EUROPEAID/131087/C/ACT/MULTI/INVESTING IN PEOPLE - GENDER - STRENGHTENING PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

The specific objectives are:                                                                     Max.Grant Amount: EUR 1.500.000

To develop and strengthen sustainable initiatives at local and national level promoting:

    − women’s equal access to and control of economic resources;
    − equal access to existing and/or new services that are instrumental to increasing women’s social and economic protection and wellbeing
        and their participation in economic growth;
    − dissemination of relevant good practice.

Size of grants

Any grant requested for an action under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and
maximum amounts:

   • Minimum amount: EUR 200 000
   • Maximum amount: EUR 1 500 000

Eligibility:

In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must:

   • be legal persons; and
   • be non-profit making; and
   • belong to one of the following categories:
       - non-State actors
   • public or para-Statal bodies below the central government level, local authorities and consortia there of or associations representing
      them; and
      be nationals of:
        -an eligible partner country as listed in Annex K as well as other developing countries specified in the OECD/Development Assistance
          Committee (OECD/DAC) list or
        -an EEA Member State or an official EU candidate country (Croatia, Iceland, Turkey, Macedonia).
Furthermore, for proposed actions taking place exclusively in the least developed countries as defined by the OECD/Development Assistance Committee (DAC) reciprocal access shall be granted to the members of the aforementioned Committee; and
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting as an intermediary.

Deadline: 26 January 2012

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