EU-Serbia Call for Proposals: EIDHR Country Based Support Scheme (CBSS) 2018 & 2019

Deadline: 9 April 2019

The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organizations for its “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Country Based Support Scheme (CBSS) 2018 & 2019”.

The global objective of this call for proposals is to support and strengthen civil society organisations, democracy activists and human rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in third countries.

The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:

Support to human rights and human rights defenders most at risk
Support to other EU human rights priorities in line with the set of EU human rights guidelines adopted by the Council of the European Union

Funding Information

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

LOT 1:
- Minimum amount: EUR 60,000
- Maximum amount: EUR 200,000
LOT 2:
- Minimum amount: EUR 400,000
- Maximum amount: EUR 600,000

Eligibility Criteria

Lead applicant
- 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: civil society organisations, including non-governmental organisations and
  - be established in a Member State of the European Union or any country, as all are eligible for participation in contracts financed under this Instrument, without prejudice to the limitations inherent in the nature and objectives of the action 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 and
  - in case the applicant is not established in Serbia, it must act with at least one co-applicant that is established in Serbia.
- The lead applicant may act individually or with co-applicant(s), however, if the applicant is not established in Serbia, it must act with at least one co-applicant that is established in Serbia.
Co-applicant(s)
- In case the lead applicant is not established in Serbia, at least one co-applicant that is established in Serbia is mandatory.
- 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 himself.
Affiliated entity(ies)
- 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 an applicant may hence be:
        
        Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the 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.