Deadline:01.03.2012
Coutries/Region: SRI LANKA
The thematic programme “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development” is a development policy instrument of the European Consensus on Development.1 It replaced the NGO co financing and decentralised cooperation budget lines and has its legal basis in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI)2 .
The ‘NSA-LA in Development’ thematic programme considers that there is a clear need to strengthen the capacity of local organisations in developing countries. It also seeks to inform citizens about their rights, to increase their capacity to understand the policies of their own government and policies of other global actors, and the impact of those policies on poverty and inequality.
Eligibility Criteria:
- applicant(s) which may request a grant (2.1.1), and their partners (2.1.2);
- actions for which a grant may be awarded (2.1.3);
- types of cost which may be taken into account in setting the amount of the grant (2.1.4).
Who can apply:
- be legal persons and
- be non profit making and
- be Non-State Actors (NSA)8 constituted in accordance with the legislation in force in the applicant’s
- country of registration and
- be nationals9 10 of Sri Lanka or of a Member State of the European Union.
- either the applicant or at least one of its partners has its headquarters in Sri Lanka, and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting as
- an intermediary and
- be able to demonstrate previous experience in managing activities in the field of development of the kind covered by this programme. Applicants from a Member State of the European Union must have carried out such activities at least during the last three years at the time of the submission of an application, forapplicants from Sri Lanka this requirement is limited to the last two years.
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