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The openIMIS initiative, together with Digital Square offers a financing opportunity to further develop openIMIS through Notice D1 - openIMIS Modularization, Nepali Functionality, and Community Development. The deadline for submitting first concept notes is 23. of August. |
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This page summarizes the application process for your convenience. Always find the most recent information on the process on their the Open Application Platform |
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Digital Square manages a very transparent and collaborative Open Application Process (OAP) to identify relevant proposals in three major phases:
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| Note | 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. |
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| Review & Investment | The Digital Square core team forms |
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| a peer review committee and identifies the most promising applications according to the prioritization framework, which are then reviewed by the Digital Square governing board. |
In each phase has tasks sets which involve different stakeholders. The table below gives an overview of the timeline and the involvement of different actors:
| Phase | Activity | Until | GIZ | Digital Square | Applicants | Global 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 | ||||
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| GIZ approval | 30.10.2019 |
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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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