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Digital Square manages a very transparent and collaborative Open Application Process (OAP) to identify relevant proposals in three major phases:

• Concept note phase (open): Applicants prepare concept notes as expressions of interest, outlining the scope and basic strategy of their project. Digital Square and GIZ then identify out-of scope proposals and remove them from the process.
• Application phase (open): Applicants work out final applications in an open co-creation processphase: The application phase consists of a co-creation part and a finalisation part:
  • Co-creation of preliminary technical applications: In an open process, the whole community can comment the applications while the applicants can revise their applications accordingly. Applicants can form new consortia to apply jointly for overlapping
  workpackages
  • work-packages.
  • Application finalization:The applicants finalize their application based on the comments.
• Review and Investment (closed): The Digital Square core team forms a peer review committee and identifies the most promising applications according to the prioritization framework.

Deadlines

• Concept Note:
  • Release of Request for Application: August 7, 2019
    
  • Live Q&A teleconference #1:August 15, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. GMT/ 6:00 a.m. EDT
    • Recording
  • Live Q&A teleconference #2: August 15, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. PDT/ 9:00 a.m. EDT
    
    • Recording
  • Q&A responses posted to wiki: August 16, 2019
    
  • Additional Q&A session: August 12, 2019 at 3:00 a.m. PDT/ 6:00 a.m. EDT
    • ics calendar invite
  • Concept note due: August 23,2019
    
  • Notification of in-scope concepts: September 2, 2019
    
• Application Phase:
  • Preliminary technical application due:September 13, 2019
    
  • Full applications due:October 4, 2019
    
• Review & Investment Phase:
  • Applicants notified of decision:October 30, 2019

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