Ghana - Apply for Skills Development Fund (SDF)

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Skill Development Fund (SDF), the applicant must go to the Scholarship Secretariat in Ghana contact link
2. Then, the applicant can get their application form for skill development fund (SDF).
3. Applicant has to enter all information in the application form.
4. Make sure that his/her have all the documents listed in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Please refer to the fees details in the “Fees” section of this page. Pay the appropriate fees where the officials would start processing your application.
6. Applicants may subsequently wish to contact an intermediary (optional) to support them in the development of their proposals.
7. The applicant will then submit the fully completed proposal (both hard and soft copies) to the SDF division.
8. Proposals will be evaluated by two trained external evaluators one after the other, after which the SDF office will then take over until a final decision is made by the SDF committee.
9. After the award of grants by the SDF Committee, a grant agreement will be prepared on the basis of the approved project proposal and budget for the implementation of approved proposals.
10. Generally, the processing time for this procedure is taken 6 weeks.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Three recent passport photographs.
• An independent evaluation report.
• The estimated cost of the project.
• Document showing timeline.
• An independent evaluation report.

Office Locations & Contacts

Location: Accra
Address: Ghana scholarship secretariat
Government office, Haile Selassie St, Accra, Ghana.
HR44+JH Accra, Ghana
Phone number: +233 30 290 7058
P.O Box. M 75, Accra, Ghana.
Telephone number- +233(0)302 662681
Fax -+233(0)302 662732
Email id – [email protected]
Location link
Website: Link

Eligibility

• All firms that want to incorporate new technologies or innovations into their business in order to improve productivity are Eligible for this type of Funding.
• All firms regardless of size and ownership structure will be eligible for this funding provided there in the Field of innovation and technology.

Fees

• A Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per authority request.

Validity

• Skill development fund Validity is for 4-5 years.

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Processing Time

• The Processing time for this procedure is taken 6 weeks.

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Instructions

• In 2006, by act 718, the government of Ghana established the council for technical and vocational education and training (COTVET). The objective of the technical and vocational education and training in the country. One of the council’s functions is to source funding to support (TVET) activities.

Required Information

• Name of the applicant.
• Address of the applicant.
• Bank account details
• A technology needs assessment.
• Final review of the application.
• Three recent passport photographs.
• Information on estimated cost of the project.
• Expected outcome
• Expected economic returns of the investment.

Need for the Document

• The SDF provide funding to skills and technology development through four 'windows', each catering for a particular target group.

Information which might help

• These technologies or innovations must be new to the participating firms but not necessarily new to Ghana.
• The Application form is assessed based on technical and commercial merit.
• The matching grant will be documented in a Grant Agreement between COTVET.
• Beneficiary firms will receive matching grants requiring up to 25% co-financing by the firm.
• The beneficiary must co-finance the actual expenses of the project.
• There is no minimum grant size but no firm or group of firms under common control may receive more than the cedi equivalent of US$ 500,000 in grants, total.
• Technology centre grants are meant to finance start-up and initial costs rather than ongoing operating expenses.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

• The fund will support the following types of training needs and activities:
• Upgrading the skills of employees for productivity improvement and to enable employees adopt emerging new technologies.
• Enabling current employees to earn higher technical and vocational skills qualifications and incomes.
• Upgrading the skills of master crafts-persons and self-employed graduate apprentices.

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