Deadline: 13 May 2016
European Commission is seeking proposals from organisations for a programme entitled “Engaging civil society in Pan-African issues” with an aim to improve the contribution of civil society organisations to continental decision- and policy making processes in Africa, particularly in the areas of Good Governance, Democracy, Human Rights, Peace and Security and Women’s rights.
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Objectives
- To increase CSOs’ ability to contribute to a more effective implementation and monitoring of African continental legal instruments and to a stronger awareness of the people of their rights;
- To support CSOs’ increased participation and contribution in African continental decision- and policy making and standard-setting.
Thematic Lots
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- Support the operationalisation of the African Governance Architecture
- CSOs’ contribution to a strong and independent African Human Rights System
- Support CSOs’ active participation in the implementation of the Peace & Security agenda in Africa
- CSOs’ contribution to the effective realization of women’s rights in Africa
Size of Grant
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between EUR 2 000 000 to EUR 5 000 000.
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Location
Actions should take place in Africa and seek to achieve impact at continental level. Actions limited to one country only will not be eligible.
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Duration
The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 36 months.
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Eligibility Criteria
- 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 , a not-for-profit association or a legally registered network/platform of CSOs and
- be established in an African country or in a Member State of the European Union 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.
- The lead applicant must act with co-applicant(s) as specified hereafter. Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
- The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies) that include:
- Entities directly or indirectly controlled by an applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by an applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
- Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
- Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
How to Apply
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- The application procedure consists of two phases:
- concept notes
- full application
- In the first instance, only concept notes must be submitted for evaluation. Thereafter, lead applicants who have been pre-selected will be invited to submit a full application.
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