Deadline: 20-Jul-25
The Council of Europe project Further strengthening judicial and non-judicial remedies for the human rights protection of the war-affected people in Ukraine is pleased to announce a call for grant proposals.
The purpose of this call is to co-fund national, regional, and local projects aimed at further strengthening the capacity of The Free Legal Aid System to provide legal support to the war-affected people in Ukraine.
Aims
- It aims to co-fund national, regional, local projects aimed at strengthening the capacity of Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to provide legal support to the war-affected people in Ukraine.
- The Project aims at improving access to justice, human rights protection, and information for the war-affected people in line with Council of Europe standards and good practices in the field.
- In particular, it aims to
- further improvement of the domestic legal and regulatory framework on remedies and reparations for the war-affected people and documenting of war-related damage, loss, and injury in line with Council of Europe standards and recommendations;
- strengthening judicial protection and facilitating access to legal aid for war-affected people in line with Council of Europe standards and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights;
- enhancing access to non-judicial remedies and administrative redress mechanisms for the war-affected people.
Funding Information
- The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 15 000 EUR (fifteen thousand). The Council of Europe intends to award 1 grant.
- Implementation Period: The implementation period of the projects should start on 01 September 2025 and shall not extend beyond 30 January 2026.
Eligible Projects
- Projects/actions improving and advancing the quality of services provided by the target stakeholder.
- Projects/actions causing a prompt practical effect for the final beneficiaries, i.e., vulnerable individuals and groups the war-affected people.
- Projects/actions integrating and promoting the Council of Europe standards.
- Projects/actions that rising awareness of the final beneficiaries, i.e., vulnerable individuals and groups the war-affected people on access to rights and remedies.
Ineligible Projects
- 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 supporting academic research and/or academic publications.
- Projects/actions concerning trainings of the final beneficiaries, i.e., vulnerable individuals and groups of the war-affected people.
- Projects/actions providing legal consultations to the final beneficiaries, i.e., vulnerable individuals and groups of the war-affected people.
- Projects/actions targeting beneficiaries on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, an applicant must:
- be legally constituted as a non-governmental organization.
- be entitled to carry out in Ukraine activities described in its project proposal.
- have been active for at least 12 (twelve) months since its registration in the field of work with the war affected people in Ukraine.
- 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.
Ineligibility Criteria
- 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; d) 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;
- is not in a situation of an actual, potential or perceived conflict of interest; a conflict of interests arises where any person has a personal interest which is such as to influence, or appear to influence, the impartial and objective exercise of their responsibilities under this procedure. A personal interest includes any advantage to themselves, their relatives or personal relationships (including based on political or national affinity), business or financial interests or any other interest shared with another party;
- are included in the lists of persons or entities subject to restrictive measures applied by the United Nations Security Council or the European Union.
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