Prishtina, Dec 9, 2024 – MCA Kosovo has launched “Energy for Equality” Grants for Tier 3,aiming to increase employment, retention, and career development of women in the energy sector. All large companies in the energy sector with 200 or more employees are invited to apply for this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) by January 29, 2025.
Grants of the “Energy for Equality” will provide financial support to enterprises in the energy sector to establish gender-inclusive working environments. The maximum grant amount per company under Tier 3 will go up to 110,000 EUR. There are three types of measures that MCA Kosovo will support through grants: Policies, Projects and Initiatives.
Eligible entities can apply for development of policies to advance gender equality in the energy workforce, such as: gender policy/equal opportunity recruitment / equal pay, anti-harassment policy, flextime and home-office policy, policies addressing care responsibilities (including paternity leave, child-care, elderly care) and similar.
Under projects, eligible entities can apply for the development of lactation rooms, day-care facility or monetary support for childcare, software and platforms for remote learning, IT equipment to enable home office (laptops and similar) or others.
Initiatives will support internships (paid internship for at least 6 months) and mentorship programs (2-3 days), training & skills qualifications, advocacy activities (promoting role models), gender sensitivity and inclusivity campaigns, leadership programs and more.
These measures are only indicative while eligible entities are invited to propose different ideas for providing more inclusive workforce in the energy and adjacent sectors.
Eligible to apply are all large companies (200 or more employees) registered and operating in Kosovo for energy generation, energy transmission, energy supply, or energy distribution and companies must have been active in business for at least one year.
The application process has two stages: (1) developing a Concept Note and (2) Full Application procedures for shortlisted candidates. The deadline for application and submission of the Concept Note proposal is January 29, through email: e4e.grants@mcakosovo.org.
The JETA Project is one of three projects covered by the Compact program agreement, valued at $236.7 million, signed on July 28, 2022, between the Government of Kosovo and the United States of America, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. MCC-Kosovo Compact is the largest and most innovative investment in recent decades, which will serve as the cornerstone of Kosovo’s transition to green energy, and contribute to the country’s energy security and socio-economic transformation.
For more information on “Energy for Equality” please visit www.energyforequality.com.