Deadline: 12-Jul-23
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) publishes a public call for civil society organizations registered in North Macedonia, which deal with the promotion of transitional justice and social cohesion and the protection of human rights.
The public call is published as part of the regional project “EU Support for Confidence Building in the Western Balkans” financed by the European Union and implemented by UNDP. The implementation of the project started on January 1, 2023 and will last for four years.
The project provides expertise and support to the judiciary and law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo. More specifically, in the Republic of North Macedonia, the project focuses on strengthening the capacities of the judicial authorities and on activities to raise awareness for dealing with relapses from conflicts and promoting reconciliation through the re-granting of civil society organizations. Overall, all interventions aim to improve dialogue within societies and between ethnic groups regarding past conflicts, all with a vision of achieving sustainable peace in the region and creating more resilient societies and stronger social cohesion.
In North Macedonia, the project will collaborate with grassroots stakeholders to raise public awareness, including fostering dialogue and exchange among a wide range of stakeholders , especially youth and future opinion makers to contribute to building trust through public advocacy and activism to promote reconciliation. , the inter-ethnic dialogue, and the dialogue about the past.
Objectives of Re-Grant Mechanism
- The re-granting mechanism is implemented through a competitive and open call for project proposals. The objectives of the re-granting mechanism are:
- dealing with conflict relapse and promoting reconciliation (e.g. inter-societal and inter-generational dialogue, transitional justice education, youth engagement),
- improving public awareness of past conflicts,
- conducting and publishing research (including documenting crimes, loss of human life, positive examples of inter-ethnic solidarity),
- public advocacy,
- research on history and teaching, development and implementation of pilot curricula for transitional justice and confidence building.
Funding Information
- Financial resources to support the re-granting mechanism amount to 1,200,000 euros.
- Financial resources to support the re-granting mechanism for the Republic of North Macedonia amount to 57,400.00 euros.
- The minimum amount per grant is 5,000 euros.
- The maximum amount per grant is 20,000 euros.
- Duration of the proposed project: Minimum four (4) months, maximum twenty-four (24) months.
Activities and Areas
- The organizations selected for re-granting should be particularly focused on promoting activities and results in the following areas:
- Public debates, media campaigns, including those on social media, and other outreach activities to promote fact-based dealing with the past;
- National/regional research, academic exchange and internship programs for social science researchers focusing on transitional justice, the promotion of inter-ethnic relations and solidarity;
- Developing and/or piloting new university curricula for transitional justice and peace studies that include gender aspects, with an emphasis on the context of the region;
- Promoting various forms of inter-societal and inter-ethnic dialogue, especially youth dialogue and youth engagement, to overcome past relapses and promote reconciliation and closer inter-ethnic relations;
- Promoting dialogue on past recidivism that includes gender aspects with feminist approaches to reconciliation;
- Strengthening or building sustainable partnerships between civil society (including spontaneous initiatives) and institutions – at the national or local/municipal level – aimed at promoting inter-ethnic reconciliation and fact-based remembrance (remembering), as well as dialogue about the past;
- Supporting artists and cultural actors and promoting artivism (art activism) in dealing with past relapses and promoting reconciliation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible candidates for receiving grants are:
- civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations registered in the appropriate legal form in the Republic of North Macedonia, which work on the promotion and protection of transitional justice, human rights and social dialogue; non-governmental sports associations and clubs may also be eligible, in combination with the other criteria
- non-governmental academic or educational institutions ;
- non-governmental organizations whose field of action is aimed at cultural development;
- civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations that have proven experience in working with youth, especially on topics related to reconciliation, inter-ethnic dialogue, conflicts and conflict resolution, legal aspects of conflicts and the consequences of (armed) conflicts;
- civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations that have proven experience in implementing projects, writing analyses/papers or organizing dialogues about the armed conflict in North Macedonia since 2001.
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