Deadline: 30-Aug-20
The Within the three-year project “Thoughts on Nature” implemented by the Center for the Promotion of Civil Society (CPCD) with the support of the Swedish Government, the Association of Citizens Fojnicani (UGF), in cooperation with the municipalities of Maglaj, Usora, Zavidovici, and Žepce, announces Public call for applications of local environmental actions.
Within this first, out of a total of three, public calls during the 27 months of implementation of the project “Eco HUB Maglaj”, support is planned in equipment and materials, including food and refreshments, worth up to 500 KM per share, for at least 8 environmental actions. The actions will be realized by local volunteers, while the procurement of equipment, materials, food, and refreshments will be realized by UGF.
In case the holder of the approved action is an informal group of citizens, it is obligatory to donate the purchased equipment to the local organization or institution upon completion of the action. The leaders of the selected actions are obliged to participate in a one-day training that UGF will realize in the center of Eco HUB Maglaj, in the Volunteer Center for Social Inclusion in Fojnica, Maglaj municipality. Transportation costs, work materials, lunch, and refreshments are provided for all participants.
Criteria
- Applications should include environmental actions that will benefit the local community and that will mobilize citizens, especially young people, through volunteer work on landscaping and nature protection.
- Registered non-political and non-governmental organizations, including citizens’ associations, sports clubs, and cultural societies, as well as local communities and informal groups of citizens from the municipalities where Eko HUB Maglaj (Maglaj, Usora, Zavidovici, and Žepce) operate, have the right to apply for this Public Call. Each applicant is obliged to ensure the participation of at least 10 volunteers for their action.
- Organizations or informal groups of citizens that have the best applications and are selected in the shortlist are obliged to provide UGF with a possible additional assessment of the proposed action, or organization or group of citizens that will be carried out at the site of the planned action. Only organizations or groups of citizens who successfully pass this assessment process can receive support for the implementation of their actions.
For more information, visit https://www.ugf.ba/javni-poziv-za-prijave-lokalnih-ekoloskih-akcija/?fbclid=IwAR3FolKh5ecwQNHYV2ABVsBTAuZk_zzc7CUragiUKDt6Ynh9eWBnSVQ3isw