Deadline: 13/06/24
The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is inviting applications for the PEACEPLUS Programme, Investment Area 1.3 – Building Positive Relations to support projects which transcend local boundaries and have the potential to achieve significant peace and reconciliation across Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.
The Programme will place particular emphasis on providing support to those most marginalised within the communities. These include (but this is not an exhaustive list): women; older people; minority and new communities, (including migrants and refugees); those living with disability; those with issues arising from the legacy of the conflict including ex-prisoners and security service personnel; members of the Traveller Community; and those from the LGBTQ+ community.
The PEACEPLUS Programme is making a call for applications under Theme 1: Building Peaceful and Thriving Communities – Investment Area 1.3
PEACEPLUS is funded in partnership by the European Union, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of Ireland, and the Northern Ireland Executive.
Objectives
- This objective will promote positive relations characterised by respect, where cultural diversity is celebrated and people can live, learn and socialise together, free from prejudice, hate and intolerance.
- It will result in an increase in the percentage of the programme area population which has relationships with and as such a greater understanding of those from different cultural backgrounds; and feels part of a wider more diverse community.
PEACEPLUS Programme Thematic Areas
- Theme 1: Building Peaceful and Thriving Communities
- Theme 2: Delivering Economic Regeneration and Transformation
- Theme 3: Empowering and Investing in Young People
- Theme 4: Healthy and Inclusive Communities
- Theme 5: Supporting a Sustainable and Better Connected Future
- Theme 6: Building and Embedding Partnership and Collaboration
Funding Information
- A total value of €35,000,000 has been allocated to this call and projects are expected to be circa €1Million – €3 Million or have a commensurate output number to the value of the call.
Anticipated Actions
- It is anticipated that the Programme will fund the following types of actions:
- Capacity building
- Projects which help build the capacity of programme area and local organisations, through cross-community and cross-border collaboration;
- Projects which develop new community leaders and enhance the capacity of existing community leaders and volunteers to promote and facilitate peace and reconciliation;
- Building positive relations
- Support for conflict resolution interventions (including anti-sectarian and cultural understanding initiatives) which contribute towards building positive relations;
- Projects which build, improve and sustain relationships between and within communities by addressing issues of trust, prejudice and intolerance;
- Projects which showcase the benefits of cross-community and cross-border contact to achieve greater community cohesion;
- Community reconciliation interventions that contribute to peace building and positive relations;
- Projects which engage those with opposing and dissenting views; which if not challenged will contribute to continued segregation and endanger the peace process;
- Increasing participation
- Projects which increase civic participation, including those by minority and newcomer communities (this may include the requirement for language support);
- Projects which increase the most vulnerable sections of the society including minority groups and women’s participation in public, social, cultural and political life – to reinforce progress towards a peaceful and stable society through the promotion of reconciliation and social cohesion amongst all communities;
- Cultural expression
- Projects which facilitate positive cultural expression within diverse communities, and will lead to mutual trust and respect for each other; and
- Projects related to sensitive and inclusive cultural expression and celebration, leading to cross-community engagement and understanding.
- Capacity building
Geographic Areas
- The programme area for the PEACEPLUS Programme is:
- Northern Ireland;
- The border counties of Ireland (Counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo).
Who is eligible to apply?
- National, regional and local authorities;
- Regional and local development agencies,
- Universities, colleges, higher education, research institutions;
- Non-governmental organisations (NGOs, including sports and cultural bodies);
- Sectoral agencies and business support organisations;
- Voluntary sector organisations;
- Other relevant public-like organisations contributing to the development of the programme area;
- Private sector – specifically micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large companies.
For more information, visit SEUPB.