Deadline: 14-Sep-20
The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe has launched a call for the attribution of grants to support initiatives carried out in the framework of the annual Global Education Week (GEW) from the 16-20 November 2020, with the objective to raise awareness about global development education in Europe, under the overarching GEW motto “ It’s our world, let’s take action together! ” and in accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 5 development pillars (people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnerships).
Objectives
The grants will support regional, national and/or local initiatives carried out in the framework of the annual Global Education Week with the objective to raise awareness about global development education in Europe, in accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 5 development pillars (people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnerships) and in accordance to the theme of the GEW 2020 edition: Youth participation and empowerment.
Further to the general objective, preference will be given to:
- Activities which involve:
- learning communities/multipliers
- social communities
- local/national political representatives or decision-makers
- local/national media
- local/national entrepreneurs
- influencers/digital activists Activities which are replicable
The following types of action will not be considered:
- Actions providing financial support to third parties (re-granting schemes);
- Actions concerning only or mainly individual scholarships for studies or training courses;
- Actions supporting political parties.
Funding Information
- The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 25 000 EUR (twenty-five thousand Euros).
- The Council of Europe intends to award five micro-grant(s) of a maximum amount of 5 000 EUR (five thousand Euros) each.
Means of Action
Types of eligible activities:
- Campaigns
- Conferences
- Roundtables
- Training (general, peer-to-peer, seminar, technical, trainers)
- Workshops
- Short-movie festivals.
Timeframe
- The implementation period of the actions should start on 16 November 2020 and their preparatory phase upon signature of the grant agreement and shall not extend beyond 20 November 2020.
- Reporting requirements shall be completed on 31 January 2021 at the latest.
Target Stakeholders
Activities should target in particular the following key stakeholders:
- public entities and/or civil society organizations active in the global development education;
- education practitioners (formal and non-formal) from one of the following countries
- EU Member State country (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden);
- Candidate country (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey);
- Potential candidate country (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo).
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant, an applicant must:
- be a civil society organization, public entity or education practitioner with proven experience in the global education/ global development education;
- be based in an EU member State country (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden), in a candidate country (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey) or potential candidate (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo);
- assure that the action is implemented in one of the countries mentioned above;
- ensure target beneficiaries are from the above-mentioned countries;
- have enough capacities (funding, operational and professional) to carry out the proposal throughout the stipulated period;
- have a bank account in the name of the organization or its representative in one of the above-mentioned countries.
For more information, visit https://www.coe.int/en/web/north-south-centre/-/call-for-proposals-