Deadline: 16 May 2017
The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organizations for its “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Country Based Support Schemes (CBSS) Swaziland” in order to empower civil society organisations on the ground and support their efforts to advance and defend democracy and human rights as well as consolidate their role as actors for positive change.
Objectives
- Support for civil society actions aimed at promoting capacity building, awareness raising and advocacy on democracy and human rights education in the country.
- Support for civil society organisations’ activities on electoral support such as civic and voter education, dialogue and training for political actors, post-election monitoring, including following up on the recommendations formulated by Electoral Observation Missions, as well as constructive engagement in public debates after the election to further strengthen good governance and accountability.
- Protection and promotion of the political, social, economic and cultural rights, especially for groups vulnerable to discrimination, such as women, children, immigrants, people living with albinism and persons living with disabilities.
- Initiatives to enhance universal access to justice and the rule of law particularly for the poor and vulnerable groups on such issues as land rights, forced evictions, etc.
Size of Grants
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between EUR 200,000.00 and EUR 250,000.00.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be a legal person
- be non-profit-making
- be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, civil society organisation , including non-governmental non-profit making organisations
- independent political foundations, community based organisations, private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations, networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level, international (inter-governmental) organisation of the Rules of application of the EU Financial Regulation
- be established in a Member State of the European Union or Swaziland or SADC member state
- 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.
- Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations.
- 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.
- If Local Swazi NGO or CSO or NSA, the lead applicant may act individually or with co-applicant(s).
- If established in a European Union State or SADC member state, the lead applicant must act with local Swazi co-applicant (s).
- If awarded the grant contract, the lead applicant will become the beneficiary identified as the Coordinator. 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 applications
- 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.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit Europeaid and download the guidelines.