Deadline: 20-Mar-22
The New Democracy Fund has launched an open call for the New Cooperation Fund to support the development of strong, innovative, and long-lasting relations between civil society organisations in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood Countries (ENC) and Denmark.
New Cooperation Fund provides support for projects and project development that allow civil society actors in Denmark and ENC (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) the opportunity to continue and develop existing partnerships as well as entering new or innovative projects.
Purpose
The purpose of the Fund is to support collaborations that:
- Develop new or innovative people-to-people cooperation and exchange of experience
- Enable the continuation of existing partnerships for further development of valuable experiences and contribute to building sustainable partnerships
- Work within the themes of the New Democracy Fund; youth, media, culture, labour market and climate and environment. There is a cross-cutting emphasis on gender and human rights.
The New Cooperation Fund contributes to the objectives and outcomes of the New Democracy Fund by building sustainable lasting cooperation between CSOs in Denmark and the ENC. The cooperation should ensure joint learning with regards to engaging in democratic dialogue, holding duty bearers to account, and ensuring that the voice of the rights holders is heard.
The New Cooperation Fund goes beyond traditional development assistance, and it will favour strong, innovative, or courageous partnerships that are willing to take risks. Partnerships working within the thematic areas and cross-cutting emphasis – and oriented towards synergy, innovation, or breaking new ground. Applicants suggesting possible synergies within other activities implemented under the New Democracy Fund will be taken into positive consideration.
Funding Information
The total budget for this third call for applications is 1.4 million DKK and a maximum of 4 projects will be supported.
Eligibility Criteria
- The New Cooperation Fund supports partnerships between civil society organisations, cultural, educational and knowledge institutions (NGOs and self-governing institutions) registered in the Eastern Neighborhood Countries and in Denmark.
- To apply for support to a project, all involved partners from the Eastern European Neighborhood Countries and Denmark must submit a joint application.
- The Danish partner will be responsible for transfer of funds to ENC partners and to deliver the partnerships joint financial and narrative report to NDF by the end of the project.
For more information, visit https://www.newdemocracyfund.org/2022/02/23/open-call-new-cooperation-fund/
