Description
Strengthening civil society is a core part of the Political Criteria for accession. As such it also corresponds to essential and closely interlinked elements of the Enlargement Strategy and a crucial area that is regularly monitored in the Progress Report. Indeed, a more dynamic civil society can contribute to the accession process becoming more than just a technical process between the candidate country and the EU and to sustain public support for accession.
The global objective of this call for proposals is: To strengthen participatory democracies and the EU integration process in Montenegro by empowering civil society to actively take part in decision making and by stimulating an enabling legal and financial environment for civil society. The specific objective(s) of this call for proposals is: To build the capacity of CSOs to be professional, effective and accountable independent actors.
Eligibility
- be a legal person
- be non-profit-making
- be a civil society organization
- be a national of Montenegro or national of a Member State of the European Union or the countries covered by Article 10 of the CIR
- 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
- be registered at least 12 months prior to the deadline for submission of project proposals
- if the applicant is a national of an eligible country other than Montenegro, they must have at least one Montenegrin co-applicant and the
local capacity development must be strengthened through some proposed activities.
Size of Grant
The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 2,000,000.
- minimum amount: EUR 200,000
- maximum amount: EUR 300,000
Deadline: 22 march 2016