EUROPEAID/151568/DD/ACT/GE/SUPPORT TO ENHANCE SUSTAINABILITY OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN GEORGIA

Background                                                                                           Max. Grant amount: EUR 3.950.000

The Action subject to this Call for Proposals is based on the findings of the 2014 mapping of civil society in Georgia and the EU Delegation's Roadmap for Engagement with Civil Society. The Annual Programme 2015 in favour of Georgia foreseeing its financing in Annex III "Action Document for the Civil Society facility (Georgia)" was adopted by the European Commission on 17/09/2015.
Civil Society in Georgia benefits from a benign environment in terms of legal and regulatory aspects. Despite, however, the generally positive picture, CSOs in Georgia continue to demonstrate very low levels of overall sustainability; according to the annual NGO sustainability index published by USAID, Georgian civil society remains steadfastly in the evolving sustainability category, with no change, either positive or negative, over the last three years. This is particularly relevant for CSOs in regions that are forced to hunt for donor funds, which frequently means departing from the organisation's mission in order to fit donor agendas. This tends to undermine links of CSOs with their constituencies and target groups. A dialogue on how donors and civil society interact with each other has recently begun in Georgia.

Size of grants

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
  - Minimum amount: EUR 3.500.000
  - Maximum amount: EUR 3.950.000

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
  - be a legal person
  - be non-profit-making
  - be a specific type of organisation such as: Civil Society Organisation, local authority and/or international  (inter-governmental)
    organisations, as defined by Article 43 of the Rules of application of the EU Financial Regulation 
  - be established in a Member State of the European Union and/or, the EEA and/or beneficiary countries of the ENI and/or IPA regulations.
    This obligation does not apply to international organisations
  - 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
  - have at least five years of experience working in Georgia or in ENI or in IPA countries at the time of submission of the application


Deadline: 16 May 2016

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