Deadline: 15 February 2017
The European Union is seeking proposals from eligible organisations for a Botswana country based support scheme 2016 with an aim to increase and deepen civil society organisations engagement in human rights and democracy in Botswana.
Objectives
- Strengthen civic education around the principles of democracy and participation in political processes;
- Improve child protection – enabling communities and service providers to better address child protection issues and
- Empower women by strengthening female participation in decision making structures at all levels.
Size of Grants
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between EUR50, 000 and EUR 150,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be a legal person or an entity without legal personality and
- be non-profit-making and
- 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 and
- be able to demonstrate that they have regularly carried out activities in the field of human rights and democracy at least during the last two years at the time of submission of an application and
- belong to one of the following categories :
- be civil society organisations, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent political foundations, community-based organisations and private-sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations and networks there of; or
- be international inter-governmental organisations, as defined by Article 43 of the Rules of application of the EU Financial Regulation, applying together with any other eligible applicant
- Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations listed in section 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide;
- The lead applicant must declare that the lead applicant himself, the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies)are not in any of these situations.
- The lead applicant may act individually or with co-applicant(s).
- Eligible applicants having a nationality other than that of Botswana must act together with at least one national organisation acting as a co-applicant or as an affiliate. Effective cooperation with national organisations is mandatory and all actions should ensure involvement of at least one Botswana organisation during all stages of the implementation of the action.
- If awarded the grant contract, the lead applicant will become the beneficiary identified as the Coordinator in Annex E3h1 (Special Conditions). The Coordinator is the main interlocutor of the Contracting Authority. It represents and acts on behalf of any other co-beneficiary (if any) and coordinate the design and implementation of the action.
How to Apply
- The application procedure consists of two phases:
- concept notes
- full application
- In the first instance, only concept notes must be submitted for evaluation. Thereafter, lead applicants who have been pre-selected will be invited to submit a full application.
For more information, please visit Europeaid and download the guidelines.