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The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a call for proposals under the grant scheme for the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), to contribute to lasting stability and democratic development. The call does not apply to country-specific initiatives in Macedonia and Montenegro. However, these countries can take part in
Read more →The proposed actions must address the following priorities: (1) Supporting CSOs for assessing performance of the justice sector, cooperating with the public sector stakeholders; (2) Providing legal aid to citizens; and (3) Enhancing partnerships between prison, probation services and CSOs to promote rehabilitation and social inclusion, including providing education, work and other purposeful activities. Any
Read more →The proposed projects should fall into at least one of the below mentioned priority areas: to increase administrative and financial sustainability of CSOs; to increase the communication and advocacy skills of CSOs; to promote active citizenship and/or participation of CSOs to decision-making processes at local, national or international levels; or to strengthen the transparency and
Read more →The specific objective of this Call is to increase employment through enhancing youth activity, early acquisition of work experience and entrepreneurship practices and activation of social welfare beneficiaries. The Call is divided into two lots: Youth employability and Active inclusion. Any grant requested must fall between EUR 60.000 and EUR 200.000, with 60-90% of the
Read more →Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, as well as international and regional organisations, are invited to apply to the CEI Cooperation Fund for innovative actions favouring mobility and networking. Proposals need to focus on capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, in particular from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI
Read more →Each year the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes direct grants to hundreds of CSOs worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. NED is interested in proposals from local, independent organizations for nonpartisan programs that seek to: Promote and defend human rights and the rule of law; Support freedom of information and
Read more →The specific objective of this call for proposals is to enhance intercultural dialogue between civil societies in Turkey and Europe in the area of culture and art, along with collaboration, development and implementation of long-term multinational / multilateral joint cultural initiatives and communication and promotion activities. Any grant requested must fall between minimum EUR 300.000
Read more →UN Women is seeking proposals for its programme entitled “Ending Violence against Women: Implementing Norms, Changing Minds” to empower women and girls (including those from disadvantaged groups) who have experienced discrimination or violence to advocate for and use available, accessible and quality services. The focus Areas are: Promotion of the use of services among women from minority and disadvantaged
Read more →Within this CfP (concept phase), regional cross-border and transnational project ideas focusing on soft measures like knowledge-sharing, the exchange of good practice and capacity building within all priority areas of the EEA and Norway Grants will be considered for funding. The Fund seeks innovative project ideas that propose new solutions to common challenges. The available
Read more →The specific objective of the CfP (concept-phase) is to support the implementation of the Multi-annual Action Plan of the Regional Cooperation Council for a Regional Economic Area in the Western Balkans (MAP REA). Under the priority ‘Support to implementing SEE 2020 Strategy through flagship approach’, eligible activities will be structured in four components: trade, investment,
Read more →CSO alliances in Macedonia, comprised of at least 5 members, are invited to apply for Partnership Grants (PGs) under the USAID Civic Engagement Project (CEP). PGs aim to support CSO alliances that work in the following priority areas: Good Governance and/or Anti-Corruption; Rule of Law and/or Human Rights; Economic Growth and/or Local Economic Development; Public
Read more →The purpose of the Democracy Commission Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in Serbia is to award grants for specific projects that support democracy and the development of democratic institutions in the Republic of Serbia. Grants will be primarily awarded to CSOs and other non-profit organizations with projects in the regions outside of Belgrade.
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