Deadline: 1 March 2019
Centre for Civic Education (CCE/CGO), on behalf of project partners, within the project Regional CSO Activism for Regional Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslavia – in Support of RECOM has announced a call for proposals to support projects of civil society organisations in Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Slovenia and Croatia.
Objectives
- The overall objective of this Call is to strengthen prospects for regional reconciliation in the Western Balkans by establishing the facts on war crimes and human losses and detention sites related to the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.
- The specific objectives of this project are
- to facilitate the establishment of a Regional Commission for establishing the facts and identifying the victims of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990;
- to engage civil society from all post-Yugoslav states in an inclusive and bottom-up reconciliation initiative;
- to strengthen the impact of CSOs in the decision making process in the domain of regional cooperation.
Priority Issues
They are looking for the small-scale project proposals addressing the topics related to the fight against impunity for war crimes, establishing the truth about war crimes, contributing to culture of remembrance, engaging civil society at large and the broader public in a regional reconciliation and commemoration initiatives, etc. The project proposals have to be rooted in the context and relevant to society.
Funding Information
- The overall indicative amount available under this Call is EUR 100 000.
- Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 3,000
- maximum amount: EUR 4,000
- Grant requests can not be more than 95% of the total eligible costs of the action.
Duration
The initial planned duration of the project implementation may not be lower than 1 month nor exceed 5 months, and the activities can be conducted between 1 April 2019 to 1 October 2019.
Location
The project must take place in one of seven countries (Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia).
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for sub-granting, applicants must be:
- legal persons;
- nonprofit making;
- civil society organizations;
- nationals of Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Slovenia or Croatia;
- registered in these countries as non-governmental organisation at least twelve months prior to the deadline for submission of project;
- directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their co-applicant.
- The applicant may act individually or with co-applicant(s). Partnerships are not mandatory, but these are allowed and welcomed. Co-applicant(s) must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the applicant.
- Individuals, political parties, international organisations, governmental institutions, religious communities and non-formal organisations are not eligible for this Call.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via e-mail at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit http://cgo-cce.org/en/2019/01/16/english-recom-call-for-support-to-cso-projects/#.XEbo5VUzbIU