EU announces CFPs for “Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) as Actors of Governance and Development Work in the Field”- Moldova

Deadline: 7 April 2020

The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals for its project entitled “Civil Society Organisations as actors of governance and development work in the field”.

Objectives

• The global objective of this call for proposals is to enable Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to engage as actors of governance and development at country level.
• The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
  • Strengthen CSOs participation in the domestic policies
  • Increase women’s participation in decision-making.
  • Increase the voice of youth in the society.

Priorities

The priorities of this call for proposals are gender equality, youth and CSOs participation in the reform process.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 3,000,000.
• Size of grants
  • Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
    • Minimum amount: EUR 950,000;
    • Maximum amount: EUR 1,000,000.

Duration

The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 36 months.

Location

Actions must take place in the Republic of Moldova, including in Transnistria region.

Eligibility Criteria

Lead applicant(s)

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:

• Be a legal person and
• Be non-profit-making and
• Be a specific type of organisation such as: Civil society organisation and their associations and
• Be established in the Republic of Moldova or in a Member State of the European Union and
• For UK applicants: Please be aware that following the entry into force of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement on 1 February 2020 and in particular Articles 127(6), 137 and 138, the references to natural or legal persons residing or established in a Member State of the European Union are to be understood as including natural or legal persons residing or established in the United Kingdom. UK residents and entities are therefore eligible to participate under this call.
• Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.

Co-applicant(s)

• Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
• Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.

Affiliated Entities

• The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
• Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
  • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
      • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
        • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
    • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.

How to Apply

• The application procedure consists of two phases:
  • Concept notes
  • Full applications
• The concept note together with the declaration by the lead applicant must be submitted at the address given on the website.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2P9SRxq and download the guidelines.