Deadline: 07-Mar-21
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for 2021 Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC) of the Mission of Finland which is an instrument of Finnish development cooperation. They are channeled through Tunisian civil society organizations to complement the bilateral cooperation of Finland, towards poverty reduction, creating jobs and participation of the civil society in the development process.
The priorities and objectives of the Embassy’s FLC Program for the years 2021-2022 are as follows:
- The role of FLC projects in Tunisia in 2021 is to improve the capacity of local civil society actors to implement target-oriented projects, which provide opportunities to productive employment, decent work, entrepreneurship and livelihoods for people in vulnerable situations. Additionally, the FLC projects of 2021 focus specifically on women and digitalization. All projects should be human rights based and contribute to gender equality.
Themes
The 2021 Call for Project Proposals is looking for projects to contribute to promoting the following themes:
- Entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for women;
- Digital entrepreneurship;
- Improving digital skills of women and girls, including prevention of online violence and harassment.
Funding Information
- The ideal size of a financed project would fit in a scale of 30 000-50 000 euros.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants will send a maximum two-page (2) project idea. The free-standing proposal should include the following information:
- Short presentation of the project (project plan) including background information and duration of the project;
- Arguments of the project related to the priority areas;
- Planned beneficiaries (if possible, gender-disaggregated);
- Planned outcomes with an idea of change;
- An indicative budget;
- Description of the project management and monitoring and reporting;
- Name, official registration number of your association and contact details and a signature of the authorized representative of the organization.
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