Deadline: 3-Apr-25
Nordic Information on Gender is currently accepting applications for the Nordic Gender Equality Fund that finances collaborations that promote gender equality.
Through the Fund, the Nordic Council of Ministers issues an annual call for proposals for funding projects in which at least three different organisations, from at least three different Nordic countries, collaborate.
The aims of the projects can be to contribute new knowledge, a sharing of experiences or Nordic networks.
NIKK administers the Fund on behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers, including calls for proposals, assessment of proposals, and monitoring of results.
Focus Areas
- Nordic benefit
- This means the extent to which the project:
- Generates significant positive effects through Nordic co-operation, 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 co-operation on gender equality
- Responds in a constructive way to the challenges of Nordic co-operation 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 co-operation programme on gender equality.
- This means the extent to which the project:
- Sustainability/long-term view
- Sustainability means the degree 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 have been designed to reach relevant target groups.
- Sustainability means the degree to which:
- Implementation
- Implementation means here:
- 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.
- Implementation means here:
- Economic viability
- Organisations applying for funding need to be able to contribute at least 20 per cent themselves and/or have other sources of funding. The organisation’s own contribution and/or other sources of funding could come from sponsorship or other financial contributions, voluntary work, participant fees, or indirect costs for example.
Funding Information
- The amount applied for should be between DKK 50,000 and DKK 500,000.
Eligible Activities
- The following activities may be funded:
- Staging of Nordic gatherings/meetings
- Knowledge generation
- Network-building
- Activity projects
Beneficiaries
- The 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 and interest organisations
- Government agencies and other public sector activities (such as municipalities, university departments, divisions, etc.)
- Other non-commercial actors
- Small- and mediumsized business enterprises (SMEs).
Criteria
- Each project must involve at least three different organisations from at least three of the following countries/areas:
- The Fund does not finance activities that include as partners political parties or individuals.
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