Deadline: 25-Jun-2024
e-Governance Academy (eGA) is inviting civil society organisations established in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia to take part in a restricted call for KnowCyber Grants for the Western Balkans civil society organisations.
Objectives
- The main objective of this call for proposals is to support initiatives, projects, and activities that foster a culture of cyber hygiene and responsible online behaviour, that promote and enhance online safety awareness, education, and practices among individuals, communities, and organisations as well as proactive cybersecurity measures to ensure individuals and communities can safely and confidently navigate the digital world.
- The leading partner of the project is the e-Governance Academy (hereinafter: eGA or contracting authority). The project is focusing on Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia (hereinafter: target countries).
- The project focuses, among other topics, on cybersecurity governance and awareness because cybersecurity comes hand in hand with internet use at every level of society. Therefore, it is also in the interest of the civil society to follow and as appropriate contribute to the national discussions about cybersecurity and promote that the citizens have good cyber hygiene and resilience and awareness of cybersecurity as a career opportunity.
- Civil Society KnowCyber grants for the Western Balkans organisations’ (hereinafter: KnowCyber grant) initiatives, projects, and activities that foster a culture of cyber hygiene and responsible online behaviour, that promote and enhance online safety awareness, education, and practices among individuals, communities, and organisations and may contribute to more inclusive and effective national cybersecurity.
Topics
- Cyber hygiene.
- Phishing, cybercrime, and hacking.
- Keeping children and women safe online.
- Protecting money online.
- Protecting data and privacy protection.
- Fake news and misinformation.
- Cybersecurity field as a profession.
- Cybersecurity policies’ impact on citizens and vulnerable groups.
Funding Information
- Overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 180,000.00.
- Grant size: The minimum amount for the requested grant is 20,000 EUR, and the maximum is 30,000 EUR.
- Grant duration: Up to 12 months
Activities
- Trainings, workshops, seminars, masterclasses, and roundtables.
- Online courses, online materials.
- Training materials (on paper and/or online).
- Information materials – paper and online materials (posters, flyers, outdoor media, materials, videos, e-books etc).
- Multimedia materials (videos, podcasts, online games, quizzes etc).
- Awareness campaigns (paid social media campaigns, paid articles, TV ads etc).
- Research activities (focus groups, survey about the topic etc).
- Other activities that support the objectives.
Target Groups of the Activities
- Target groups for the KnowCyber grant activities: Citizens, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
- Examples of KnowCyber grant target groups: librarians, teachers, doctors and nurses, students, CSO leaders, civil servants, kids and youth, parents, vulnerable groups, and others.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the grant applicant:
- must be a registered Civil Society Organization (hereinafter: CSO) established in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia or Serbia. CSO is any non-profit, voluntary citizens’ group which is organized on a local, national or international level;
- must have been active for at least two (2) years.
- must have no outstanding financial obligations.
- must have a verifiable track record in awareness-raising projects (provided portfolio) and/or advocacy activities related to digitalization and cybersecurity.
- will be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action.
- Co-applicants and/or affiliated entities are not allowed.
Ineligible
- Grant applicants may be excluded from the grant award procedure if the CSO or persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control within the CSO, or persons who are essential for the implementation of the project are in one or more of the following exclusion situations:
- bankruptcy, insolvency or winding-up procedures;
- breach of obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions;
- grave professional misconduct, including misrepresentation, incl. entering into agreement with other economic operators with the aim of distorting competition; violating intellectual property rights; attempting to influence the decision-making process of the contracting authority during the procurement procedure; attempting to obtain confidential information that may confer upon its undue advantages in the procurement procedure;
- fraud;
- corruption.
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