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CfP: BCSDN Regional CSDev Hub – Ad-Hoc Grants (Deadline: end of 2021, until all available funds are disbursed)

Target groups: Informal or registered organizations from the Western Balkans. Aim: Providing rapid funding (in the form of expert support or direct funding for regional actions) for CSO’s immediate needs or innovation whenever they need to address some challenging situation and protect civic space. Grant amount: Max 10,000 EUR (total funding available 340,000 EUR). Duration:

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CfP: The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives 2021/2022 – Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia (Deadline: 18 May 2021)

Target groups: Local, national, or community-based organizations; International or regional organization (non-governmental or not-for-profit); and Intergovernmental or multilateral institution, organization or agency working on local development activities. Aim: To support small-scale, high-impact projects that align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement. The program is directed at projects conceived and designed predominantly by

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CfP: Responding to Anti-LGBTI Forces (Deadline: 23 May 2021)

Target groups: LGBTI organizations in Europe. Aim: To strengthen the capacities of LGBTI organizations to be(come) pro-active and achieve change in the current context of growing populist anti-gender and anti-LGBTI rhetoric and state-led anti-LGBTI attacks. Grant amount: 12.500 – 17.500 EUR. Projects involving two or more organizations working in a partnership can increase their budget

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CfP: Civil Society Facility and Media 2020 – Supporting Core Functions of CSOs, Turkey (Deadline: 28 May 2021)

Target groups: A legal person, non-profit-making CSO established in a Member State of the European Union or a Beneficiary of the IPA II or a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA) country. Aim: To contribute to strengthening participatory democracy by improving the resilience of rights-based CSOs and grassroot organisations in Turkey; Support core

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CfP: BCSDN Regional CSDev Hub – Ad-Hoc Grants (Deadline: end of 2021, until all available funds are disbursed)

Target groups: Informal or registered organizations from the Western Balkans Aim: Providing rapid funding (in the form of expert support or direct funding for regional actions) for CSO’s immediate needs or innovation whenever they need to address some challenging situation and protect civic space Grant amount: Max 10,000 EUR (total funding available 340,000 EUR) Duration:

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CfP: CCE M’BASE project – Support for CSOs’ projects in MONTENEGRO (Deadline: 9 May 2021)

Target groups: CSOs in Montenegro Aim: Contribute to the successful EU integration process of Montenegro by empowering the civil society participation in decision-making processes and implementation of reforms, and strengthening partnerships between CSOs, as well as CSOs and local authorities Grant amount: 10,000 – 60,000 EUR (total funding available 550,000 EUR) Duration: 6 – 12

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CfP: EIDHR – Support to Civil Society in NORTH MACEDONIA (Deadline: 10 May 2021)

Target groups: CSOs in North Macedonia Aim: To support and strengthen CSOs, democracy activists, and human rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in third countries. (Priorities: Raise awareness about respect of human rights; assist state authorities in developing and implementing laws, regulations and policies; build practitioners’ capacity to respond to the

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CfP: EC – Civil Society Facility Programme 2020 – SERBIA (Deadline: 18 May 2021)

Target groups: legal person and non-profit-making CSOs Aim: To improve dialogue between the Civil Society and the government institutions, and to increase capacities of the CSOs to address reform processes and EU integration process. (Priorities: Capacity building, monitoring and advocacy in the areas of environment and climate action, economic policy and competitiveness, socio-economic development, foreign,

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CfP: BCSDN Regional CSDev Call for Ad-Hoc Grants UPDATED (Deadline: EXTENDED by the end of 2021, until all available funds are disbursed)

As part of the revised Regional Civil Society Development Hub Call for ad-hoc support, BCSDN is calling for informal or registered organizations from the Western Balkans that face pressure to the civic space, hate speech, hostile attacks, or that want to react towards the changes of a law that affects their work, etc. The call’s

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CfP: Leviz Albania Call for “Quick Reaction”- Albania (Deadline: 4 April 2021)

LevizAlbania supports interventions that address the adverse effects of school restrictions caused by the COVID-19, aiming to help overcome educational and social gaps and empower students by equipping them with the necessary social and emotional skills to be engaged citizens. Through the Quick Reaction Instrument, LevizAlbania will support a structured summer school program that addresses

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CfP: The Netherlands’ Fund for Regional Partnerships – MATRA- Serbia and Montenegro (Deadline: 18 April 2021)

By supporting projects in democratization and developing the rule of law, the Embassy of the Netherlands invests into partners for Serbia and Montenegro’s future and strengthens their bilateral relations. It endeavors to support civil society projects focusing on combating corruption and undue influence and enhancing institutions and media independence. The projects should contribute in the

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