on 20 November 2023.
3. Applications for grants in the second round of the Orange Corners Innovation Fund Grant Programme 2024–2030 should focus on the target locations Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Jordan, Senegal and South Africa, and must be submitted between 12 February 2024 and 12.00 noon CEST on 1 April 2024.
4. Applications for grants in the third round of the Orange Corners Innovation Fund Grant Programme 2024–2030 should focus on the target locations Bangladesh, Burundi, central Iraq, the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan and Tunisia, and must be submitted between 6 May 2024 and 12.00 noon CEST on 17 June 2024.
5. Grant applications under the Orange Corners Innovation Fund 2024–2030 Grant Programme must be submitted using the application form made available by the Minister and must be accompanied by the documents stipulated in that form. 1See www.rvo.nl/ocif.

1. A grant ceiling of € 46,200,000 applies to the Orange Corners Innovation Fund Grant Programme 2024–2030 from the date on which this Order enters into force up to and including 31 December 2030. Of this amount, no more than € 2,200,000 is available for activities in each of the following target locations: Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ghana, central Iraq, the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, Jordan, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, the Palestinian Territories, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan and Tunisia.
2. Any residual funds remaining after the first round will be made proportionately available for activities in the target locations for the subsequent round.

The available funds referred to in article 3, paragraph 1will be allocated in accordance with an assessment based on the criteria set out in the annexeto this Order, on the understanding that, of the applications that meet the criteria, those that meet them best will be given priority.

This Order enters into force on the day after the date of the Government Gazette in which it appears and lapses with effect from 1 January 2031, with the proviso that it continues to apply to grants awarded prior to that time.