Call for Proposal (cover/summary page):

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.

Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body. Further information can be viewed at www.britishcouncil.org

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the open call for proposals titled ‘Youth Connect: Youth Entrepreneurship Development Project’

The British Council is launching the Youth Connect project 2025 in Bangladesh. Youth Connect is our global youth leadership programme which supports young people to develop the skills, inspiration and connections to tackle major challenges, such as climate change, employability and inequality. The Youth Connect Bangladesh 2025 aims to empower young people in Bangladesh as leaders in their communities to identify innovative, sustainable solutions to local and global. It focuses on increasing youth engagement, voice, agency and participation in policy development in Bangladesh and continues to develop future change-makers with a global perspective.

The British Council seeks to appoint implementing partners to deliver the trainings on youth leadership and entrepreneurship including green entrepreneurship, mentor them to develop business ideas and provide necessary support to the youth to address the community needs through business ideas, select young people along with British Council who will receive small grants, select and coordinate the regional boot camps, pitch days, regional summits and national leadership symposium.

The purpose and scope of this call for proposal and supporting documents is to explain the requirements of the British Council and the selection process for interested civil society organisations to submit a grant proposal. This call for proposal and submission against this request does not commit British Council for any grant disbursement or project award unless both the British Council and the applicant agree and sign a grant agreement.

Please go through the call for proposal and the following three annexes to follow specific instructions on how to apply, eligibility criteria, application process, evaluation criteria and other details. Below is a short description for each attachment:

Document Title Purpose
Call for Proposal Submission For: Implementing partners for the Youth Connect: Youth Entrepreneurship Development Project
Description of the grant call with application instructions
1. Annex 1: Grant Application Form
Form/template for the grant application/ technical proposal
2. Annex 2: Budget template
Template for the project budget/financial proposal
3. Annex 3: Sample Contract 
Sample of partnership grant contract

Please note the key dates as mentioned below:

Key Dates:

Activity Date
Call for proposal issued 21 May 2025
Deadline for clarification questions 28 May 2025
British Council to respond to clarification questions 4 June 2025
Deadline for submission of Proposals (Response Deadline) 18 June 2025
Final Decision 03 July 2025
Contract concluded with the selected implementing partners 15 July 2025
Contract start date 01 Aug 2025

To download "Call for Proposal_Implementing Partners_YC", Click this Link.

To download "Annex 1", Click this Link.

To download "Annex 2", Click this Link.

To download "Annex 3", Click this Link.