EUROPEAID/156869/DD/ACT/MK/ IPA CIVIL SOCIETY FACILITY AND MEDIA PROGRAMME 2016-2017

Background

The IPA Civil Society Facility (CSF), introduced for the first time in 2008 , has proven to be a powerful means to strengthen, through the civil society, the participatory democracies and freedom of media in the Western Balkans and Turkey. Thus, the need for continuous political and financial engagement with civil society in the enlargement countries is identified in the priorities of the IPA 2 Multi-Country Civil Society Facility & Media Programme 2016-2017. These priorities are largely reflecting the DG Enlargement Guidelines for EU support to civil society in enlargement countries 2014-2020 . The guidelines translate the political objectives of the European Commission as indicated in the IPA Multi-Country Indicative Strategy Paper  and in the Enlargement package into a concrete "results' framework" containing the outcomes to be achieved in the next financing period as well as the indicators to monitor them.

Size of grants

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 500,000.00
- maximum amount: EUR 500,000.00

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be a legal person and
- be non-profit-making and
- be a civil society organisation and
- be established in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  and
- 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 and
- be experienced (minimum of 3 year of experience within the last 5 years in development of civil society, having conducted at least five of either actions or activities mentioned under section 2.1.4) and able to demonstrate their technical expertise and capacity to manage activities corresponding to the size and type of the project for which a grant is being requested and
- be free of any political affiliations or membership.

 
Deadline: 24 October 2017

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