Deadline: 17-Mar-23
Youth Initiative for Human Rights – Kosovo (YIHR KS) is pleased to announce an open call for non – governmental organizations to submit applications for the Small Grants Scheme within the Kosovo Youth Dialogue project supported by the USAID Kosovo.
The goal of this scheme is to financially support NGOs that work with different ethnic groups in supporting the reconciliation process in Kosovo. Additionally, through the program they want to strengthen cooperation between NGOs working with constituents from different ethnic backgrounds in Kosovo through implementation of joint projects. Projects that will be supported are those that have a focus on the issues of transitional justice, dealing with the past, peace building and reconciliation.
Aims
- Projects that will be supported will have a focus on the issues of transitional justice, dealing with the past, peace building and reconciliation. Specifically through this scheme YIHR KS aims to:
- Enhance cooperation and communication between young people from different ethnic backgrounds, with a focus on relations between the Kosovo – Albanians and Kosovo – Serbs;
- Increase capacities of young people in Kosovo to participate in the process of transitional justice and dealing with the past;
- Support and promote grass-roots initiatives in Kosovo for dealing with the past;
- Support local non – profit organizations to become active agents in the process of dealing with the past, reconciliation and transitional justice in Kosovo.
Funding Information
- Total amount available for this call: 30.000$.
Eligibility Criteria
- Lead applicant (including all co – applicants) must be a registered organization/entity in Kosovo;
- Lead applicants (including all co – applicants) must be a non-governmental organization operating for at least two years, with experience in working with youth from different backgrounds in Kosovo.
- All applicants should have an Unique entity identifier from Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS number)
- In order to apply, organizations must fulfill the following criteria:
- Valid organizational registration, as a legal entity in Kosovo, with the Department of Registration and Liaison of NGOs within the Kosovo Ministry of Public Administration;
- Organizations are not debarred in the System for Award Management (SAM) System for Award Management, and they have financial and technical capability to perform and manage USG funds;
- Plan and implement activities in accordance with their own organizational strategy;
- Undertake activities that contribute to the implementation of the YIHR KS’s program goal;
- Reach grassroots and/or vulnerable persons and groups, specifically ethnic minorities;
- Partnerships with one or more NGOs.
- In addition, projects must fulfill the following criteria:
- Timeline of the program proposed must be no less than three (3) months and no more than six (6) months;
- All requested amounts for funding cannot be more than $10.000.
For more information, visit Small Grant Schemes.