The HIT RESET project aims to enhance the capacity of government entities, coastal development agencies and coastal communities to identify existing vulnerabilities, anticipate impacts, and plan and implement mitigation and adaptation measures, allowing coastal settlements to become more climate-smart and resilient.
HIT RESET is coordinated by The University of the West Indies- Trinidad and Tobago-, in partnership with Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS)-Suriname- and the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)- Barbados.
Objectives
The specific project objectives are:
Digital and modeling technologies utilized by coastal development agencies and high-level decision-makers in CARIFORUM countries for the prediction of the impacts of Climate Change and natural disasters, and the planning and management of coastal communities
Government entities, coastal development agencies, and coastal communities in CARIFORUM countries developing urban planning policies and/or plans that are conducive to the use of digital and modeling innovations for sustainable coastal development.
Funding Information
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
minimum amount: EUR 200,000
maximum amount: EUR 300,000
Grants should be for eighteen month period with an expected start date of 1st January 2023 and a completion date of 30th June 2024.
Eligible Activities
The activities must take place in one or more of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Eligibility Criteria
The Applicant for the Third Call project submission must:
be a legal person or registered entity; and
be established since 2017 in at least one of the following CARIFORUM countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago; and
have directly implemented two (2) research and innovation (R&I) projects for an amount of EUR 75,000 each between 2018 -2022, and
be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the activities being funded.
If awarded a grant contract, the Applicant will be the Interlocutor to The UWI on management and financial matters. The Interlocutor will act on behalf of any other Co-applicant (if any) and will coordinate the design and implementation of the Third Call project.
Applicants should be organisations that conduct some level of research, including private companies, universities, research institutes, NGOs, governmental agencies and government ministries. They do not have to demonstrate expertise in the subject matter being proposed, but can consider naming Co-applicants who can provide the technical expertise needed to perform the proposed project activities.
Applicants will be asked to describe the R&I elements within their projects to determine if they qualify as R&I projects. For example, a project which is purely capacity building or infrastructural/procurement will not be considered as an R&I project. However, a project which procures to create new innovations/opportunities will be considered. Projects can have received funding from external or internal sources and supporting evidence must demonstrate that the funded activities were executed within the framework of a project.
