British Council Green & Digital Employability and Enterprise Programme 2027 (£150,000 grant)

Deadline: November 17, 2026

Applications are open for the British Council Green & Digital Employability and Enterprise Programme 2027. GDEEp is the British Council’s pilot workforce development programme that will support a minimum of 50 students from a participating South African TVET college and higher education institution.

The programme is designed to strengthen students’ readiness to participate in employment and entrepreneurship pathways at the intersection of the green and digital economies, build sustainable partnerships with industry and strengthen workforce readiness in participating institutions. Rather than treating green and digital as separate sectors, GDEEP will focus on their convergence by exploring how digital tools and technology-enabled services can support areas such as climate action, sustainability, resource efficiency, circular economy solutions, clean energy, green enterprise and inclusive economic participation.

Grant

A total of one grant of £150,000 will be awarded.

Eligibility

UK higher education and TVET organisations can apply for grant for a UK-South Africa consortium to deliver a pilot of the new Green and Digital Employability and Enterprise programme (GDEEp) in South Africa.

The consortium will include

one UK higher education or TVET/further education institution as the UK Lead Partner

one South African TVET college and one South African university (one of which must be the South African lead partner);

one or more relevant South African industry partners.

Application

The online application can only be started and submitted by the lead UK institution. Submission deadline: 17 November 2026, 11.00 a.m. UK time.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit Green & Digital Employability and Enterprise Programme.

UK higher education and TVET organisations can apply for grant for a UK-South Africa consortium to deliver a pilot of the new Green and Digital Employability and Enterprise programme (GDEEp) in South Africa.

The consortium will include

one UK higher education or TVET/further education institution as the UK Lead Partner

one South African TVET college and one South African university (one of which must be the South African lead partner); one or more relevant South African industry partners.

The online application can only be started and submitted by the lead UK institution. Submission deadline: 17 November 2026, 11.00 a.m. UK time.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit Green & Digital Employability and Enterprise Programme.