Deadline: 13 March 2020
Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF) opened the call for applications with project proposals to support Social integration of youth. Through this call, KCSF aims to support active engagement of youth for active citizenship and creation of opportunities for engagement in the labour market.
Social integration of youth is foreseen to be achieved through projects in involvement of youth in decision making processes, volunteering initiatives which address social causes, extra-curricular activities, provide young women and men with transferable skills (soft), creation of experiential learning and self-employment opportunities.
The Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF), within the framework of the Luxembourg support for civil society in Kosovo (hereinafter referred to as Luxembourg support), funded by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, will support domestic Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) through project grants in the field of social integration of youth.
Overall Objective
The overall objective of this thematic area is to support social integration of youth by achieving the following outputs, through the below-listed intervention priority areas:
- Objective 1: Active Engagement of Youth for Active Citizenship and Social Inclusion is enhanced
- Priority areas:
- Young women and men are informed about and involved in the decision making processes
- Young women and men participate in volunteering initiatives which address social causes
- Young women and men are involved in extra-curricular activities
- Priority areas:
- Objective 2: Youth have increased opportunities to engage in the labour market
- Priority areas:
- Young women and men are equipped with key transferable skills
- Young women and men are provided with experiential learning opportunities
- Young women and men benefit from self-employment opportunities
- Priority areas:
Organizations can apply in one of the listed outputs with the possibility of combining between the three respective intervention priority areas within one objective. In case that your project contributes indirectly to priority areas of the other objective it is not considered a problem since the project itself is dedicated to one main objective.
Timeframe and Budget
- The maximum timeframe per grant is 6 months while the maximum budget is EUR 10,000 (including the audit costs of the project).
- The duration of activities should be sufficiently justified while the budget should be realistic and ensure qualitative implementation of the activities.
Targeted Beneficiaries
Proposals should target young people aged 15-29 with equal gender distribution and reach at the country level, with any exception possible only based on elaborate reasoning of the necessity for the exception. Whenever possible, a similar approach will be followed also for inclusion of minorities.
Selected beneficiaries should meet at least one of the following criteria:
- are unemployed,
- come from families in dire socio-economic conditions,
- have limited education level and training,
- are inactive in the labour market,
- have limited work experience.
Application Criteria
In order to be eligible for application, applicants shall fulfil the following criteria:
- Be a non-governmental organization registered according to the applicable law in Kosovo,
- Be directly responsible for project management and not have intermediary role,
- Have annual turnover up to EUR 25,000 for the last three years and be a ‘grassroots’ civil society organization
- Demonstrate capacity for the management of proposed activities.
How to Apply
- Interested applicants should fill out the application, plan of activities and budget in line with the respective templates. Completed applications should be submitted electronically in word format at the address given on the website. Along with the aforementioned documents, the applicants should also send the NGO registration certificate and the fiscal number certificate.
- List of mandatory documents:
- NGO registration certificate.
- Fiscal number certificate (both certificates must be submitted in scanned version)
- Application form
- Budget
- Plan of activities.
For more information, visit https://www.kcsfoundation.org/en/activity/call-for-project-proposals-social-integration-of-youth/