Call for Proposals

The time is now!

The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s annual call for proposals for the grants-in-aid programme opens on 1 October 2024. Stakeholders such as small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs), non-profit organisations (NPOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), rural schools, and sports clubs may apply for funding during this period.

The programme follows the municipal Grants-in-Aid Policy, which outlines the funding provisions and requires interested parties to submit proposals for evaluation to access funding.

The funding process begins with public participation. Throughout the year, various platforms and events such as Mayoral Mondays and the Mayoral Business Cocktail provide opportunities for organisations to highlight their community needs.

The needs expressed during public engagements inform the municipality’s integrated development plan (IDP), which is a strategic development plan that is prepared for a five-year period and guides all planning, budgeting, management, and decision making in the municipality. The IDP is reviewed annually to ensure alignment with community needs.

The IDP guides the Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIP), which is prepared annually after the budget is approved by the Council. The SDBIP ensures that the CWDM funds programmes aligned with stakeholder needs. It serves as a guideline for meeting annual service delivery targets within the available budget. These targets are included in the performance agreements of the municipal manager and executive directors.

The call for proposals allows community organisations to apply for funding to deliver requested services. The advertisement specifies the submission period for required documentation. Note that closing dates vary by project.

Funding is often referred to as “17.3.j”, referencing section 17.3.j of the Municipal Finance Management Act. Please take cognisance that while applications are submitted in the current financial year, approved funding is allocated for the next financial year (July/August 2025).

The process follows strict criteria that call for specific documents and structure and applicants must therefore ensure that they fully understand the requirements. The relevant information is available in the advertisement that will be placed in local newspapers and on the CWDM website (www.capewinelands.gov.za).

Important notes:

• Funding includes monetary support, equipment, and mentorship.
• Applying for funding does not guarantee approval; stringent criteria apply.
• The CWDM funds NPOs, NGOs, and registered businesses.

The CWDM supports projects in the following categories:

• Local economic development: Small Farmer Support Programme and Entrepreneurial Seed Fund Programme for SMMEs and small farmers.

Closing date for submissions: 31 October 2024

• Tourism development: Tourism events and festivals to promote tourism in the Cape Winelands district.

Closing date for submissions: 31 October 2024

• Rural development: Sports and cultural programmes for organisations promoting sports or cultural activities.

• Closing date for submissions: 31 October 2024

• Social development: Community support programmes for organisations supporting the vulnerable, such as ECD centres or elderly forums.

• Closing date for submissions: 31 October 2024

• Technical services: Building and improvements of sports facilities at rural schools and clubs, where registered clubs and schools use the same facilities.

• Closing date for submissions: 30 November 2024

For questions, email idp@capewinelands.gov.za  or contact the individual programme managers listed in the highlighted block.

To access the full advertisement, project manager contact details, and application forms, visit www.capewinelands.gov.za  and click on ‘Call for Proposals 2024/2025’.

Afrikaans summary

Die Kaapse Wynland Distriksmunisipaliteit se jaarlikse versoek om voorstelle vir die hulptoelaeprogram open op 1 Oktober 2024. KMMO’s, OSW’s, NRO’s, landelike skole en sportklubs kan aansoek doen om befondsing. Die program volg die munisipale Beleid oor Hulptoelaes en voorstelle moet vir evaluering ingedien word. Geleenthede vir openbare deelname, soos Burgemeester Maandae, lig die munisipaliteit se geïntegreerde ontwikkelingsplan (GOP) in, wat beplanning, begroting en besluitneming rig. Die GOP word jaarliks ​​hersien en lig die Dienslewering- en Begrotingsimplementeringsplan (DLBIP) in. Die DLBIP verseker dat die KWDM programme befonds wat met belanghebbendes se ooreenstem. Aansoeke om befondsing is vir die volgende boekjaar (Julie/Augustus 2025) en volg streng kriteria. Befondsing sluit finansiële steun, toerusting en mentorskap in. Die KWDM ondersteun projekte in plaaslike ekonomiese ontwikkeling, toerisme-ontwikkeling, landelike ontwikkeling, maatskaplike ontwikkeling en tegniese dienste. Vir meer inligting, besoek www.capewinelands.gov.za en klik op ‘Versoek om Voorstelle 2024/2025’. Vir vrae, stuur e-pos na idp@capewinelands.gov.za.

Xhosa summary

IsiMemezo soNyaka weziPhakamisoo senkqubo yoNcedo- lweziBonelelo zikaMasipala wesiThili waseCape Winelands sivulwa ngomhla woku-1 kweyeDwarha wowama-2024. Amashishini amancinane asakhulayo (SMMEs), imibutho engenzi nzuzo (NPOs), imibutho engeyokarhulumente ( NGOs,) izikolo zasemaphandleni nemibutho yemidlalo ingenza izicelo zengxowa-mali. Inkqubo ilandela umGaqo woNcedo lweziBonelelo  kwaye iziphakamiso kufuneka zingeniselwe ukuhlolwa. Izehlo zokuthabatha inxaxheba koluntu njengeMivulo yeMeya yazisa isicwangciso sophuhliso (IDP),  ekhokhela isicwangciso, uqingqo-mali nokuthatha izigqibo. I-IDP iphonongwa yonke iminyaka kwaye yazisa ukuHanjiswa kweeNkonzo nesiCwangciso sokuZalisekisa uQingqo-mali (SDBIP). I-SDBIP iqinisekisa ukuba iinkqubo zengxowa-mali  ka-CWDM zihambisana neemfuno zabachaphazelekayo. Izicelo zemali zezonyaka-mali olandelayo (kweyeKhala/kweyeThupha yowama-2025) kwaye ilandela umlinganiselo ongqongqo. Ingxowa-mali iquka inkxaso-mali, isixhobo nengcebiso. mentorship. I-CWDM ixhasa amaphulo oPhuhliso loQoqoqsho lwaseKhaya, oPhuhliso lozoKhenketho, uPhuhliso lwasemaPhandleni, uPhuhliso loLuntu neeNkonzo zobuGcisa. Ukuba ufuna ulwazi oluthe kratya yiya kwiwebhusayithi: visit www.capewinelands.gov.za kwaye ucofe ‘Call for Proposals 2024/2025’. Ukuba unemibuzo thumela kule imeyile idp@capewinelands.gov.za.