Deadline- 21 October 2013
Proposals are accepted for Cypriot Civil Society in Action Program under Europe aid. The mission of this program is to promote the role of civil society in the northern part of Cyprus in the development of trust, dialogue, cooperation and reconciliation between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities as an important step towards a solution of the Cyprus problem.
Objectives-
- To strengthen civil society in the northern part of Cyprus as a key actor in the development of a culture of dialogue, participation in the community life and the promotion of values of tolerance, peace and active citizenship. This specific objective will be addressed by the allocation of Lot 1 – Active Civil Society Actions.
- To promote reconciliation, dialogue, closer relationship and trust between the Turkish Cypriot and the Greek Cypriot communities through confidence building measures and joint-actions organized by civil society organizations from both communities. This specific objective will be addressed by the allocation of Lot 2 – Reconciliation Actions.
Thematic areas-
Natural resources and waste, nature and biodiversity, environment and health, and climate change
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is € 2.5 million.The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 18 months nor exceed 36 months.
Eligibility of applicants under LOT 1- Active Civil Society-
- be legal persons
- be non-profit-making
- be a Civil Society Organization (CSO). For the purpose of this call a Civil Society Organization is an organization which is established5 under private law; which is independent of the leadership as regards to its establishment and/or appointment of its personnel and administrators; which has an autonomous and democratic structure in its financial and administrative affairs and through which people organise to pursue shared objectives and ideals, whether political, cultural, social or economic in a non-partisan and non-violent way. Under these circumstances, Non Governmental Organizations, associations, foundations, chambers, unions, non-profit cooperatives and non-profit companies meeting these criteria may apply to this Call for Proposals. However, non-profit companies and/or cooperatives should demonstrate that their operations are strictly non profit making. They must provide, together with their application, the Company Statute in which a provision prohibits distribution of the profit to the shareholders. As an alternative the organisation should demonstrate, through an audit report covering the last three years that profit has never been distributed to the shareholders. In addition, the Board of Directors should declare that profit will not be distributed to shareholders in the future
- be registered in the northern part of Cyprus
- 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
Eligibility of applicants under LOT 2– Reconciliation Actions-
- be legal persons
- be non-profit-making
- be a Civil Society Organization (CSO). For the purpose of this call a Civil Society Organization is an organization which is established6 under private law; which is independent of the leadership as regards to its establishment and/or appointment of its personnel and administrators; which has an autonomous and democratic structure in its financial and administrative affairs and through which people organise to pursue shared objectives and ideals, whether political, cultural, social or economic in a non-partisan and non-violent way. Under these circumstances, Non Governmental Organizations, associations, foundations, chambers, unions, non-profit cooperatives and non-profit companies meeting these criteria may apply to this Call for Proposals. However, non-profit companies and/or cooperatives should demonstrate that their operations are strictly non profit making. They must provide, together with their application, the Company Statute in which a provision prohibits distribution of the profit to the shareholders. As an alternative the organisation should demonstrate, through an audit report covering the last three years that profit has never been distributed to the shareholders. In addition, the Board of Directors should declare that profit will not be distributed to shareholders in the future
- be registered in the northern part of Cyprus
- 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
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