Deadline: 28-Feb-25
With the support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announces a public call for civil society organizations (CSO) in Kosovo to submit proposals for projects contributing to achieving sustainable peace in the region, leaving more resilient societies and stronger social cohesion.
The proposed projects should contribute to a better understanding of the crimes committed during the 1990s and promote reconciliation within society and between ethnic groups, as well as improve public awareness of war crimes and trials.
Objectives
- The objectives are:
- dealing with the legacies of conflicts and promoting reconciliation (e.g. cross-societal and cross-generational dialogue, transitional justice education, youth engagement);
- improving public awareness of war crimes and related trials;
- conducting and publicizing research (incl. on documenting crimes, human losses, positive examples of cross-ethnic solidarity);
- public advocacy;
- history and transitional justice research, and teaching, developing and piloting curricula on transitional justice and confidence building.
Funding Information
- The selected projects will receive support through grants of at least EUR 5,000 to a maximum of EUR 60,000.
Duration
- Duration of the proposed project: Minimum four (4) months, maximum nineteen (19) months. Projects should be implemented and completed no later than 31 October 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants for receiving grants are legal entities registered in an appropriate legal form in Kosovo which belong to one of the following categories:
- Non-governmental organisations including victims’ associations, engaged in the promotion and protection of transitional justice, human rights, and social dialogue;
- Non-governmental sports associations and clubs may also be eligible in combination with other criteria listed above;
- Non-governmental academic, research, or educational institutions;
- Non-governmental organization whose area of work is focused on cultural development;
- Non-governmental museums and other memorialisation institutions offering novel and innovative approaches to fact-based and inclusive memorialisation.
Selection Criteria
- Sub-grants should particularly aim to promote the activities and results in the following areas:
- Public debates, media campaigns, including on social media, and other public outreach for promoting fact-based dealing with the past;
- Educational programmes on transitional justice and conflicts in the 1990s, which also include gender perspective, targeting future decision-makers, opinion leaders, and young professionals (e.g. historians, sociologists, political scientists, women leaders, lawyers, political activists);
- Local/regional research, academic exchange, and internship programmes for social sciences researchers focusing on transitional justice, documenting crimes, and promoting inter-ethnic relations and solidarity;
- Developing and/or piloting new gender informed university curricula on transitional justice and peace studies, with an emphasis on the context of the region;
- Promoting various forms of cross-societal and cross-ethnic dialogue, especially youth dialogue and youth engagement, about overcoming the legacy of the past and promoting reconciliation and closer inter-ethnic relations;
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