Deadline: 30-Oct-20
Within the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II – action on “Preventing and combating human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, the Council of Europe is launching a call for grants, which is to be opened to non-governmental organisations.
The purpose of the 2 (two) grants is to contribute to a heightened awareness about the risks of trafficking in children, its forms of exploitation and the most common methods used by traffickers to lure child victims into trafficking. The grants should target primary and high school children, their caretakers, education and medical personnel. Each proposed awareness-raising project should target at least 1000 persons and should carry out an impact assessment following the project implementation.
The grants will fund projects designed to raise awareness among the general public, and in particular children, parents, including those from the disadvantaged communities (Roma), child protection, health and education professionals about trafficking in children. Such raising campaigns might target, for example, primary and high school students and their parents, Roma children and children in a vulnerable situation and their caretakers, school psychologists, pedagogues, and other education professionals, paediatrics, gynaecologists and other medical staff working with children.
Funding Information
- The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 30,000 Euros (thirty-thousand Euros).
- The Council of Europe will award 2 (two) grants of a maximum amount of 15,000 Euros each.
Means of action
- Projects may include media campaign, advertising.
- Social media and web interactive pages accessible to all, YouTube videos.
- Brochures, billboards, posters, leaflets.
- Artistic outputs (e.g., a theatre play, a video campaign, cartoons, exhibitions, a music concert and other artistic expressions).
- Public outreach to individuals at risk (organisation of public meetings, distribution of informative materials).
- Any other means of action compatible with the aims and values of the Council of Europe.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, an applicant must:
- be legally constituted as a non-governmental organisation registered under relevant laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- be entitled to carry out in Bosnia and Herzegovina activities described in its project proposal;
- have been active for at least 2 years in the fields of preventing and combating human trafficking, protection of the child from violence and human rights protection;
- 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 sufficient operational and professional capacity, including staff, to carry out activities described in its project proposal;
- have a bank account.
- Further to the general objective, preference will be given to:
- Projects/actions proposed by non-governmental organisations already involved in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and in particular, trafficking in children and preferably who are participating in formal or informal alliances, networks or platforms with anti-trafficking objectives and initiatives.
- Projects/actions proposed by non-governmental organisations with the aim to protect children from violence and children from disadvantaged communities, like Roma.
- Projects/actions that address the gender equality dimension of trafficking in children.
- The following types of activities will not be considered:
- Projects/actions providing financial support to third parties (re-granting schemes).
- Projects/actions concerning only or mainly individual scholarships for studies or training courses.
- Projects/actions supporting political parties.
- Projects/actions submitted by NGO that has already been a grantee within Horizontal Facility II.
How To Apply?
- Each application shall contain:
- the completed and signed Application Form;
- a provisional budget (using the template reproduced in;
- the other supporting documents: –
- Registration certificate as a non-governmental organisation or a similar proof of registration.
- Statute of the organisation(s), or equivalent.
- Authorisation of the legal representative to act on behalf of the applicant.
- Bank statement confirming the existence of the bank account in the name of the applicant.
- Any additional information regarding implemented projects relevant to the call.
- Questions
- General information can be found on the websites of the Council of Europe. Other questions regarding this specific call for proposals must be sent at the latest one week before the deadline for the submission of proposals in English.
- Change, alteration and modification of the application file Any change in the format, or any alteration or modification of the original application file, will cause the immediate rejection of the application concerned.
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