Deadline: 28 July 2015
The European Union represented by the European Commission is inviting call for proposals for enhancing Civil Society Participation in South Sudan’s public policies and programs as a pre-condition for a more equitable, open and democratic society.
The program is divided into two lots:
Lot 1: Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as partners in promoting social development
Lot 2: CSOs as stakeholders in promoting inclusive and sustainable growth
Objectives of the Program
- To enhance social development of the population by improving access to quality social services through CSO’s initiatives providing conflict sensitive education for children and youth that have missed out formal education/not joined formal education.
- To increase employability and income generation opportunities for young women and men through CSOs initiatives providing skills development and access to productive resources.
Size of grants
For lot 1: Any grant requested under this call for proposal must fall between EUR 750,000 to EUR 1,500,000
For lot 2: Any grant requested under this call for proposal must fall between EUR 1,000,000 to EUR 2,000,000
Location
Actions must take place in South Sudan.
Duration
The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months and not exceed 48 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be a legal person and
- be non-profit-making and
- be a Civil Society Organization and
- have demonstrated capacity and experience of at least two years to manage activities of a scale corresponding to the size and in the sector of the grant requested and
- be legally established in South Sudan, or
- a Member State of the European Union or in a country which is a contracting party of the European Economic Area, or
- developing countries that are included in the list of recipients of ODA, established by the OECD/DAC, including countries and territories falling within the scope of Council Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (‘Overseas Association Decision’), and excluding beneficiaries listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 establishing an Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) 8, or
- countries that are signatories to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Contou on 23 June 2000 (5),including South Africa; or
- countries eligible for the European Development Fund; or
- countries eligible for Union funding under the European Neighborhood Instrument established by Regulation (EU) No232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council including the Russian Federation; 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.
- Applicant must act with Co-applicant(s) who must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the applicant himself.
- Co-applicant(s) can be Civil Society Organization constituted and legally established in any of the Member States of the European Union and must have been registered for at least five years at the time of the submission of an application. In this case, the proposed action shall respond to an initiative emanating from the local actor(s) ensuring their involvement during all the stages of the implementation of the action. This should be clearly demonstrated in the application
- The applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity (ies) having a structural link with the applicants. Eligible entities may thus include-
- Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the beneficiary (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the beneficiary (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
- Entities directly or indirectly controlling the beneficiary (parent companies).
- Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the beneficiary (sister companies).
- Entities legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the beneficiary participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association) as the proposed affiliated entities.
How to Apply
- The application process consists of two phases-
- Phase 1, concept note
- Phase 2, full proposal
- Only Concept Notes must be submitted for evaluation. Thereafter, applicants who have been pre-selected will be invited to submit a Full Application Form.
- Prior registration in Europe Aid’s on-line database, PADOR, is obligatory for applicants, co-applicants and affiliated entities.
- Applicants must be registered before submitting the concept note, while co-applicants and affiliated entities must be registered prior to submission of the full application, if applicable.
For more information, please visit EU-South Sudan and download the guidelines.
