The Global Health Workforce Programme Extension
Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) is delighted that the Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP) has been extended to three new countries!
The Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP), funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, was extended in November 2024 into three new countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, and Somaliland, running from 2025-26. The launch of the GHWP in these three countries will support Health Partnerships to address nationally and locally identified Health Workforce priorities, helping to build robust health systems capable of addressing the diverse health needs of their populations to ensure optimal health outcomes for all individuals.
The GHWP has four programmatic outcomes:
- Partnerships contributing towards improved health workforce leadership capacity aligned with health workforce strategies, that will support reduction in gender inequalities.
- Partnerships aligning with and contributing towards retention and wellbeing strategies.
- Improved number and quality of training opportunities for health workers.
- Co-developed and documented learning on health workforce interventions shared with key national and international stakeholders
This is a closed call for Health Partnerships between the UK, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Somaliland that are interested in addressing priority areas outlined in the scoping reports. Successful Health Partnerships will embody GHP’s Principles of Partnership, including strategic collaboration, mutual respect and alignment with national priorities to ensure that both partners benefit from bilateral learning initiatives and pooled skills and knowledge. The sustainability of proposed projects should be carefully considered, and engagement with key national and regional stakeholders will be essential to ensuring the long-term success of GHWP interventions.
As the fund manager, GHP is offering Health Partnerships between the UK, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Somaliland, the opportunity to bid for large grants of between £100,000 and £200,000 and small grants up to £50,000. Global South- Global South partnerships between Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia, Malawi, Somaliland, will also be awarded in both small and large grant categories.
These grants will run from 1st April 2025 until 31st January 2026.
Please see below the call information for Health Partnerships interested in applying for large and small grants:
GHWP Extension Overview
Applicant Eligibility
To be eligible for this call, applications must:
- Be submitted by a health partnership that includes, as a minimum, a lead partner from any two of the four GHWP countries: UK, Ethiopia, Malawi and Somaliland. Three or even all four countries can be incorporated into the partnership, if applicable, as additional partners. For a South- South health partnership, be submitted by a health partnership that includes, as a minimum, a lead partner from one of the three extension countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Somaliland.
- Identify one of these lead partners as a contract holder, and the other as the co-lead. These lead partner institutions must jointly write and submit the application and share accountability and ownership of the project. Any other partners should be listed as additional partners.
- Any organisation is eligible so long as Official Development Assistance rules are followed. Please note though that government departments are not eligible to receive funding.
- Only applications submitted on time (see below), with all completed documents and within the budget envelopes will be eligible.
Key grant information
- Applications for GHWP grants must respond to the priorities identified in the relevant country’s Scoping Report Summary.
- THET will hold an application webinar to run through the application process and project planning principles on Tuesday 3rd December 2024 (11am-12.30pm GMT). Please register here in advance. This will also be an opportunity for applicants to ask questions about the grant call and application process and for partners to make connections.
- The deadline for applications is 17:00 (GMT) on Sunday 12th January 2025.
- Grants will be awarded in February-March 2025 with projects beginning 1st April 2025. Partnerships will have 10 months to undertake projects, and all activities must be completed by 31st January 2026.
Applicants should submit the following documents to grants@thet.org:
- Completed application form
- Completed budghttp://www.thet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GHWP-Phase-2-Large-Grant-application-Form.docxet template (budget and funding flow tabs)
- Due diligence assessment form
- Letters of support from each lead partner organization
- Letters of support from relevant government departments or regulatory bodies are encouraged for large grants (above £100,000) but not mandatory
Please find links to relevant documents referenced in the application documents:
- Ethiopia Scoping Report Summary
- Malawi Scoping Report Summary
- Somaliland Scoping Report Summary
- Call for Applications
- Call for Applications FAQ
- Grant Application Form Large Grants
- Grant Application Form Small Grants
- Budget Template
- Due diligence assessment forms Large Grants
- Due diligence assessment forms Small Grants
- Sub-grant agreements for small grants
- Sub-grant agreements for large grants
For any queries about the Global Health Workforce Programme, please email grants@thet.org.
