Deadline: 8-Jul-22
The Western Balkans Fund (WBF) is pleased to announce its 5th Call for Proposals to promote participation of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and grassroots organisations, in the Western Balkans, to participate in regional cooperation projects on social, cultural, scientific, and economic topics, including gender equality and disability inclusiveness to enhance good neighborly relations and reconciliation.
Objective: the WBF/EU Call for Proposals is to contribute to regional and cross-border cooperation, and strengthen regional cohesion in the WB6 region.
Thematic Areas
- Cultural cooperation
- Education and scientific exchange
- Sustainable development
Cross-cutting Issues
The Call for proposals, will also take into account the mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues at project level. When developing a project to address any of the specific objectives of the call, cross-cutting issues need to be mainstreamed in the following manner:
- Gender equality and promotion of equal opportunities.
- Protection and promotion of ethnic minority rights.
- Integration of persons with physical and mental disabilities.
- Safeguard and promotion of youth and children rights.
- Democratic standards, anti-discriminatory practices and good governance.
- Environment and Climate change
- Cross-border Cooperation, Good Neighbourly Relations and European Integration,
- Promotion of Reconciliation and People to People links
Funding Information
- Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must not exceed EUR 15,000.
- Any grant funding requested from the WBF under this Call for Proposals must not exceed 80% of the total eligible cost of the action.
- The balance (i.e. the difference between the total cost of the action and the amount requested from the contracting authority) must be financed from sources other than the EU/WBF grant.
Duration: The initial planned duration of a project may not be lower than 3 months nor exceed 10 months, including Reporting Period.
Location: Activities should take place in the Western Balkans region. In certain circumstances, activities that promote WB region in other parts of Europe, will be also taken into consideration.
Eligible Countries
The Western Balkans Region includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, referred to collectively as the Western Balkans or WB6 Region.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be established in one or more of the WBF Contracting Parties (WB6), and
- be non-profitmaking, and
- be a legal entity/specific type of organisation from one of the following categories:
- A civil society organization9 10(CSO/NGO)
- A local or regional public entity, or association of local or regional public entities
- A business association such as: association of enterprises, agriculture association, chamber of commerce, tourism association, etc.
- An educational institution such as university/faculty , school, institute, library, research centre, academy of science/music/arts, etc.
- Media associations such as: organizations working with media, journalism and freedom of expression.
- An institution of culture or sports such as museums, art galleries, theatres, libraries, or associations of cultural institutions, sport associations, etc.
For more information, visit https://wbfportal.org/applicant/