Background Max. Grant amount: EUR 300.000
The strengths and weaknesses of the Civil Society (CS) in BiH as well as the challenges faced by the CS in the specific context of the European integration have been recurrently analysed since 2008 when the European Commission (EC) set up the 'Civil Society Facility' (CSF) to financially support the development of civil society, while the EC enlargement strategy underlined the “importance of civil society being able to play its role in a participatory democracy”. Gaps and deficiencies in the legal framework both impact on the development of the sector and the prospects for success of interventions. The relationship between government and civil society has yet to be defined and operationalised particularly at higher levels. The engagement of civil society is limited and uneven. The domestic infrastructure to support civil society remains underdeveloped. Public awareness and the image of the sector need to be improved and deepened.
Size of grants
Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
Lot: 1-4
- Minimum amount: 150,000 EUR
- Maximum amount: 250,000 EUR
Lot 5:
- Minimum amount: 120,000 EUR
- Maximum amount: 300,000 EUR
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be a legal person
- be non-profit-making
- be non-governmental organisations
- be established in a Member State of the European Union or a country that is a beneficiary of the Council Regulation (EC) N° 231/2014, of
11th March 2014, establishing an Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II): (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,
Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia); a country that is a beneficiary of the European Neighbourhood
Instrument (ENI): (Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, the Republic of Moldova,
Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine); European Economic Area (Lichtenstein, Iceland, Norway);
countries for which reciprocal access to external assistance is established by the Commission.
Deadline: 02 June 2015