Cross-Regional Connectivity Grants

Supporting Commonwealth member states in undertaking cross-regional peer-to-peer learning activities to enhance knowledge, build capacity, and facilitate greater trade and investment

About the program & FAQs
Application Form

About the program

This program is intended to support Commonwealth member states in undertaking cross-regional peer-to-peer learning activities aimed at enhancing their knowledge, building their capacity, and growing their expertise to facilitate greater trade and investment.

With pandemic-related travel restrictions easing after two years, Commonwealth member states can again benefit from in-person engagement to explore and exchange learnings and best practices in various areas of development.

The program will support member states to deliver such activities, while enabling interventions and engagements that work toward achieving Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda (CCA) objectives of greater cross-Commonwealth connectivity, trade, and investment.

The program is open to bids from groups of public and private sector entities representing at least two regions of the Commonwealth. The regions of the Commonwealth are Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Americas; Europe; and the Pacific.

Grant recipients will ideally be regional secretariats/organisations with broad Commonwealth membership representation, and which are already institutionally aligned to receive grant funding.

Submission Deadline

The current call round closes on Friday, 27 October 2023. Applications must be submitted by 17:00 BST on the closing date.

Read more: Program Guidelines
Read more: FAQs
Download: Budget Template
Go to Application Form

Application Form

Note: Applications cannot be saved or returned to. Please complete this form in one session.

Lead Organisation Details

Project Details

Which CCA Cluster/workstream does the project align to?

Each project proposal must align to a single CCA Cluster. More information on the Clusters can be found here.

Which CCA Cluster/workstream objectives does the project address?

Select the Cluster objectives the proposal aligns with. These should primarily be in the Cluster selected above. More information on the Cluster objectives can be found here.

Project Objectives

Planned Interventions

Expected Outputs

Which Commonwealth countries are involved in this proposal?

Select all countries involved in this proposal. Proposals must include countries from at least two regions of the Commonwealth.

Financial Details

Grant Amount Requested (GBP)

Co-Funding Amount Contributed (GBP)

Co-Funding Details

Beneficiaries & Intended Results

Key Beneficiaries

Project Partners

Intended Results

Sustainability & Inclusion

Sustainability

Inclusion

Staffing & Experience

Staff Details

Relevant Experience

Supporting Documentation & Evidence

Applicants must submit supporting documentation detailing:

  • experience of the organisation/key staff to be involved in the project (ex, CVs of key staff members)
  • prospective budget detailing how funding will be expended (template available here)
  • agreement of project partners to host/participate in the proposed activities, as well as agreement to provide co-funding (if externally sourced).

Failure to supply the above evidence may result in the application not being considered. Applicants may also wish to submit additional evidence to support claims/project goals stated in their application. For example, evidence that the proposed activities are supported/endorsed at Ministerial/regional levels.

Applicants may also wish to submit a concept note to provide further narrative around project proposals.

These document submissions and questions may be directed to the Connectivity Agenda team at: [email protected]

Agreements