About the programme
The British Council is seeking one co-led consortium of UK and South African tertiary education and industry partners to run a 21-month pilot of GDEEp in South Africa. The pilot must support at least 50 current TVET and university students with green-digital skills, entrepreneurship pathways, industry exposure, and institutional embedding of new teaching approaches. The funding is for practical implementation rather than research, mapping or scoping work.
Duration: 21 months, starting December 2026
Eligibility
- UK higher education or TVET/further education institution must act as UK Lead Partner
- Consortium must include one South African TVET college and one South African university, one of which is the South African lead partner
- Consortium must include one or more relevant South African industry partners
- Application must be started and submitted by the lead UK institution
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Needs a third party. Applications must include a UK higher education or TVET/FE institution as lead, plus South African TVET college, university and industry partners.
What you receive
- Grant of £150,000 to deliver the pilot
- Opportunity to build industry: tertiary partnerships
What you will need
- Online application form
- Pilot model proposal
How to apply
- Register and apply via the online grant platform (goingglobalpartnerships.grantplatform.com)
- Contact pertunia.mothiba@britishcouncil.org with questions
Applications are submitted on British Council’s own site. Open Doors helps you prepare; it is not the official application portal.
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- British Council · Application
- Last checked
- 11 Nov 2026, read automatically from the official page
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