Apply for Nordic Gender Equality Fund

Deadline: 3-Apr-23

The Nordic Council of Ministers issues an annual call for funding applications for projects involving at least three organisations from at least three Nordic countries.

NIKK administers the Fund on behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers, including calls for proposals, assessment of proposals, and monitoring of results.

The Nordic Gender Equality Fund finances collaborations that promote gender equality.

Funding Information

The amount applied for should be between DKK 50,000 and DKK 500,000.
Organisations applying for grants need to be able to contribute at least 20 per cent themselves and/or have other sources of finance.

What can you apply for funding for?

The following types of activities may be funded:
- Staging of Nordic gatherings/meetings
- Investigations/inquiries
- Network-building
- Activity projects
- The participation of volunteer organisations in Nordic or international conferences/courses/meetings/gatherings
Funding will not be granted for:
- Activities already financed wholly or in part by Nordic Council of Ministers for Gender Equality (MR-JÄM), or the Nordic Council of Ministers.
- Activities that submit a budget in a currency other than DKK.
- Applications submitted after the deadline.
- Activities that submit an incomplete application (all mandatory fields not filled in or applications without the requisite attached documentation).
- Political party organisations.
- Private individuals.
- Activities whose purpose is to generate a profit or equivalent for the funding beneficiary.

Eligibility Criteria

The Nordic Gender Equality Fund addresses a broad target group and calls for proposals are open to a variety of activities and organisations including:
- Volunteer organisations (citizen organisations/not-for-profit organisations)
- Networks
- Government agencies and other public sector activities (such as municipalities, university departments, divisions, etc.)
- Other non-commercial actors
- Business enterprises (SMEs)
Each project must involve at least the three Nordic countries, where the Faroe Islands, Greenland and the Aaland Islands may constitute one of these only. In addition, grants can be awarded to activities that include cooperation in neighbouring areas, i.e. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Nortwest Russia*, that also include at least two Nordic countries. The principal applicant should come from a Nordic country or the Faroe Islands, Greenland or the Aaland Islands.
Note: Cooperation with independent organisations in Russia are now made possible, given that the activities are located outside of Russia and the independence of the organisation is confirmed in a specific vetting procedure defined by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The Nordic Gender Equality Fund finances activities initiated in the same year as the funding is granted and which are completed within two years from the commencement date. Activities commenced before the application deadline are not eligible for funding.

Assessment Criteria

Funding applications are to indicate how well the project meets the following criteria:

Nordic benefit
- This means the extent to which the project:
  - Generates significant positive effects through Nordic cooperation, compared to the project having been implemented at the national level
  - Manifests and develops Nordic cohesion, both within and outside the region
  - Contributes new infrastructure that strengthens Nordic cooperation on gender equality
  - Responds in a constructive way to the challenges of Nordic cooperation such as national barriers and differences
Added value for gender policy
- This refers to the extent to which the project:
  - Aims to respond to the problems of gender inequality concerning the rights, conditions, and opportunities of women and men and girls and boys, as well as the power to shape their lives and contribute to the development of society.
  - Contributes new/updated knowledge about methods and models of gender inequality/equality and/or exchanges of experience concerning knowledge about methods and models of gender inequality/equality
  - Helps to respond to the challenges identified in the Nordic cooperation programme on gender equality
  - Sustainability
  - Sustainability means here the extent to which:
  - The project design provides scope for others to draw conclusions and learn from the project’s successes and setbacks
  - The project results and efforts are expected to have lasting effects through infrastructure and products which persist after the end of the project such as networks, websites, reports, etc., and how these are designed to reach relevant target groups
Implementation
- Implementation here means:
  - How likely it is, in light of the applicant’s skills and experience, that the project will be implemented in the manner described by the applicants
  - What bases do the applicants have for working together, for example that they contribute different skills, perspectives and experience which means that they can complement each other