Deadline: 14-Jun-23
The Municipality of Vitez in partnership with the United Nations Development Program announces: Public Call for civil society organizations/non-governmental organizations to submit project proposals as part of the project regional program of local democracy in the western balkans (reload2).
The general goal of this call is to further strengthen partnership relations between civil society organizations and LGUs 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 similar are in the focus of the ReLOaD2 project.
The overall goal of 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, as well as improving the stimulating legal and financial environment for civil society.
The specific goal of 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 the budget of local self-government units, aimed at greater civic participation and youth participation in decision-making processes and improvement of service provision in local communities.
The members of the Partner Board of the ReLOaD2 project in Bosnia and Herzegovina are: the Delegation of the European Union to BiH, the Ministry of Justice of BiH, the Federal Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Administration and Local Self-Government of the Republika Srpska, both entity associations of municipalities/municipalities and cities, a representative of civil society organizations elected from the Advisory Board and representative of the TACSO3 project in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Priorities Areas
- This is an opportunity to invite all civil society organizations (CSOs) from Bosnia and Herzegovina to submit project proposals that are in line with the development goals of the Municipality of Vitez in the following priority areas:
- Ecology and Environmental Protection
- Improvement and protection of the environment
- Social Policy and Health
- Protection of the physical and mental health of children and young people, people with developmental disabilities, people with disabilities, diabetics and other people who need the care and help of the local community
- Support for elderly people
- Culture
- Promotion of cultural and artistic creativity and inclusion of the population in cultural content
- The Young
- Models of prevention-protection of reproductive health of young people
- Safety of children and young people in traffic
- Support for young people in rural areas of the municipality
- Media literacy of young people.
- Ecology and Environmental Protection
Funding Information
- The value of project proposals to be awarded under this call must be between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: 10,000.00KM
- maximum amount: 50,000.00 KM
- Duration: The duration of projects can be from 6 (six) to 9 (nine) months, in the period from July 2023 to March 2024.
Location: Projects must be implemented exclusively in the territory of the municipality of Vitez for the residents of the municipality of Vitez. In exceptional cases, it is allowed to carry out certain activities on the territory of another LGU if there are objective reasons for this, which are stated in the project proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
- Participation in this public call is open, on equal grounds, to all formally registered CSOs (association/association or foundation), in accordance with the applicable legal regulations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- In order to apply for the public call, applicants must:
- be a formally registered CSO in accordance with applicable legal regulations (association/association or foundation);
- Potential applicants cannot participate in the call or receive grants if they do not submit a signed and scanned statement of eligibility (Annex 7) with the project proposal.
- 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 participation in the call or from the awarding of grants if, at the time of the call for submission of project proposals, they are:
- subjects of conflict of interest (eg employees of partner LGUs who at the same time hold executive or managerial roles in CSOs);
- provided false information or failed to provide necessary information;
- tried to obtain confidential information, influenced the evaluation committee or the authorized party for contracts during the evaluation process of the call for submission of project proposals.
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