Deadline: 24-Nov-2024
The Kosovar Civil Society Foundation has launched the Citizen Engagement Activity for Partnership Grants to support partnerships between Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the private sector.
These partnerships will work on joint initiatives that address community concerns and promote cross-sectoral cooperation, with the aim of contributing to increasing social trust and creating a more favorable environment for financial and non-financial support of civil society.
Areas of Focus
- Encourage community activism, strengthen civil society ties with the community and increase the demand for accountability. The intervention aims to combine strong citizen-led activism and investment as a powerful catalyst for change
- Establish cross-sectoral partnerships and increase trust between CSOs, citizens, private sector, and public Institutions. The intervention seeks to build cross-sectoral cooperation that convenes representatives from multiple sectors to work together on solutions to citizen-identified problems and acknowledging businesses‘ potential role in promoting philanthropic endeavors for the public good.
- Utilize the capacities of CSOs and enable a favorable environment to mobilize alternative local and diaspora resources. The intervention aims to increase access to resources inside and outside the country, i.e. financial, human and material resources, to facilitate the provision of support to communities for their needs to create change.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant amount supported by this call is 7,300 euros
Duration
- The implementation of the project should not exceed 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be considered for evaluation, applicants must meet all the qualifying criteria presented below upon submission of the application:
- Partnerships must be composed of at least one NGO and one from the private sector (i.e. business, media). Partnerships with the diaspora private sector are preferred.
- The applicant and lead implementer must be an active NGO registered in Kosovo.
- The applicant must demonstrate a history of having an adequate financial management system and fulfilling the organizational due diligence requirements.
- The proposed intervention should contribute to the overall goal of the CEA and focuses on community engagement, social trust and diversification of resources to expand intersectoral cooperation, oriented towards solutions to better respond to community interests and the cultivation of a culture of giving through philanthropy, fundraising and volunteering in Kosovo.
- Eligible Applicants
- Non-Governmental Organizations
- Despite their legal status, not all NGOs are eligible to apply for this call. Specifically, branches of foreign and international NGOs registered in Kosovo as well as sports clubs, sports federations, amateur cultural associations or religious organizations that are registered as NGOs are not the target of this call
- Non-Governmental Organizations
Ineligibility Criteria
- Noneligible activities and interventions
- Interventions that are directly affiliated with or supportive of political parties
- Emergency assistance and charities
- Capital Investments
- Project composed entirely of mostly of preparatory work and/or studies
- Cross boarder activities
- Service type activities such as Technical Assistance for public institutions and/or other entities.
For more information, visit KCSF.