Deadline: 15 February 2017
The Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat (RCC) is seeking proposals for the implementation of the actions under the SWP 2017 -2019 in the Southeast Europe (SEE) region with financial assistance from the RCC Small Grants Instrument.
Objectives
- To enable interventions with a wider-ranging impact across several dimensions and policy areas, focused on reducing – and where possible removing – obstacles to mobility, connectivity and competitiveness in SEE.
- To support the SEE economies in implementing the related reforms to improve governance effectiveness and practices, establish consolidated public administrations, enhance the efficiency of judiciary, reduce corruption, enhance the fight against serious and organised crime, as well as facilitate practical regional and cross-border cooperation to these effects.
- To strengthen and deepen regional cooperation and partnership among all participants from SEE and other stakeholders, including the civil society, private sector, academia, media and others. Specific initiatives, such as the Roma Integration 2020, aiming to link Roma Strategies and National Action Plans on Roma to the socio-economic policies of individual governments in SEE, will be carried out within this area of RCC’s work.
Priorities
- Support to implementing SEE 2020 Strategy through flagship approach;
- Support to governance, rule of law and security cooperation;
- Support to horizontal and supporting activities.
Funding Information
- Total funds available under this Call for Proposals (CfP) amount to 150,000 EUR.
- Projects eligible for this CfP are those whose budgets are between 10,000 EUR and 60,000 EUR.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must:
- belong to one of the following categories:
- non-governmental or non-profit making organisations,
- associations and foundations,
- international organisations,
- regional organisations/initiatives, such as educational, training and R&D institutions;
- a legal person;
- established in a territory of the RCC board participant (mentioned below)
- directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not
- acting as an intermediary.
- belong to one of the following categories:
How to Apply
- The application procedure consists of two phases:
- Concept notes
- Full applications
- Only Concept Notes must be submitted for the evaluation, whereas applicants whose Concept Notes have been pre-selected will be invited to submit a Full Application.
Eligible Countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America.
For more information, please visit RCC Small Grants.