Description
The Civic Engagement Project (CEP) is a five year USAID-funded program that contributes to achieve two objectives: (1) strengthened influence of CSOs on policies and programs related to priority issues of citizen concern; and (2) increased and sustained youth engagement in public life in Macedonia.
The aim of the Strategic Support Grants (SSGs) is to support CSOs, including think tanks, that work in the following priority areas: good governance, public service improvement, rule of law, anti-corruption, human rights, economic growth, business enabling environment, and monitoring and oversight of public institutions.
Eligibility
- Be a Macedonian CSO,
- Have at least three years of substantial experience in undertaking actions in the areas of good governance, public service improvement, rule
of law, anti-corruption, human rights, economic growth, business enabling environment, and monitoring and oversight of public institutions
- as a rule, the Project will not provide “start-up” funding, although the Project may make a rare exception if sufficient evidence is presented
to show that the CSO’s leadership has adequate prior experience and the CSO is capable of filling a niche that has been underserved in the
past;
- Have a governance structure that ensures proper rotation of leadership and delegation of power, including, at least, a Board of Directors,
a Chairperson, and an Executive Director.
- Have a transparent system of bookkeeping that complies with the Macedonian legislation and International Accounting Standards (IAS).
- Must not be a debtor of the Government of Macedonia and must have cancelled any debt to the state or arranged for debt collection by the
state prior to receiving the first disbursement of grant funds by the Project.
- Must operate as an independent non-politically affiliated organization.
- Must not be debarred, suspended, excluded or otherwise ineligible to receive US Federal funding.
- Civil servants, political appointees, members of the current parliament, staff of public broadcasting companies, and/or leaders of political
parties cannot participate in a grant project as a director or as grant-remunerated participant.
Size of grants
The Project plans to award up to 7 (seven) grants under this RfA.
- maximum 120,000 USD per grant covering activities that may last up to 3 (three) years.
Deadline: 25 January 2016