MOVE ComCashew Launching of the Call for Concept notes for the Competitive Matching Grant Fund

Thanks to the project “Business Support Facility for Resilient Agriculture Value Chains” which  is co-financed by the European Union (EU) under the post-Cotonou agreement with the Secretariat of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and by the Federal Ministry of Development and Economic Cooperation (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (GIZ), we are glad to announce the launch of the Call for Concept notes for the Competitive Matching Grant Fund this 12^th  June 2023.

The Cashew Matching Grant Fund (MGF) is an initiative of the Business Support Facility for Resilient Agricultural Value Chains being implemented by MOVE-ComCashew and  aimed to support cashew private sector businesses and farmer cooperatives/groups in the African, the Caribbean, and the Pacific(ACP) States to mobilize resources, create ownership and build resilient agricultural Value Chains. This call is  targeting cashew value chain only.

We are delighted to inform you that the call for applications would be launched on Monday, June 12^th, 2023. If you have interesting project ideas in the cashew value chain, then this could just be your chance to get financing for your dream project. Visit the following websites on Monday 12^th June 2023 to get more information about how to apply for this funding.

• www.comcashew.org
• Homepage - OACPS;
• Accueil (ciccashew.org);
• African Cashew Alliance;
• Accueil (ciccashew.org)
• About us - CARI : Competitive African Rice Initiative (cari-project.org);
• https://www.agribusiness-facility.org/

To facilitate the application process, the organizers of this call have put together the readiness program. The readiness programme is designed to explain the Matching Grant concept to all applicants and help you understand better what you are applying for and what support is available for you at every level or stage before and after signing the contract.

If you have any questions or comments, don’t hesitate to participate in our webinars announced below: Choose your preferred date and time to join our webinars. The webinars would address questions on  what the matching grant fund is, who can apply, how and when.

Webinar 1: 13^th June 2023: MS Teams call (English Only) (Africa/Caribbean) at

• 2pm GMT, 4pm CET
• 5pm East and southern Africa time
• 10 am Guyana
• 9 am Jamaica

   Click below link to join the webinar on your computer, mobile app or room device

Launch of the MOVE ComCashew Matching Grant Fund

Webinar 2: 14^th June 2023: Zoom call through African Cashew Alliance's platform (English and French)

• 2pm GMT, 4pm CET
• 5pm East and southern Africa time
• 10 am Guyana time
• 9 am Jamaica time

Click below link to join the webinar on your computer, mobile app or room device

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87432978174?pwd=RE8wMHdLRzVlNTZJVERZOG9DNEdUZz09

Webinar ID: 874 3297 8174

Passcode: 7494

Webinar 3: 20th June, 2023 (French Only)

MS Teams call (Africa/Caribbean) at

• 2pm GMT, 4 pm CET
• 5pm East and southern Africa time
• 10 am Guyana
• 9 am Jamaica

Click below link to join the webinar on your computer, mobile app or room device

Launch of the MOVE ComCashew Matching Grant Fund

Webinar 4: 21^st June 2023, targeting the Pacific region and the Caribbean (English only)

• 9 am in the pacific region
• 9 pm GMT, 11 pm CET
• 5 pm in Guyana
• 4 pm in Jamaica