Deadline: 15-Jan-23
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Consulate General in Istanbul invites Turkish civil society, non-profit educational institutions, semi-governmental organizations and municipalities to submit new proposals to get support for their work.
Priority Areas
MATRA works with country specific priority areas. Priority areas for Turkey are identified within the overall framework of rule of law:
- Law, legislation and the judiciary;
- Public administration and good governance;
- Public order and law enforcement;
- Media (freedom, literacy and pluralism);
- The workings of (parliamentary) democracy;
- Building resilient (civil) societies.
Funding Information
- Project proposals with budgets ranging from €25.000 to €100.000 may apply. The budget form should be drafted in Euros;
- Projects in general should not be smaller than € 25.000;
- The maximum project duration is 24 months. Projects running longer than 12 months should include a yearly Liquidity Forecast.
Eligibility Criteria
- The MATRA Social Transformation Programme is open for applications by local NGOs, non-profit educational institutions, semi-governmental organizations and municipalities in Turkey. Twinning with Dutch organisations and with partners from other countries is allowed.
- An organization may apply with more than one application, but only one application per applying organisation can be approved.
Ineligible
Not eligible for funding under MATRA are:
- Projects repeating identical previous projects, or proposals that come down to funding ongoing activities/projects;
- Commercial activities;
- Projects with a predominantly academic focus, i.e. research;
- Projects that largely or exclusively involve the delivery of goods or materials;
- Infrastructural or construction projects;
- Bursaries or education programmes;
- Humanitarian aid;
- Feasibility studies and other research;
- Vehicles etc.
- Books more than 200 copies;
- Running costs (rent, electricity, heating etc.);
- Hardware.
For more information, visit Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.