Deadline: 8-Jun-23
Civil Society in Action (CSA)/Counterpart International, in partnership with Urban Foundation for Sustainable Development and through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from Armenian CBOs to implement activities focused on supporting democratic processes in their communities.
The latter includes, but is not limited to: establishment of dialogue with local self-government bodies, active involvement in raising community issues at community council meetings, public hearings participation in the community budgeting and monitoring processes, the use of existing mechanisms of support for policy development at the local level, as well as the involvement of women, youth and marginalized groups of the population.
In terms of geographic coverage, the following five marzes are considered: Ararat, Armavir, Kotayk, Aragatsotn, Gegharkunik.
The GCC grant program is expected to strengthen and strengthen the capacities of community-based organizations in Armenia in order to support the development of their community and respond to the needs of the population of the region.
Objectives
- Objective 1: Improving the financial stability of CSOs
- Objective 2: Capacity building of community-based organizations
- Objective 3: Promotion of CSO government dialogue towards development of state policy
- Objective 4: Support for initiatives arising from local needs
Goal
- The goal of the project is to promote the sustainability of civil society through dialogue on financial viability, organizational capacity development and policy development. Counterpart’s vision for the implementation of the GCC program is to enable local organizations and civil movement initiators to strengthen two important areas of civil society: the influence of CSOs on political dialogue (external influence) and the advocacy of CSOs on behalf of stakeholders (internal influence).
- To this end, the GCC program will support the financial viability of civil society at the national and local levels (Goal 1) and the capacity building of community-based organizations (Goal 2) to ensure the external and internal influence of CSOs. The CSI program will also expand CSOs’ knowledge and skills and dialogue capabilities (Goal 3) so that they can effectively participate in government policy and advocacy processes, strengthening CSOs’ external influence capacity. They will achieve these goals through processes that will ensure implementation of actions arising from local needs and ownership of development results in local communities. (Goal 4).
Funding Information
- GKH-Counterpart plans to provide two grants in the range of 2,000,000 – 2,500,000 AMD for the first year in each declared region.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant or application must meet the following requirements:
- the organization must be officially registered in Armenia in the Republic of Armenia (RA) and act according to RA legislation. In case the applicant is not yet registered, the application must clearly state the obligation to register before signing the contract.
- Should have the organization’s unique identification UEI number
- the application must comply with the objectives and principles of the project, include the expected results, which must be consistent with and related to the objectives of the project;
- applicant must not be barred by the US government in the list of organizations.
- The following have the right to participate in the AAHNH:
- community organizations,
- civil society organizations,
- foundations,
- professional associations.
For more information, visit USAID.