Background Max. Grant Amount: EUR 60.000
The grant scheme Support Structures for CSOs at the Regional Level is developed under the Priority Axis 5: Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for Better Governance and is designed to strengthen the role of civil society organisations for socio-economic growth and democratic development.
Strategic framework for civil society development for the period 2012 – 2016 is set in the National Strategy for the Creation of an Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development1, based on a broad consensus among civil society and government representatives. The measures set in the Strategy are to ensure adequate legislative, administrative and social conditions for the development and agency of civil society, as a fully independent and highly relevant social agent for social innovation, promotion of participatory democracy, protection of human rights and competent and efficient monitoring of public policies in the context of Croatia’s final phase of accession to the EU and its immediate aftermath.
Size of grants
Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: € 30.000
- maximum amount: € 60.000
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be legal persons and
- be non-profit-making and
- be specific types of organisations such as non-governmental organisations or formal networks of non-governmental organisations of the
following legal status: associations, business associations, trade unions, foundations and legal entities of religious communities and
be established in a Member State of the European Union and a Member State of the European Economic Area, Croatia, Republic of
Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, including Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99 as well as
of other countries eligible under Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17th July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession
Assistance (IPA) and be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated
entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.
Deadline: 18 March 2013
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