Deadline: 24-Mar-23
The Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC) of the Embassy of Finland in Bucharest is an instrument for funding non-profit projects in the Republic of Moldova.
The FLC of the Embassy of Finland is an instrument of Finnish development cooperation. The FLC contributes towards the five goals of the Finnish development policy:
- Strengthening the status and rights of women and girls
- Education
- Sustainable economy and decent work
- Peaceful and democratic societies
- Climate change and natural resources.
FLC project thematic areas
- This year the call for Project Proposals is looking for projects contributing to the following priority areas of the Embassy’s FLC Programme:
- Support to the freedom of expression and media diversity, including
- enhancing capacity building of independent media
- enhancing critical thinking and media literacy; resisting disinformation
- promotion of investigative journalism and transparency
- Support to the rights of women and girls, including
- enhancing capacity building of non-governmental organisations promoting women’s rights and gender equality
- promoting women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities in economic life
- supporting the end of all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls
- supporting youth friendly education and awareness raising on sexual and reproductive health and sexually transmitted infections.
- Support to the freedom of expression and media diversity, including
Funding Information
- Award amounts will range from approximately 20,000€ to 60,000€. Project duration is limited up to two years. A maximum of 4 – 6 projects will be selected following this call. The Embassy reserves the right to allocate potential surplus FLC grant funds to FLC project(s) selected during this FLC round.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible partners for the FLC include:
- Local private sector including Chambers of Commerce, business associations, trade promotion agencies, training institutions, producer cooperatives and other similar private sector actors.
- Local private companies, including cooperatives and social enterprises.
- The applicant must be legally registered, local Moldovan private company or actor whose project is in line with the FLC priorities:
- Support to the freedom of expression and media diversity
- Support to the rights of women and girls
- The applicant must have real business operations in the Republic of Moldova. The applicant must have a sound financial record, sufficient commercial business experience and know-how.
- In addition, the applicant must have sufficient financial and human resources for the implementation of the project. The applicant should play an active part in the project and share the risks. That is why for example a consultant conducting e.g. a feasibility study is not an eligible FLC applicant.
Selection criteria for project proposals
- Alignment with Finland’s development policy, the UN’s SDGs and the mentioned priority areas of the FLC Programme
- Clearly defined expected result(s) including targeted project outputs and outcomes
- Realistically planned project activities that contribute to the desired results
- Project budget that is in line with the activities and with the experience of the applicant
- Experience and management capabilities of the applicant
- Key elements of Finnish development policy and quality standards, namely the Results Based Management (RBM), Human Rights Based Approach to Development (HRBA) and Cross-Cutting Objectives (CCOs) are included in the project proposals
- The Embassy prioritizes the project proposals that are not fully financed by the donor; the applicant must show its capability to run day-by-day activities. The principle for supporting private companies is that the applicant itself provides a sufficient share of the financing of the project. The FLC grant can cover a maximum of 70 % of the entire private sector project costs.
For more information, visit Local Cooperation 2023.