Deadline: 21 May 2015
The European Commission is accepting concept notes from civil society/non-profit organisations for the Civil Society Support Programme in Ukraine. The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to enhance civil society role in promoting democratic reforms and inclusive socio-economic development in Ukraine. The programme areas are divided into three lots as specified below.
The overall indicative amount made available under this programme is EUR 5.000.000.
Priority/Thematic Areas
- For Lot 1: To enhance civil society role in promoting democratic reform and increase public accountability, in particular:
- to increase public accountability and transparency
- to increase the involvement of civil society actors in monitoring and policy dialogue with public authorities on sector reforms in line with the Association Agreement implementation, in sectors such as: legal, constitutional, judicial, and electoral reforms, financing of political parties, public administration reform, health, environment, energy, transport, land reform, technical barriers to trade and trade facilitation, and food safety control
- For lot 2: To enhance the role of civil society in inclusive socio-economic development of Ukraine, in particular among conflict affected communities: in conflict prevention, conflict management, and work in post-conflict environments, such as:
- promotion of inclusive decision-making for socio-economic development at local and regional levels; to strengthen citizens’ capacities to contribute to local development through awareness raising, civic education, advocacy and community mobilisation;
- promotion of democratic values, through culture, dialogue and community mobilisation, support to youth initiatives aimed at the promotion of civic activism and tolerance
- support to initiatives aimed at the social and economic integration of IDPs in host communities, in areas such as: livelihood aspects; information space; access to social and administrative services
- For lot 3: To strengthen Civil Society Organisations’ and new initiatives’ capacities in particular in areas related to the objectives of lots 1 and 2, through:
- capacity development and mentoring
- financial support to third parties in accordance with the specific objectives for Ukraine.
Indicative allocation of funds by lot
- Lot 1: EUR 2.000.000
- Lot 2: EUR 1.500.000
- Lot 3: EUR 1.500.000
Duration
The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 45 months.
Location
Actions must take place in Ukraine.
Size of grants
Grant requested must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- Lot 1 and 2: EUR 300.000 to EUR 1.000.000
- Lot 3: EUR 1.000.000 to EUR 1.500.000
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be a legal person and
- be non-profit-making and
- be specific types of organisations such as: civil society organisations, such as nongovernmental
- non-profit organisations and independent political foundations, community based organisations and private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations and networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level, constituted in accordance with the legislation in force in the country concerned and
- be established in a Member State of the European Union or of the European Economic Area or in an ENI partner country 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.
- For lots 1 and 2, the applicant must act with at least one co-applicant must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the applicant himself and for lot 3, the applicant may act individually or with co-applicant(s).
- 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 EuropeAid’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 about this grant, please visit and download the guidelines at EC-Ukraine.
