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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
- 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.
Phase | Activity | Until | GIZ | Digital Square | Applicants | Community |
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Concept Note | Release of request for application | 07.08.2019 | X | X | ||
Prepare & upload concept notes | 23.08.2019 | X | ||||
Identify in-scope concepts | 30.08.2019 | X | X | |||
Application | Co-creation of preliminary technical applications | 13.09.2019 | X | X | X | X |
Commenting of preliminary technical applications | 20.09.2019 | X | X | X | X | |
Application finalization | 04.10.2019 | X | ||||
Review & Investment | Review by peer review committee | 11.10.2019 | X | X | ||
Recommend applications to Digital Square governing board | 16.10.2019 | X | ||||
Review by governing board & GIZ approval | 30.10.2019 | X | X |
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
- Live Q&A teleconference #2: August 15, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. PDT/ 9:00 a.m. EDT
- 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
- Concept note due: August 23,2019
- Notification of in-scope concepts: September 2, 2019
- Release of Request for Application: August 7, 2019
- Application Phase:
- Preliminary technical application due:September 13, 2019
- Full applications due:October 4, 2019
- Preliminary technical application due:September 13, 2019
- Review & Investment Phase:
- Applicants notified of decision:October 30, 2019
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