Deadline: 31 January 2018
The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights-Country Based Support Scheme (EIDHR- CBSS) 2017” to support civil society and human rights defenders in third countries in working on human rights (political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights) and democratisation.
Programme Lots
The programme is divided into three lots:
- Lot 1: Land security and tenure EUR 300,000.00
- Lot 2: Freedom of Expression EUR 300,000.00
- Lot 3: Core labour rights and standards EUR 300,000.00
Size of Grants
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between EUR 200,000.00 and EUR 300,000.00.
Eligibility Criteria
- Lead applicants
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be a legal person and
- be non-profit-making and
- be a specific type of organisation such as non-governmental organisations, public sector operators, independent political foundations, community-based organisations, institutions and networks;
- be established in a Member State of the European Union or in Cambodia or in any eligible country as stipulated in the CIR and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the coapplicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.
- Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- Co-applicants
- 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.
- Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant.
- Affiliated entities: The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies)
- Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s): Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
- This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
- Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
- Entities affiliated to applicant may hence be:
- 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).
- Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association) as the proposed affiliated entities.
- Entities affiliated to applicant may hence be:
- Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
How to Apply
- The application procedure consists of two phases:
- Concept notes
- Full applications
- 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.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK and Cambodia.
For more information, please visit Europeaid and download the guidelines.
