Deadline: 1-Jun-23
Applications are now open for the Strategic Grants to support project addressing annual strategic priorities of the Visegrad Group.
Priorities
- Research, development and innovation; digitalisation
- Projects emphasizing the importance of mobility, networking, knowledge sharing and capacity building in the V4 & its neighbourhood
- Post-COVID Recovery
- Projects focusing on supporting the V4’s resilience/recovery in terms of health, economy and society, through innovative solutions
- Challenges and perspectives of the young generation in the Visegrad region
- promoting civic engagement and youth volunteerism; promoting technical, artistic and handcraft skills building of youth; raising young people’s awareness of Visegrad cooperation
Conditions
- Projects must develop meaningful cooperation and ensure active participation of organizations from all V4 countries
- Maximum duration of projects is 36 months, minimum is 12 months
- Grants cover up to 100% of project budget with 15% for overheads
- Projects must clearly address one of the annual strategic priorities of the Visegrad Group
Eligibility Criteria
- Consortium of organizations of which 3 or more are based in different Visegrad countries
- All types of non-governmental, civil society organizations (CSOs); municipalities and local governments; schools, higher education institutions; research and scientific bodies and public institutions are eligible as lead partner (applicant) and partners in the consortia
- Market actors, e.g., companies – especially innovation and startuprelated actors – with a legal entity are also eligible, but only if their Visegrad project is of nonprofit character
Ineligibility Criteria
- Institutions directly under state administration (ministries, government agencies, embassies, state-funded cultural institutes, state-owned companies)
- Natural persons (individual citizens)
- Private entrepreneurs with/without a legal entity
For more information, visit International Visegrad Fund.