Deadline: 1-Mar-23
Europe Foundation is pleased to announce a call for proposals for Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and initiative groups of young disability leaders and women with disabilities across Georgia (excluding Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions of Georgia) to address specific issues of the local disability communities through new and/innovative approaches.
The initiatives focusing on women and youth with disabilities will be prioritized. The call is specifically designed to strengthen the organizational capacity of grantees and to increase their effective and sustained engagement in the decision-making processes at a local level, so as to address the problems of their constituencies.
The call is announced under the project led by Coalition of Independent Living (CIL) and funded by the US State Department’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL).
The grantees selected under this competition will have a unique chance to develop and implement projects that are directed toward meeting needs of their constituencies’, including women and youth with disabilities. At the same time, in addition to hands-on support from Europe Foundation at the initial stage in the development of the implementation schedules, and monitoring and evaluation processes, and follow-up guidance during the grants’ implementation process, grantees will have opportunity to allocate some funds for improved institutional capacity.
Goal and Objectives
- The goal of the grant competition is to identify and support CSOs and DPOs across Georgia (excluding Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions of Georgia) to address specific issues of the local disability communities through new and/innovative approaches, which include working with the local governments.
- Contributing to more accountable and transparent public policy making in Georgia through promoting participatory civic monitoring and advocacy to address specific issues of the local disability communities, with special focus on youth and women.
- Support activities directed at the enhancement of the capacity of newly established CSOs and DPOs in effective interaction with their constituencies and in partnership with different stakeholders.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant award for each proposal is GEL 18,000. The duration of the project should be between 10 to 12 months.
- Grant funds may be used only for the activities directly related to implementation of a grant project. Grant funds cannot be used for covering organization’s on-going expenses, construction expenses, purchase of real estate, or covering the applicant organization’s debt.
- Grant funds may be used for the following:
- Expenses related to collection of data and evidence
- Direct costs for project-related events (e.g. rental of facilities, translation, equipment, etc.)
- Communication (phone, fax, e-mail)
- Pro-rated portion of salaries for key participants (e.g. director, accountant) and reasonable honoraria for the invited experts (if any). A clear justification must be provided for project staff salary levels and percentage of hours dedicated to project activities.
- Transportation of project participants
- Purchase of stationery and a limited amount of equipment (e.g. computer, software), and
- Other expenses directly related to project implementation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-profit disabled people’s organizations (DPOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) legally registered as well as networks and coalitions operating across Georgia excluding Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions of Georgia with a proven record of operations of at least one year are eligible to submit proposals for the call. Accordingly, the projects should not be implemented in the mentioned four regions.
- Civil servants, members of the current parliament, staff of the public broadcaster, and/or leaders and members of political parties cannot participate in a grant project as a grant remunerated participant.
- Interested applicant can submit one proposal within a call.
Selection Criteria
- Grants will be awarded to projects demonstrating the following:
- Detailed and feasible plan of action designed to resolve at least one salient problem of local concern (justified by evidence-based assessment) and feeding into the organizational development plan noted;
- Results-oriented, feasible, and needs-based action plan ensuring wide participation of citizens or affected groups of citizens in monitoring and advocacy processes, including a clear description of the methods to be applied in monitoring, advocacy, and citizen mobilization;
- Efficient and well-thought-out strategy of interaction between DPOs, CSOs, media outlets, and public authorities in the process of civic monitoring and advocacy, directed toward achieving positive outcomes;
- Sound action plan for equipping DPOs, CSOs and their constituencies with knowledge and skills needed to implement professional civic monitoring and advocacy campaigns, which in turn will contribute to developing local civic resource;
- Well-thought-out project monitoring and evaluation plan with reliable quantitative and/or qualitative baseline data and indicators for measuring and evaluating the project’s impact;
- Scope and relevance of the project’s impact;
- Sustainability of the project (please note that sustainability can refer to activities, structures, knowledge, and outcomes that result from project implementation);
- Cost-effectiveness of the project.
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