Deadline: 3 September 2015
The European Commission represented by the Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives is currently inviting call for proposals for its program divided into two lots:
Lot 1: To strengthen Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
Lot 2: To strengthen Local Authorities (LAs) in EU-partner countries.
Objectives/Themes
The specific objectives for this call for proposal are:
- To strengthen CSOs actors in governance and accountability.
- To strengthen CSOs as partners in promoting social development.
- To strengthen CSOs as stakeholders in promoting inclusive and sustainable growth.
- To support LAs capacity to perform their roles as local development actors more effectively.
Size of grants
For Lot1: Any grant requested under this call for proposal must fall between EUR 400 000 and EUR 500 000.
For Lot2: Any grant requested under this call for proposal must fall between EUR 450 000 and EUR 600 000.
Location
Actions must take place in the Maldives. Actions may be implemented in any part of the country, without geographical constraints.
Duration
The initial planned duration of the action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 36 months.
Eligibility
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be legal person and
- be non-profit-making and
- be a specific type of organization such as civil society organization or local authorities and
- be established in Maldives or Sri Lanka with a minimum of 3 years related experience of project Implementation in the Maldives, executed within the time frame of 2005-2015 or be established 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.
- Applicant must act with Co-applicant(s) who must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the applicant himself.
- Co-applicant(s) can be Civil Society Organization constituted and legally established in any of the Member States of the European Union and must have been registered for at least five years at the time of the submission of an application. In this case, the proposed action shall respond to an initiative emanating from the local actor(s) ensuring their involvement during all the stages of the implementation of the action. This should be clearly demonstrated in the application;
- 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 Europe Aid’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, please visit EU-Sri Lanka & Maldives and download the guidelines.