Deadline: 31-Aug-22
The European Commission (EC) has announced a call for proposals to strengthen local civil society organizations (CSOs) as independent, credible, participatory actors for good governance and development at the national level.
Objective: The specific objective of this call for proposals is: to strengthen the commitment and capacity of local civil society organizations (CSOs) as actors of good governance and development at the national level.
Lots
- Lot1 – Promotion of an environment conducive to civil society, fostering democratic governance, the fight against corruption, the participation of civil society (especially women and young people) in decision-making processes in the basic social sectors, the consolidation peace and social cohesion.
- Lot2 – Strengthening and amplification of initiatives carried out by women’s CSOs and youth CSOs with a view to improving inclusive economic and social development.
Funding Information
The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 2,583,000.
- Lot 1
- Minimum amount-500,000
- Maximum amount-1.000.000
- LOT 2
- Minimum amount-790.000
- Maximum amount-1,583,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Lead applicant(s)
- To be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- Be a legal entity and
- Have no profit motive and
- Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and the affiliated entity (ies) and not act as an intermediary and
- Have certified and proven experience of at least two years in one of the three specific objectives;
- Have the capacity, attested by the supporting documents to be submitted, to carry out and manage an action for an amount comparable to that of the grant application;
- Have proven experience in awarding and managing sub-grants (particularly in supporting, training and monitoring grant recipients)
- To be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- Co-applicant(s)
- International organizations wishing to submit their applications must have at least two local civil society organizations as co-applicants.
- Co-applicants participate in the development and implementation of the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those borne by the lead applicant.
- Co-applicants must meet the same eligibility criteria as apply to the lead applicant itself.
- Co- applicants must sign the mandate form.
- Affiliated entities
- The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with one or more affiliated entities.
- Only the following entities can be considered affiliated to the lead applicant and/or co-applicant(s):
- Only entities that have a structural link with the applicants (the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
- This structural link mainly encompasses two notions:
- Auditing, within the meaning of Directive 2013/34/EU on annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
- Entities affiliated with an applicant can therefore be:
- Entities controlled directly or indirectly by the applicant (subsidiaries or first-tier subsidiaries) or controlled by an entity itself controlled by the applicant (sub-subsidiaries or second-tier subsidiaries). This is valid for the other control levels;
- Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Similarly, they may be entities controlling a company controlling the applicant;
- Entities with the same level of direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies);
- The Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as, for example, a network, federation or association of which the proposed affiliated entity is a member, or the applicant is a member of the same entity (for example, a network, a federation or an association,) than the proposed affiliated entity.
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