Deadline: 19-Nov-23
The Council of Europe Project “Enhanced Social Protection in Ukraine” implemented in the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine “Resiliency, Recovery and Reconstruction” for 2023-2026 launches a call for grant proposals.
It aims to co-fund national/local projects aimed at supporting actions of the non-governmental organisations in Ukraine in the sphere of social rights in Ukraine. The Grantees will remain responsible for administration of the funds which have been granted.
Project proposals shall aim to produce an added value to the Council of Europe efforts in this domain in compliance with the provisions of the European Social Charter and the case law of the European Committee of Social Rights.
General Objective
- The grants will fund projects designed to supporting actions of the non-governmental organisations in Ukraine in the sphere of social rights in Ukraine. They should aim at strengthening the social rights policies and practices on local and national levels in Ukraine in compliance with the European standards in the field of social and economic rights, and include one or more of the following areas: right to work, right to protection of health, rights of children, right to benefit from social welfare services, rights of persons with disabilities, rights of older persons, right to protection against poverty and social exclusion, right to housing.
Priorities
- Further to the general objective, preference will be given to:
- Projects/actions proposed by non-governmental institutions which are aimed at:
- strengthening the institutional capacities of the national and local authorities responsible for the development and implementation of the social policy in Ukraine, e.g. Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, Ombudsperson’s Office of Ukraine, Adviser-Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on Barrier-Free issues, local self-government bodies and oblast military administrations etc.;
- strengthening the development and implementation of the social policies in line with the European Social Charter standards and best European practices, including on efficient, quality and timely social services at local and regional level, to reduce poverty, to facilitate alternative care forms of social support to older persons and persons with disabilities, on exercising the right to housing, protection from social exclusion of vulnerable groups in Ukraine;
- awareness raising campaigns on social rights and their protection mechanism devoted to the new model of social policy, including addressing the issue of non-take up of social rights;
- developing materials for teaching social human rights and their piloting in the schools in Ukraine;
- Projects/actions targeting national and local authorities, local social services providers, social workers and pupils in the schools;
- Projects/actions presenting efficient models of multidisciplinary and interagency cooperation;
- Projects/actions with concrete, practical results and measurable sustainability of the results;
- Projects/actions incorporating gender mainstreaming and practical application of the Council of Europe standards.
- Projects/actions proposed by non-governmental institutions which are aimed at:
Funding Information
- The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 80 000.00 EUR (eighty thousand euros). The Council of Europe intends to award up to 6 grants of a maximum amount of 20 000.00 EUR (twenty thousand euros) each.
Implementation Period
- The implementation period of the projects should start not earlier than on 15 January 2024 and shall not extend beyond 15 July 2024.
- Reporting requirements shall be completed on 15 August 2024 at the latest.
Eligible Projects
- Projects may include the following:
- Organisation of public activities and events targeting different stakeholders (e.g., workshops, trainings, forums, seminars, interactive and strategic sessions, etc.);
- Development of the training and educational materials and their distribution, including online and offline;
- Awareness-raising activities (development and distribution of communication, promotional materials, including social media content and media products);
- Analytical and expert work (expert research, analysis, surveys, producing recommendations etc.)
- Visibility actions etc.
- All visibility materials produced within the grant will need to be consulted with and receive approval from the Council of Europe project team, prior to publishing or dissemination.
- The activities proposed should be designed with cost-efficiency and outreach in mind, aiming to provide substantial support and information to the widest possible categories of target groups.
Target Stakeholders
- Projects should target in particular the following key stakeholders:
- Vulnerable groups of people, including, but not limited to persons with disabilities, older persons, children, veterans and war-affected population;
- National and regional authorities developing and implementing social policies;
- Local social services providers, social workers;
- Legal professionals;
- Students, pupils.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, an applicant must:
- be legally constituted as a non-governmental organisation in the sphere of social rights protection in Ukraine;
- be active for at least 2 years in the field of social rights protection;
- have sufficient operational and professional capacity, including staff, to carry out activities described in its project proposal;
- have sufficient financial capacity (stable and sufficient 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 a bank account.
- Multiple applications are not allowed and shall lead to the exclusion of all applications concerned.
Ineligible
- Applicants shall be excluded from the grant award procedure where they or, in the case of legal persons, their owner(s) or executive officer(s):
- have been sentenced by final judgment on one or more of the following charges: participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, child labour or trafficking in human beings;
- are in a situation of bankruptcy, liquidation, termination of activity, insolvency or arrangement with creditors or any like situation arising from a procedure of the same kind, or are subject to a procedure of the same kind;
- have received a judgement with res judicata force, finding an offence that affects their professional integrity or constitutes a serious professional misconduct;
- do not comply with their obligations as regards payment of social security contributions, taxes and dues, according to the statutory provisions of the country where they are established;
- are an entity created to circumvent tax, social or other legal obligations (empty shell company), have ever created or are in the process of creation of such an entity;
- have been involved in mismanagement of the Council of Europe funds or public funds
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