Small projects
23 May 2012
This page contains the documents that are required for each stage of a small NICHE project. Please note that all Spanish documents are for reference purposes only.
A NICHE project has a cycle containing various stages, depending on the size of the budget. If you are not familiar yet with the NICHE programme please download the process cycle and the glossary.
Download the project cycle (50 kB)
Download the glossary (50 kB)
1. Requesting phase
Project outline format (285 kB)
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants (439 kB)
Format Declaration of Acceptance Financial Rules and Regulations (34 kB)
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants in Spanish (291 kB) - updated 2 February 2012
Format Declaration of Acceptance Financial Rules and Regulations in Spanish (37 kB)
Financial Rules and Regulations for NICHE grants in Portuguese (536 kB) - added 16 February 2012
2. Bidding phase
COCA and Q&A (ZIP file, 71 kB)
LOI format (227 kB)
Financial format (106 kB)
Logical framework (26 kB)
Explanation of the LoI evaluation score sheet (47 kB)
Example of the Grant award letter (235 kB)
3. Inception phase
Small NICHE projects do not have an inception phase.
4. Implementation phase
Format of the annual progress report (118 kB) - updated 9 March 2012
Annex of the annual progress report (1.4 MB) - updated 23 February 2012
Instruction manual of the annual progress report (37 kB)
Changes within NICHE projects (49 kB)
Format auditor's report (35 kB)
Format of the annual progress report in Spanish (107 kB)
Annex of the annual progress report in Spanish (1.5 MB) - updated 23 February 2012
Instruction manual of the annual progress report in Spanish (41 kB)
The Financial Guidelines state that you should use a time registration procedure or system to record time spent on projects.
More information
If you have a question about a document and it is not answered in the Q & A section, please fill in the NICHE contact form.
