Deadline: 18 December 2017
A Consortium of eight civil society organisations from Armenia and Turkey announces a Call for Proposals for the Sub-grant Scheme within the framework of the programme Support to the Armenia-Turkey Normalisation Process (ATNP) funded by the European Union under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Bridge Funding for ATNP.
The Programme’s overall objective is to empower and engage civil societies of Turkey and Armenia to contribute to the enhanced regional peace and stability, democratic pluralism and social inclusion across and within their societies. This will be achieved through engaging new actors in economic, cultural, educational, and awareness-raising activities between Armenia and Turkey, and improving information flow, communication exchange and networking between media, expert communities and institutions
Grant Information
The total available fund in the Grant Scheme is € 80,000. The Sub-grant Scheme will support proposals up to eight months of duration with a budget ranging from € 5,000 to € 20,000. In total, the Consortium expects to award from 4 to 8 sub-grants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are welcome from civil society organisations and individuals other than the Consortium partners. Individuals will have to participate in the pre-grant meeting at HDF (for the applicants from Turkey) or EPF (for the applicants from Armenia) to provide clear division of tasks and responsibilities for the project implementation. The Sub-grant Scheme may also provide grants to profit-making organisations in case the grant funds contribute to the overall objective of the Programme and not used to make profit. Applicant organisations should have a formal registration either in Armenia or in Turkey. Individual applicants should be either citizens of Armenia or Turkey or should have permanent residency in Armenia or Turkey.
- Governmental/public agencies and political entities are not eligible to apply.
- Eligible Costs include project-related expenses, such as a) personnel salary (e.g. project director, coordinator, accountant, etc.) and honoraria for experts (local and/or international); b) communication costs (phone, internet); c) travel costs (transportation, accommodation, meals); d) purchase of a limited amount of equipment (computer, software, etc.) and stationary necessary to realise the project; e) survey and publication expenses; f) rental of conference facilities, translation equipment, etc.; g) other expenses directly related to project implementation. The Sub-grant Scheme beneficiaries will not be issued VAT exemption certificate by the authorities in Armenia and Turkey. Therefore, as an exception, their VAT will be considered as an eligible cost by the EU and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Activities of proposed projects should take place either in Armenia or Turkey or both. In case, additional/different project locations are proposed, applicants should explain the need in the application.
How to Apply
Applicants must download the application form via given website.
Eligible Countries: Armenia and Turkey
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.