Deadline: 24-Feb-25
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking proposals for the project “European Union Support for Confidence Building”.
Objectives
- The objectives are:
- addressing the legacy of conflict and promoting reconciliation (e.g. inter-societal and intergenerational dialogue, transitional justice education, youth engagement),
- improving public awareness of war crimes and trials,
- conducting and publishing research (including documenting crimes, human losses, positive examples of interethnic solidarity),
- public advocacy,
- researching history and teaching, developing and piloting curricula on transitional justice and trust-building.
Funding Information
- The total financial resources for the award of grants amount to EUR 600,000.00 and will be distributed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia based on the final decision of the Commission for the selection of project proposals at the regional level.
- The minimum amount per grant is EUR 5,000
- The maximum amount per grant is EUR 60,000
Duration
- Duration of the proposed project: Minimum: 4 months; Maximum: The project should be completed no later than October 31, 2026.
Requirements
- Applicants who meet the requirements for receiving grants are:
- non-governmental organizations registered in Bosnia and Herzegovina, engaged in the promotion and protection of transitional justice, human rights and social dialogue, including victims’ associations;
- non-governmental sports associations may also be eligible in combination with the other criteria listed above;
- Non-governmental academic, research or educational institutions;
- A non-governmental organization whose field of work is focused on the development of culture;
- Non-governmental museums and other non-governmental memorialization institutions, if they offer new and innovative approaches to evidence-based and inclusive memorialization.
Selection Criteria
- The awarded grants should aim to promote activities and results in the following areas:
- Public debates, media campaigns, including those on social media, and other public events to promote fact-based dealing with the past;
- Educational programs on transitional justice and the wars of the 1990s that include a gender perspective, aimed at future decision-makers and leaders (young political activists, young women leaders, young lawyers, historians, sociologists, political scientists, etc.);
- Research in the country and the region, academic exchange and internship programs for social science researchers with a focus on transitional justice, documenting crimes, promoting interethnic relations and solidarity;
- Development and/or piloting of new gender-responsive university curricula on transitional justice and peace studies, 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, on overcoming the legacy of the past and promoting reconciliation and closer inter-ethnic relations;
- Promoting gender-responsive dialogue regarding the legacy of the past with feminist approaches to reconciliation.
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