The Facility Investing for Employment
has launched a Call for Proposals in Morocco

Questions and answers

IFE’s responses to your questions during the webinars can be found in the Q&A-documents in the Download-Center.

The Call for Proposals is seeking applications for four types of investment projects:

IFE grants range from 1 million to 10 million euros per project. An applicant (individual entity or consortium) must provide own financial contributions towards the overall project expenditure in the required proportion. The percentage of own contribution required is defined based on the project category. All jobs created as part of the projects must be in the private sector in Morocco.

The grants are disbursed during the investment phase of the project and in accordance with achieved milestones.

Submit a concept note online in SmartME (link to system below) by 7 July 2023 at 17:00 CEST at the latest.

The Facility IFE selects projects through a competitive, objective, and transparent two-stage application process.

Stage one: The Call for Proposal invites applicants to submit Concept Notes. After an eligibility verification, Concept Notes are scored and the most promising are shortlisted based on both qualitative evaluation criteria and key performance indicators.

Stage two: The shortlisted applicants are informed to submit a detailed Full Project Proposal. The received Full Project Proposals are subject to a due diligence analysis, which may also involve an onsite visit. If IFE approves a project, it offers the applicant (individual entity or consortium) an agreement for a grant amount within the limits stated above.

The Additionality Condition: The requested IFE grant needs to be essential for the implementation of the project. Therefore, the applicant must demonstrate that he has tried but failed to secure the full finance need. Notably, an IFE grant does not replace but only supplements other options of funding available to the applicant.

Important documents, such as the Guidelines for Applicants and information on the application process, can be found in our Download Center.

In case of questions, please visit our FAQ-section. In case you cannot find the information you need, please send an email to cfp-ife.maroc@invest-for-jobs.com until 30 June 2023 at 17:00 CEST.

A series of online meetings will be organised to present the objectives of the Facility, its conditions for submitting proposals, as well as the steps and modalities of participation. The webinars will take place on 7, 14 and 21 June at 11:30 CEST/10:30 in Morocco.

To receive the link to the webinars, please send an email to: cfp-ife.maroc@invest-for-jobs.com or refer to the Key Information Sheet in our Download Center.

IFE’s responses to your questions during the webinars can be found in the Q&A-documents in the Download-Center.