Deadline: 3-Jan-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is inviting all civil society organizations (CSOs) from Bosnia and Herzegovina to submit project proposals related to the development goals of the municipality listed in the document of the Development Strategy of the City of Goražde for the period 2017-2026.
Goals
- Overall goal: The project is to strengthen participatory democracy and EU integration in the Western Balkans, by empowering civil society and encouraging young people to actively participate in the decision-making process, and improving a supportive legal and financial environment for civil society.
- Specific goal: The project is to strengthen partnerships between local authorities and civil society in the Western Balkans, by expanding the successful model of transparent project financing of CSOs (LOD methodology) from local government budgets, aimed at greater civic participation and youth participation in decision-making processes and improving local service delivery. communities.
Objectives
- The overall goal of this call is to further strengthen partnerships between civil society organizations and local self-government by building awareness of the usefulness of mutual cooperation and encouraging sustainable dialogue, all with the aim of providing better services to the local community.
- Thematic areas, such as social services for the most vulnerable, social inclusion, gender equality, environmental protection, human rights and the like are the focus of the ReLOaD2 project.
Focus Areas
This is an opportunity to invite all civil society organizations (CSOs) from Bosnia and Herzegovina to submit project proposals that arein connection with the development goals of the municipality which are listed in the document of the Development Strategy of the City of Goražde for the period 2017-2026., from the following priority areas:
- Ecology: Raising awareness through educating the population about the importance of environmental protection
- Social Policy:
- Human rights and gender equality
- Social inclusion and support for socially vulnerable people in the labor market approach
- Social inclusion, improving the quality of life and protecting the mental health of persons with disabilities and their families
- Sport: Affirmation of sports in children and youth
- Culture:
- Affirmation and promotion of traditions and cultural heritage of peoples and national minorities
- Preservation and promotion of tangible and intangible cultural and historical heritage
- Young People
- Affirmation of youth activism
- Educating young people about entrepreneurship and developing self-employment programs
- Non-formal education for young people (foreign language courses, education in the field of fine arts and literature, photography, music and informatics)
- COVID -19: Improving the daily life of socially vulnerable categories of the population during COVID-19.
Funding Information
- The value of the project proposals to be awarded under this call must be between the following minimum and maximum amount:
- minimum amount: 10,000.00 KM
- maximum amount: 70,000.00 KM
- One civil society organization may submit several project proposals within one or more public calls, with the maximum amount of funds that can be allocated for project implementation to one civil society organization during the total duration of the ReLOaD2 project 120,000.00 KM.
- The grant awarded under this call may finance administrative costs (human resources, travel / transport and office expenses) up to a maximum of 30% of the total budget. The amount of funds requested for the purchase of equipment and reconstruction may not exceed 30% of the total budget.
Eligibility Criteria
- Participation in this public call is open, on an equal basis, to all formally registered CSOs (associations or foundations), in accordance with the applicable legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- To apply for the public call, applicants must:
- be formally registered CSOs in accordance with applicable legislation (association);
- Potential applicants cannot participate in the call or receive grants if they do not submit a signed and scanned eligibility statement with the project proposal (Annex 7).
- This public call is not open to branches of foreign and international associations, foundations and other non-profit organizations registered and operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Applicants will be excluded from participating in the call or from the award of grants if at the time of the call for proposals:
- subjects of conflict of interest;
- guilty of providing false information to the contracting authority, which is necessary as a precondition for participating in the call for proposals or if they have not provided the necessary information;
- tried to obtain confidential information, influence the evaluation committee or the contracting authority during the evaluation process of the call for proposals.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=86465
