Deadline: 19-Jun-2020
The European Union (EU) has announced a Call for Proposals to enable civil society (including local action groups) and young leaders to be active pillars in democracy, community building and policy dialogue related to the Association Agreement (including at local level).
The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
- design and test new ways (financing tools) to fund CSOs and work towards improving CSOs’ financial sustainability.
- adjust capacity development programmes to the needs of local CSOs’ and communities;
- support CSOs in their agenda to do outreach and to engage with citizens and communities in an inclusive manner:
Priorities
The following priorities are identified:
- Lot 1: Support for better social services
- Lot 2: Support for economic development
The priorities of this call for proposals are to provide sub-granting for social services, economic development and vulnerable groups (e.g. children, youth, elderly, homeless, people with special needs, etc.).
All actions should be gender sensitive and rights-based. The actions should address cross-cutting issues related to gender-equality, environmental practice, inclusion of people with disabilities and minority groups.
Funding Information
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- Lot 1: minimum amount: EUR 2,900,000; maximum amount: EUR 3,000,000
- Lot 2: minimum amount: EUR 3,200,000; maximum amount: EUR 3,301,482
Duration
The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 36 months nor exceed 42 months.
Location
Actions must take place in the Republic of Moldova, including in Transnistria region.
Eligibility Criteria
Lead Applicant
- 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 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.
- The lead applicant shall possess a solid experience in implementing CSO capacity building activities and in awarding and managing financial support to local CSOs in the Eastern Neighbourhood
Co-applicant(s)
- The lead applicant must act with at least 2 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.
Affiliated Entity(ies)
- 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).
- Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
- 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.
- Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
For more information, visit EuropeAid and download the guidelines.