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CfP: Women’s Empowerment Small Grants Program, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Deadline: 17 January 2020)

The program supports NGO efforts to promote women’s leadership and the political, economic, and social advancement of women across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The program welcomes proposals for projects that equip women who have leadership potential with the skills and knowledge to advocate effectively for their rights and to become opinion leaders, successful communicators and businesswomen.

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CfP: Interethnic Reconciliation and Youth Small Grants Program, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Deadline: 17 January 2020)

The program supports initiatives with the primary goal of promoting interethnic and intercommunity exchange, collaboration, and joint projects. The program seeks projects and initiatives that clearly develop increased tolerance and cooperation between the ethnically and geographically diverse communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Proposals should engage youth belonging to at least one of two specific age

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CfP: UNV Innovation Challenge Fund (Deadline: 16 December 2019)

Meeting the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda requires the efforts of all of society. Everywhere, every day, ordinary people are acting on the issues that they care about. Over one billion active volunteers are carrying out a wide range of roles, from providing care and support to neighbors, extending basic services to under-served areas, campaigning

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CfP: Supporting People Speaking Up For Democracy (Deadline: N/A)

The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is an independent grant-giving organization that supports actors of democratic change in the European Neighborhood and beyond. EED is a joint initiative of EU member states and institutions. EED’s work is overseen by its Board of Governors and Executive Committee. EED’s mandate is “to foster and encourage democratization, and

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CfP: United Nations Democracy Fund (Deadline: 22 December 2019)

UNDEF supports projects that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic processes. UNDEF projects are two years long. The large majority of UNDEF funds go to CSOs — both in the transition and consolidation phases of democratization. Projects fall under one or more of

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CfP: The Igman Initiative Small-Grants Programme: “CARE – Contribution to Access of Refugees and IDPs to Rights and Employment Opportunities” – Montenegro and Serbia (Deadline: 22 December 2019)

The Igman Initiative is seeking proposals for the implementation of the projects under the regional Action “CARE – Contribution to Access of Refugees and IDPs to Rights and Employment Opportunities” financed by the EU Commission, DG NEAR, and aimed at contributing to the technical, socio-economic and socio-cultural sustainability of the Regional Housing Program. The Action

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CfP: IPA II Cross-border Programme Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014-2020 2nd Call for Proposals (Deadline: 21 February 2020)

The overall objective of this call is enhancement of socio-economic development in the cross-border area between the Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the implementation of targeted and concrete actions, based on comparative advantages of the programmes area and the joint, efficient use of resources. The call for proposals encompasses three thematic priorities: Promoting employment,

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CfP: Creative Europe: Support for European Cooperation Projects 2020 (Deadline: 27 November 2020)

The main objectives of the Support for European Cooperation projects are: to strengthen the capacity of the European cultural and creative sectors to operate transnationally and internationally; to promote the transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and cultural and creative players, in particular artists; to contribute to audience development and improve access to cultural

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CfP: WBF launches the Third Call for Regional Project Proposals (Deadline: 10 December 2019)

The Western Balkans Fund’s main objective is to foster cooperation between its members (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia), by strengthening neighborly relations and regional cohesion and to advance the integration of the WB into the European Union. The overall objective of the WBF third Call for Proposals is to contribute to

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