Background
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 100.000
- maximum amount: EUR 150.000.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be a legal person
- be non-profit-making
- be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation
- be officially established/registered in Georgia for at least five years at the time of submission of the Application
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the work programme, not acting as an intermediary
- be organisations whose aims and objectives declared in its statute or other official document establishing the organisation are focused at
least on one of the selected priority areas.
Deadline: 30 September 2016