Deadline: 16-Feb-22
The EEA Grants and Czech National Agency for International Education and Research – Darn zahranioni spoluprace (DZS) have announced Call for proposals for the funding of Institutional Cooperation Projects (hereinafter the “projects”) under the Programme “Education”.
The main objective of the Programme “Education” is enhanced human capital and knowledge base in the Czech Republic, through which it will also contribute to the main aim of the EEA Grants. The financial support in the field of education is crucial for the strengthening of the Czech society based on good governance, respect for democracy, human rights and equality, therefore, a special attention is given to the topics of democracy and citizenship education as well as to inclusive education.
The Programme “Education” builds upon the successful experience of the previous programme periods (2004-2009 and 2009-2014), which showed that a close cooperation between the partners from the Czech Republic and the Donor states and the sharing of know-how and good practices can create a better Europe. To open cooperation to all levels of education and to enable more institutions to get involved, the contribution from the EEA Grants has been increased compared to the previous periods. Dum zahranicní spolupráce (DZS), as the Programme Operator, is responsible for the preparation and implementation of the Programme “Education”.
Funding Information
The Programme grant amounts to €6.5 mil. from the EEA source and the Czech co-financing adds another €1.1 mil., up to €7.6 mil. in total.
Outcomes
- Strengthened institutional cooperation at all levels of education with a special focus on democracy and citizenship
- Improved skills and competences of students, staff and other educational experts
- Improved quality of work-based learning and youth entrepreneurship
- Increased inclusion of disadvantaged groups including the Roma population
Eligibility Criteria
- In general, eligible applicants are the Czech institutions:
- pre-primary, primary and secondary schools listed in the register of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports;
- higher education institutions possessing an ECHE.
- Institutions that were awarded grants under the previous Calls can apply for another project without any limitations.
- The applicant institution can submit only one application per Call. In case of higher education institution (HEI), the submission of maximum one application per faculty is allowed. In addition, if the HEI decides to apply on the faculty level, it cannot submit an application on the institutional level at the same time.
- In case of multiple submissions of the same application in the same selection round, DZS will always consider as valid the last version submitted before the deadline expiration. If the same or very similar applications are submitted by different applicants, they will be subject to a specific assessment and may all be rejected.
- Only legal entities are eligible applicants. Please note, that the application form must be signed by the legal representative of the applicant institution using a qualified certificate for electronic signature.
For more information, visit https://eeagrants.org/currently-available-funding/cz-education-4th-call-for-proposals-for-institutional-cooperation-projects
