The Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation of the German Marshall Fund (BST) have issued a request for applications for jointly funding the initiative to support confidence building activities of non-state actors in the South Caucasus and its neighbouring regions. Both partners are convinced that civil society can make a valuable contribution to the process of confidence building, mutual understanding and reconciliation between populations in territories involved in (armed) conflicts. This is a new initiative designed to encourage grantees to investigate new ways, methods and approaches to generating mutual understanding.
The projects should be initiated by civil society organizations, who can successfully involve various population groups from the region in their projects’ activities.
Projects working in the following areas would be especially appreciated:
- cross-border initiatives for youth;
- approaches to political and civic education;
- approaches to reconciliation and peace that incorporate experiences from history and convey them to the younger generation;
- the role of media in overcoming stereotypes.
A special emphasis is placed on multilateral initiatives and those that reach out to the neighboring countries – Russia and Turkey.
Who is eligible?
Non-governmental organizations, governmental entities, community groups, policy institutes, other associations legally registered in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia (the oblasts of Krasnodar and Rostov). The projects have to be implemented in one or more of the countries mentioned. The involvement of additional partners (especially those from the EU) is possible and welcome.
Funding and Project Implementation
Projects should be exemplary and make use of novel and innovative means of building trust. The grants provide up to $35,000 (about 25,000 EUR), multilateral projects can in special cases exceed that amount. The projects must be completed by June 30, 2012 and reported to BST within two months of the project’s completion. The maximum duration of the project should not exceed 10 months.
Deadline for submitting the application is August 1, 2011
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