Active Citizens Fund Romania Call # 8: Development of Interethnic Rural Communities

Deadline: 20-Apr-21

The Active Citizens Fund Romania is inviting applications for its Round-2 Development of Interethnic Rural Communities. The objective of this Call is to contribute to the medium and long-term development of interethnic rural communities and to improve the situation of the Roma in Romania.

The call is launched within Outcome 3 of the Program – Vulnerable groups have increased capacity and covers one of the areas supported by Active Citizens Fund Romania, "Social Justice and the inclusion of vulnerable groups".

Funding Information

Medium Grants: Between 50,001 and 75,000 Euros
Big Grants: Between 75,001 and 150,000 Euros
Total financial allocation (Round 2): 1,350,000 Euros

Eligible Projects

Eligible projects address the causes of social exclusion and injustice exclusively in interethnic rural communities, aiming to reduce disparities between the Roma and non-Roma populations and increase the inclusion of vulnerable groups.
Projects may be carried out in communities which cumulatively meet the following conditions:
- are located in rural areas (villages, communes),
- are made up of at least two ethnic groups,
- one of the targeted groups is the Roma.
NGOs are supported to:
- carry out advocacy for social justice and the inclusion of vulnerable groups, including Roma;
- activate and increase the capacity of community members, including the Roma population and the disadvantaged in interethnic communities;
- have a strong participatory approach , mobilize and involve all ethnic groups in the community at all stages of the project;
- make good use of existing local resources in the target community to increase the social inclusion of vulnerable groups;
- develop integrated / new service models to meet the needs of vulnerable groups in interethnic communities;
- increase the access of vulnerable groups, including the Roma group, to education, medical services, housing, employment, social services, etc., as well as to raise the quality of these services.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are exclusively the following:
- Non-governmental and non-profit organizations (NGOs with Romanian nationality that have acquired legal personality, are organized and managed according to the provisions of Government Ordinance 26/2000 and / or Law 21/1924 on associations and foundations (with subsequent amendments and completions);
- The youth foundations at county and Bucharest level as well as the National Foundation for Youth established under Law 146/2002 (with subsequent amendments and completions);
- The Romanian National Red Cross Society established under Law 139/1995 (amended and supplemented by Law 524/2004) and its structures with legal personality.
Eligible project partners:
- Projects can be implemented in partnership with Project Partners. Project partners will share the same values ??and economic or social objectives with those of the Applicant, which will be achieved through the implementation of the project. The partners will be actively involved and will effectively contribute to the implementation of the project.
- Partnership is not mandatory, but is encouraged, especially with Partners from Donor States. The following legal entities established are eligible to be project partners: non-governmental organizations, public entities (such as local and central public bodies, public institutions / agencies, deconcentrated government services at local level, administrative units territorial, universities, etc.), as well as private entities (commercial or non-commercial), established as legal entities either in: Romania, Donor States (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein), Beneficiary States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia) and / or non-EU countries European Economic Area which have a common border with Romania (Moldova, Ukraine and Serbia), any international organization, its body or agency.
Only the following entities are eligible to receive funding as Project Partners under the Program:
- NGOs that meet the eligibility requirements for Applicants;
- International organizations, bodies or agencies thereof (international intergovernmental organizations or international non-governmental organizations);
- Public entities.