Deadline: 8-Dec-20
The European Union (EU) is inviting proposals to improve public governance in South Africa to reinforce the role of civil society, the private sector and specific State Institutions to enhance accountability, democratic engagement and transparency in South Africa.
The actions under this call for proposals are expected to address the following priorities in design and implementation:
- Reinforcement of the capacities of CSOs in enhancing accountability.
- Increased opportunities for engagement between civil society, the public sector and the private sector.
- Improved transparency in the public and private sectors.
Priority Areas
- The Roadmap provides the basis for a common and dynamic EU strategic framework for EU’s engagement with civil society in South Africa. It outlines the following areas of priority:
- A transformed, transparent, communicative, vibrant and sustainable civil society able to play its role;
- Civil society contributing effectively to the building of a capable and accountable developmental state;
- Civil society positively contributing to economic policy-making and helping to promote inclusive growth;
- Civil society being able to express its voice and influence key policy processes underpinning the EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership (such as security, trade, gender, youth migration, human rights, climate change) at various levels (national, regional, global).
- The cross-cutting priorities of this call for proposals are:
- Capacity development: Whilst CSOs attempt to respond to capacity constraints within the public sector that contribute to lack of transparency, weak accountability, inadequate service delivery and corruption, they themselves often face capacity constraints.
- Gender equality: Gender equality constitutes a fundamental human rights principle and a common value of the European Union (EU Treaties, EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020).
- Rights-based approach: The European Consensus on Development commits the EU and its Member States to implementing a rights-based approach (RBA) to development cooperation, encompassing all human rights.
- Other: The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights should be applied by beneficiaries and associates participating in the action, where relevant.
Funding Information
- The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 5,000,000.
- Size of grants:
- Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 500,000;
- maximum amount: EUR 1,500,000.
- Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum percentages of total eligible costs of the action:
- Minimum percentage: 50% of the total eligible costs of the action.
- Maximum percentage: 80% of the total eligible costs of the action.
- Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
Eligibility Criteria
- Lead applicant:
- be a legal person;
- be non-profit-making;
- be a specific type of organization such as: non-governmental organizations, citizens’ groups, organizations representing economic and social interests, community organizations, advocacy organizations, women’s and youth organizations, research organizations, academic institutes, think tanks, education institutions, independent foundations, public bodies , media groups and international (inter-governmental) organizations as defined by Article 43 of the Implementing Rules to the EC Financial Regulation;
- 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;
- be able to demonstrate to have carried out activities in the field covered by the Call in the past three years in South Africa;
- be established in South Africa or in a Member State of the European Union or other eligible countries as per the relevant provisions of the DCI regulation;
- If the lead applicant is established in a Member State of the European Union and other eligible countries (except South Africa), a minimum of two South African co-applicants are required.
- Co-applicant(s):
- The participation of co-applicants is obligatory for this call for proposals.
- Partnerships must include at least two parties – the lead applicant and co-applicant and if the lead applicant is established in a Member State of the European Union and other eligible countries (except South Africa) at least three parties (a minimum of two South African co-applicants are required).
- Co-applicants may be established in South Africa or in a Member State of the European Union or other eligible countries as per the relevant provisions of the DCI regulation.
- Public bodies / public sector operators eligible for this Call as co-applicants are Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 institutions as defined in the Constitution of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996.
- International Organizations, public sector operators, and local authorities are eligible for this Call as co-applicants.
- 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.
- If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicant(s) (if any) will become beneficiary(ies) in the action (together with the coordinator).
- Affiliated entity(ies):
- The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
- 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 directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries).
- 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.
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