Deadline: 10-Feb-21
Within the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II – action on “Promotion of diversity and equality in Serbia”, the Council of Europe is launching a call for grants, which is to be opened to civil society organisations (CSOs) and local self-government units (LSG) registered in Serbia.
Through this call, the action on “Promotion of diversity and equality in Serbia’’ will support CSOs and LSG Units for measures for promotion of diversity and intercultural dialogue at local level in Serbia, focused on promotion of the rights of national/ethnic minorities and the rights of LGBTI persons, as well as their protection from hate speech and hate motivated violence.
Objectives
The grants will fund activities aimed at supporting the concrete follow-up:
- Of the implementation of relevant acts and regulations pertinent to the rights of national/ethnic minorities at local level, which were most recently raised by the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) and/or by the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for the Regional and Minorities languages (ECRML).
- On issues of inequality, challenges to social inclusion, hate speech and discrimination against LGBTI persons in local context, which were raised in the last country report of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).
Projects designed could address the following issues:
- Under LOT 1: Promotion and protection of the rights of national/ethnic minorities in the local context, including issues related to promoting diversity and intercultural dialogue at local level;
- Under LOT 2: Promotion and protection of the rights of LGBTI persons in the local context, including issues related to impaired access to health, adequate accommodation and facilities and social services;
- Under LOT 3: Combating hate speech and hate motivated violence, notably stigmatization of national/ethnic minorities and LGBTI persons and their increased exposure to violence.
Funding Information
- The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 60.000 Euros (sixty thousand Euros), out of which 20.000 Euros. The Council of Europe/the European Union intends to award grants of a maximum amount of 7.500 Euros each. Preferable range of the grants to be awarded should be from 2.500 Euros to 7.500 Euros each.
- The implementation period of the projects should start on 1 March 2021 and shall not extend beyond 30 September 2021 (maximum of 7 months).
Key Stakeholders
Projects should target the following key stakeholders:
- Civil society organisations
- Local Self-Government Units
- Vulnerable social groups (most notably national/ethnic minorities and/or LGBTI persons)
- General public
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant, an applicant must:
- be legally constituted as either a non-governmental organisation, or a Local Self-Government Unit in Serbia;
- be entitled to carry out the activities described in its project proposal on the territory of Serbia;
- have a previous sound record and a minimum of 3 (three) years’ experience in implementing projects/programmes in the field of human rights/anti-discrimination;
- have enough financial capacity (stable and enough 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 enough 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/belgrade/-/call-for-proposals-support-to-civil-society-organisations-and-local-self-government-units-for-promotion-of-diversity-and-intercultural-dialogue-at-loc