Deadline- March 19, 2013
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are invited to apply for funding to advance the rights and integration of Roma offered by Roma Initiatives Office under Open Society Foundation. The objective of this funding opportunity is to support responses to the challenges faced by Europe’s Roma and to strengthen the foundations of hope.
Thematic areas-
Potential applicants should focus on one or more of the following priority policy areas-
- Elections, with a focus on voter protection
- Ending anti-Gypsyism and discrimination
- Transparency and accountability of public spending on Roma integration
- Rights of Roma women
- The right of Roma to adequate housing
- Employment and income generation for Roma
- Rights of migrants including internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, returnees, asylum seekers and migrants of Roma origin
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Nongovernmental organizations registered in the following countries are eligible to apply: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Spain.
- While foundation support quality projects in all eligible countries, the Roma Initiatives Office plans to allocate the majority of its resources for this call in its current focus countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia.
How to apply?
- Interested organizations should first consult the guidelines which include: an overview of the main challenges and sources of hope framing this call; key policy areas; main methods and tactics; targets and constituencies; budget amounts and contributions, and assessment criteria.
- Interested organizations should submit a concept paper using the template provided. Concept papers must be submitted online through the Open Society Foundations website.
- Only concept papers approved during the first stage of pre-selection will be invited to submit full proposals. An invitation to submit a full proposal does NOT mean that the project is approved for funding. Approved projects are expected to start no earlier than July 2013.
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