Deadline: 22 May 2020
Within the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II – Action on “Preventing and combating human trafficking in North Macedonia”, the Council of Europe is launching a call for grants, which is to be opened to non-governmental organisations registered in North Macedonia.
Through this call, the Action on “Preventing and combating human trafficking in North Macedonia” will co-fund 2 (two) projects aimed at raising awareness among general public and in particular school children, their parents and child protection professionals on the perils of trafficking in children.
Objective
The grants will fund projects designed to raise awareness among general public, and in particular children, parents, including those from the disadvantaged communities (Roma), child protection, health and education professionals about trafficking in children. Such raising campaigns might target, for example, primary and high school students and their parents, Roma children and children in vulnerable situation and their caretakers, school psychologists, pedagogues, and other education professionals, paediatrics, gynaecologists and other medical staff working with children. The above-mentioned list for the awareness raising campaigns is not exhaustive.
Further to the general objective, preference will be given to:
- Projects/actions proposed by non-governmental organisations already involved in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and in particular, trafficking in children and preferably who are participating in formal or informal alliances, networks or platforms with anti-trafficking objectives and initiatives.
- Projects/actions proposed by non-governmental organisations with aim to protect children from violence and children from disadvantaged communities, like Roma.
- Projects/actions that address the gender equality dimension of trafficking in children.
Means of Action
- Projects may include media campaign, advertising.
- Social media and web interactive pages accessible to all, YouTube videos.
- Brochures, billboards, posters, leaflets.
- Artistic outputs (e.g., a theatre play, a video campaign, cartoons, exhibitions, a music concert and other artistic expression).
- A public outreach to individuals at risk (organisation of public meetings, distribution of informative materials).
- Any other means of action compatible with the aims and values of the Council of Europe.
The following types of action will not be considered:
- Projects/actions providing financial support to third parties (re-granting schemes).
- Projects/actions concerning only or mainly individual scholarships for studies or training courses.
- Projects/actions supporting political parties.
Funding Information and Duration
- The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 30,000 Euros (thirty-thousand Euros). The Council of Europe will award 2 (two) grants of a maximum amount of 15,000 Euros each. The grantee will need to ascertain that the expenditure in the local currency corresponds to the above-mentioned amount (in line with the Euro foreign exchange reference rates).
- Projects shall be implemented by 31 May 2021.
- Reporting requirements shall be completed by 15 June 2021.
Target Stakeholders
Projects should target in particular the following key stakeholders:
- General public.
- Primary and high school children and parents.
- Children in vulnerable situations and their caretakers.
- Children and parents from the Roma community.
- Education professionals, pedagogues, psychologists.
- Health professionals, in particular paediatricians, gynaecologists, first responders and nurses.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant, an applicant must:
- be legally constituted as a non-governmental organisation in North Macedonia;
- be entitled to carry out in North Macedonia activities described in its project proposal;
- have been active for at least 2 years in the fields of preventing and combating human trafficking, protection of the child from violence and human rights protection;
- have sufficient financial capacity (stable and sufficient sources of funding) to maintain its activity throughout the period for which the grant is awarded and to participate by way of its own resources (including human resources or in-kind contributions);
- have sufficient operational and professional capacity, including staff, to carry out activities described in its project proposal;
- have a bank account.
For more information, visit https://www.coe.int/en/web/skopje/-/call-for-proposals-awareness-raising-campaign-on-trafficking-in-children-in-north-macedonia