Deadline: 11-Jan-22
The Active Citizens Fund is pleased to announce the 2nd Round of Mid-sized Grants to support the applicant’s already existing, long-term or unchanged activities and projects.
The aim of the mid-sized grants is to support projects which are to solve current needs and challenges through the outcomes on a local, regional or national level. Projects with innovative approach and activities or projects further improving the existing operation and activities of the applicant in a meaningful way that enhances their sustainability (application of the project outputs in future), further sharing and dissemination will be supported.
Priorities
- Projects implemented by organizations registered in under-served regions (Karlovarský, Ústecký and Moravskoslezský region) shall receive extra points
- Projects implemented in cooperation with partner entities or experts from the programme donor countries (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein)
Thematic Areas
The applicant operates in at least one of the (thematic) programme areas:
- Active citizenship, i.e. actively participates in the public life and decision making
- Human rights, i.e. promotes respecting of human rights
- Social justice, i.e. supports and engages vulnerable groups in the process of their own empowerment and their ability to exercise their rights
- Gender equality, i.e. promotes equal opportunities for women and men
- Environment, i.e. is involved in climate protection
Options
The applicant for a mid-sized grant has one of the following options:
- prepare a project in one of the following outcomes:
- Citizen participation (Outcome 1)
- Advocacy and watchdog activities (Outcome 2)
- Vulnerable groups empowered (Outcome 3)
- Civic education and media literacy (Outcome 4)
- prepare a project focusing solely on the Increased capacity and sustainability of civil society organisations (Outcome 5) dedicated to the professionalization and competence development of the organization.
Funding Information
- The minimum grant support amount for a mid-sized grant is € 8,000, the maximum amount is € 85,000.
- The amount of financial support to be distributed:
- outcome 1: Increased citizen participation in civic activities – € 1,039,421
- outcome 2: Strengthened civil society advocacy and watchdog role – € 862,628
- outcome 3: Vulnerable groups empowered – € 1,048,456
- outcome 4: Increased support for civic education and media literacy – € 911,504
- outcome 5: Increased capacity and sustainability of civil society sector and individual civil society organisations – € 1,207,968
Eligibility Criteria
- It is a non-governmental organisation registered in the Czech Republic defined by the Czech law as:
- civic association (i.e. legal name in Czech: spolek, ústav, obecne prospešná spolecnost);
- foundation and endowment fund (i.e. legal name in Czech: nadace a nadacní fond) or
- organization department of church and religious society (i.e. legal name in Czech: úcelové zarízení registrované církve a náboženské spolecnosti) on the condition, that the proposed and funded project activities do not promote a religious doctrine, mission or proselytism related to the beliefs of a particular faith,
- possibly interest association of legal persons (i.e. legal name in Czech: zájmová sdružení právnických osob) if all members of the association are non-governmental non-profit organizations and individually fulfil the eligibility criteria;
- (In the case of projects funded from the Fund for bilateral relations) It is a Donors´ State (Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland) entity in case of its non-commercial character;
- Project applicants must satisfy the condition of at least:
- a two-year history (in case of strategic and mid-sized grants) or
- one-year history (in case of action, matching and bilateral grants) at the time the grant application is submitted.
For more information, visit https://www.activecitizensfund.cz/en/we-want-to-apply/open-calls/#section1