Deadline: 9 February 2018
Applicants are invited to apply for the Strengthening Accountability and the Fiduciary Environment (SAFE) Trust Fund.
It is a Trust Fund program administered by the World Bank and was established by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the European Commission with the aim of improving public financial management in the Europe and Central Asia region. This Trust Fund program provides support for activities to assess public financial management (PFM) performance, identify and implement actions to achieve improvements and share knowledge and good practices across countries in the region.
Objectives
The SAFE trust fund group seeks to improve PFM in participating beneficiaries in a systematic way through:
- improving understanding of PFM status in target beneficiaries;
- supporting design, implementation and management of the PFM reform agenda by governments, particularly on reform activities that are being undertaken simultaneously across the region; and
- developing shared knowledge and experience on PFM reform to strengthen reform effectiveness and focus development partner support.
Grant Information
Minimum project size for SAFE is $50,000 with an upper limited of $300,000;
Eligible Activities
There are three Pillars of support for SAFE funded projects.
- Pillar I: Assessment of PFM status,
- Pillar II: Support for PFM reform management and
- Pillar III: Expanding PFM knowledge and capability.
Eligibility Criteria
- This round of applications is open for projects to be implemented in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.
- All entities are eligible (i.e. ministries, municipalities, state agencies, universities, public and private institutes and NGOs) to apply.
How to Apply
Project proposals should be submitted to the SAFE Secretariat via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit SAFE Trust Fund.