Description Maximum amount: 1,000.000 EUR
The objective pursued by the Annual Action Programme (AAP) 2014 in favour of Belarus which is to be financed under the European Neighbourhood Instrument3 is to contribute to social inclusion and human capital development by widening the education system's offer, while continuing efforts to improve the respect for democracy and human rights in Belarus.
The first action of the AAP 2014 entitled 'ENI support to Civil Society and Independent Media working for Belarus' aims at strengthening and building capacity of civil society and independent media working for Belarus to provide a contribution to the realisation of civil and political rights in Belarus. The action will be implemented through grant contracts.
Objectives
The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to strengthen and build capacity of civil society and independent media working for Belarus to provide a contribution to the realisation of civil and political rights in Belarus.
The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are to increase the possibilities of civil society to provide a contribution to participatory decision making processes and to increase independent media's advocacy and financial self-sustainability to operate in Belarus in the following way:
Lot 1: Increasing the possibilities of civil society to provide a contribution to participatory decision making processes
- Support to enhanced and increased technical skills and professionalism, such as strengthened networking and advocacy skills, improved
fundraising skills;
- Support to improved project management skills;
- Support to increased liaison and co-ordination of actions among CSOs and other potential stakeholders (media, local authorities, etc.);
- Support to maintained efforts to conduct constructive dialogue with Government.
Lot 2: Increasing independent media's advocacy and financial self-sustainability to operate in Belarus.
- Support to increased capacity of the independent media to advocate for enabling environment for publishing their outlets, advertisements
and evidence based reports prepared by CSOs, think tanks, etc.
- Support to improved skills to find legal ways of receiving incomes
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be a legal person or an entity without legal personality
- be non-profit-making
- be specific types of organisation such as: civil society organisations, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent
political foundations; community based organisations, and private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations, and
networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level
- be established in Belarus or in a Member State of the European Union or in a country of the European Economic Area or a beneficiary
country of Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance II (IPA II) or in "ENI East" country
Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 5,500,000.
- Lot 1: Increasing the possibilities of civil society to provide a contribution to participatory decision making processes – at least EUR
1,900,000.
- Lot 2: Increasing independent media's advocacy and financial self-sustainability to operate in Belarus – at least EUR 1,300,000.
Size of grants
Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 500,000
- maximum amount: EUR 1,000,000
Deadline: 18 February 2015
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