Deadline: 15-Apr-22
The Municipality of Gacko in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has announced the public invitation to civil society organizations / non-governmental organizations for submission of project proposals under the project regional program of local democracy in the western balkans.
Goals
The overall goal of this call is to further strengthen the partnership between civil society organizations and local self-government by building awareness of the benefits of mutual cooperation and encouraging sustainable dialogue, all with the aim of providing better services to the local community.
Objectives
The specific objective of the project is to strengthen partnerships between local authorities and civil society in the Western Balkans, by spreading a successful model of transparent project financing of CSOs (LOD methodology) from local government budgets, aimed at greater civic participation and youth participation in decision-making and service delivery in local communities.
Thematic Areas
This is an opportunity to invite all civil society organizations (CSOs) from Bosnia and Herzegovina to submit project proposals related to development goals and strategic documents of the Municipality of Gacko , in the following priority areas:
- Social policy
- Projects that provide assistance to the social inclusion of people with disabilities
- Projects working to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities
- Projects that encourage the improvement of knowledge and skills in the labor market, especially for the categories of the population who find it difficult to find employment , with special emphasis on women
- Culture
- Improving the quality and accessibility of cultural content for all categories of the population through the promotion of various forms of culture and art
- Projects that work on enriching cultural content for residents
- Sports
- Affirmation and development of sports facilities for children and youth
- Affirmation of amateur sports with an emphasis on persons from socially excluded categories of the population
- Youth
- Improving the social position of young people in the labor market through improving their knowledge and skills
- Development of content for quality leisure time
- Rural development
- Projects that help improve the quality of life in rural areas
- Projects that help improve the knowledge and skills of the population in rural areas
- Projects working on the promotion and activism of young people in rural areas
- COVID-19
- Improving the quality of life of socially vulnerable categories of the population during COVID-19
Funding Information
- The value of the project proposals to be awarded under this call must be between the following minimum and maximum amount:
- minimum amount: 10,000.00 KM
- maximum amount: 70,000.00 KM
- One civil society organization may submit several project proposals within one or more public calls, with the maximum amount of funds that can be allocated for project implementation to one civil society organization during the total duration of the ReLOaD2 project 120,000.00 KM.
- The grant awarded under this call may finance administrative costs (human resources, travel / transport and office expenses) up to a maximum of 30% of the total budget. The amount of funds requested for the purchase of equipment and reconstruction may not exceed 30% of the total budget.
Duration: The duration of the project can be from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) months, in the period from May 2022 to February 2023.
Location
Projects must be implemented exclusively in the Municipality of Gacko and for the residents of the Municipality of Gacko. In exceptional cases, it is allowed to carry out certain activities on the territory of another local government if there are objective reasons for that, which are stated in the project proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
- Participation in this public call is open, on an equal basis, to all formally registered CSOs (associations or foundations), in accordance with the applicable legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- To apply for the public call, applicants must:
- be formally registered CSOs in accordance with applicable legislation (association);
- Potential applicants cannot participate in the call or receive grants if they do not submit a signed and scanned eligibility statement with the project proposal.
- This public call is not open to branches of foreign and international associations, foundations and other non-profit organizations registered and operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=89219
