Deadline: 07-Mar-2024
The Prague Civil Society Centre is happy to invite civil society and grassroots groups in Armenia to apply for project funding.
The Prague Civil Society Centre supports the development of new civil society organisations looking to expand their network and build connections with changemakers across the country.
Funding Information
- The maximum funding available per project is 10,000 euros.
- The duration of the projects can be from 6 to 12 months. Selected projects can start at the earliest from June 2024.
What’s involved?
- The grant competition consists of two stages. At this first stage, applicants will present their concept.
- The second stage will take place in April, when shortlisted applicants will submit full proposals and budgets for consideration in the final selection.
- Applicants may apply for co-funding, in which case more information about the nature of the other founders of the project should be provided.
Mentorship Opportunity
- Applicants shortlisted in the first stage will have the opportunity to receive targeted project-based guidance and mentorship from the Centre’s pool of mentors specialising in the following areas:
- Strategic planning
- Monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment
- Advocacy
- Campaigning
- Strategic communication
- Community organising and base building
- Product management (including monetisation)
- Applicants shortlisted in the first stage have the option to start cooperating with mentors to improve their full proposals to be submitted for final selection. Mentorship is optional, and those who decide not to use it will be invited to directly submit a full proposal.
- The groups selected in the second stage to receive funding will have continuous access to the mentor pool and will be able to receive support during their project implementation.
What they’re looking for?
- They are ready to support projects that will accomplish one or more of the following:
- Enable citizens to influence decision-making processes in their communities through participatory advocacy
- Run innovative campaigns aimed at changing narratives or behaviors by engaging new audiences
- Create new spaces for discussion and start a conversation around human rights issues
- Conduct promotional campaigns to encourage target audiences to use organisation’s products or services
- Increase outreach and engagement with target audiences and communities through strategic communication
- They encourage the submission of project ideas with a geographic focus on regional and bordering communities.
- The applicants should be to provide clear justification of the issue they are addressing and explain its relevance to the organisation’s mission and the local context.
Eligibility Criteria
- They invite applications from Armenian civic groups striving to make their society more conscious, open and democratic, and their citizens more informed, engaged and responsive.
For more information, visit Prague Civil Society Centre.