Deadline: 21-Jul-24
The Embassy of Finland in Bucharest is offering grants to local organizations of the partner country with a specific focus on civil society.
Fund for Local Cooperation (FLCs) of the Embassy of Finland is an instrument of Finnish development cooperation. The FLC projects should be implemented with the human rights-based approach. This means that human rights are systematically integrated in the means and objectives of projects supported by the FLC.
The Embassy supports only projects that are in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are an urgent call for action by all countries in a global partnership.
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
Thematic Areas
- This year the call for Project Proposals is looking for projects contributing to the following objectives of the Embassy’s FLC Programme:
- Freedom of expression and media diversity are strengthened and media literacy is increased through support to priority areas including:
- enhancing capacity building of independent media
- enhancing critical thinking and media literacy; resisting disinformation
- promotion of investigative journalism and transparency
- The rights of women and girls are realized through strengthened participation in the society and in the economy through support to priority areas 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
- The role of youth in society is strengthened through increased and effective civic and economic participation through support to priority areas including:
- enhancing civic participation of youth and promoting youth participation for community development
- promoting youth’s full and effective participation and opportunities in economic life
- enhancing capacity building of non-governmental organisations promoting youth participation
- Freedom of expression and media diversity are strengthened and media literacy is increased through support to priority areas including:
Funding Information
- Award amounts will range from approximately 25,000€ to 55,000€.
- Project duration is limited up to two years with the last acceptable closing month of the project being August 2026.
- 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 or to other FLC related costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible partners for the FLC include legally registered host country’s non-governmental organisations, science and technology communities, universities and other educational and research institutions, independent media, public bodies and cultural institutions (for example, museums, libraries and theatres), chambers of commerce and commercial associations, organisations engaged in the promotion of export and investment, businesses, cooperatives, interest groups of companies and employees, foundations or religious communities.
For more information, visit Embassy of Finland in Bucharest.