Deadline: 3 December 2018
The United Nations Development Program has launched the Small Grants Contest in the framework of the Transnistrian Dialogue project: advancing co-operation between civil society leaders to generate new solutions in the context of the protracted Transnistrian conflict (Transnistrian Dialogue Project).
The overall objective of the Project is to build a platform for collaboration between experts, influential, journalists, civilian activists, decision-makers, CSOs and representatives of intellectual elites on both sides.
In order to achieve this, the Transdniestrian Dialogue Project launches this call for expression of interest for Small Grants, open to non-profit organizations on the territory of Moldova, including the Transnistrian region, represented by participants in the Transnistrian Dialogue project.
Objectives
The main objectives of the project:
- contribute to an environment of trust and cooperation across the Nistru river by generating new perspectives on shared interests;
- have a high impact on the resolution of key pressing issues for the people on both banks of the Nistru River;
- bring to participants the current reliable information on major social, political, economic and other processes that determine the state of affairs on the two banks of the Nistru river;
- establish direct communication between journalists, thematic experts, civil society leaders and other representatives from both banks;
- increase mutual understanding, especially among young people, about each other. Promote tolerance, dialogue and respect for differences in communities and media on both banks;
- prepare and create a more benign and more informed domestic environment, including media environment, about each other;
- contribute to improving the understanding of residents of both banks, including taking into account the possibilities of media in the formation of public opinion;
- promote the elimination of negative stereotypes in both banks societies in relation to each other;
- undertake concrete joint actions in areas of expertise through small grants projects;
Grant Information
- The maximum amount the applicants can request under their project proposals budget should not exceed 8,000 USD per project.
- Projects should be implemented between December 2018to March 2019.
Eligible Projects
- Projects should address specific needs and issues through collaboration between the two banks in the following areas: collaboration between media outlets (print, TV, radio, online), joint production of TV/radio/online/print/video/film content and publications, transfer of experience and knowledge, joint research and position papers, sociology, mediation, legal aid, culture and art and organization of trainings in these areas.
- Projects should pursue concrete outcomes to develop partnerships and contain a consistent set of cross-river collaboration activities with clearly defined tasks. Only applications that facilitate cross-river dialogue and collaboration will be considered. Only NGOs representing participants in the Transnistrian Dialogues project are eligible to apply for the grant.
Criteria
Entities eligible to submit project proposals should meet all of the following criteria:
- Be an officially registered non-profit Community Based Organization or a Civil Society Organization (NGO);
- Represent at least one participant of the project Transnistrian dialogues;
- Be in partnership with at least one counterpart from another bank of the Nistru River, such as professional thematic organizations or people;
- Have experience in carrying out activities in the areas described above;
- Be directly responsible for the development and management of the implemented project;
- Applicants can submit only one project proposal under this grant competition, although they can be included as partners in several proposals.
How to Apply
Documents may be sent either by e-mail or by post or delivered personally in a sealed envelope at the addresses given on the website.
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