Deadline: 29 August 2016
A Consortium of eight civil society organisations from Armenia and Turkey is seeking proposals for the Grant Scheme entitled “Support to the Armenia-Turkey Normalisation Process” in order to empower and engage civil societies of Turkey and Armenia to contribute to the enhanced regional peace and stability, democratic pluralism and social inclusion across and within their societies.
Funding Information
- The total available fund in the Grant Scheme is € 150,000.
- The Grant Scheme will support proposals up to nine months of duration with a budget ranging from € 5,000 to € 20,000.
- In total, the Consortium expects to award no more than 15 grants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are welcome from civil society organisations and individuals other than the Consortium partners. Individuals will have to participate in the pre-grant meeting at HDF (for the applicants from Turkey) or EPF (for the applicants from Armenia) to provide clear division of tasks and responsibilities for the project implementation.
- Grant Scheme may also provide grants to profit-making organisations in case the grant funds contribute to the overall objective of the Programme and not used to make profit.
- Applicant organisations should have a formal registration either in Armenia or in Turkey. Individual applicants should be either citizens of Armenia or Turkey or should have permanent residency in Armenia or Turkey.
- Governmental/public agencies and political entities are not eligible to apply.
- Eligible Costs include project-related expenses, such as a) personnel salary (e.g. project director, coordinator, accountant, etc.) and honoraria for experts (local and/or international); b) communication costs (phone, internet); c) travel costs (transportation, accommodation, meals); d) purchase of a limited amount of equipment (computer, software, etc.) and stationary necessary to realise the project; e) survey and publication expenses; f) rental of conference facilities, translation equipment, etc.; g) other expenses directly related to project implementation. The Grant Scheme beneficiaries will not be issued VAT exemption certificate by the authorities in Armenia and Turkey. Therefore, as an exception, their VAT will be considered as an eligible cost by the EU.
- Activities of proposed projects should take place either in Armenia or Turkey or both. In case, additional/different project locations are proposed, applicants should explain in the application form why it is needed.
How to Apply
- Armenia-based applicants should submit their application packages electronically to Eurasia Partnership Foundation (Armenia) through the given website.
- Turkey-based applicants should submit their application packages to Hrant Dink Foundation (Turkey) through the given website.
- The language of applications is English.
Eligible Countries: Armenia and Turkey
For more information, please visit Armenia-Turkey Normalisation Process.