Deadline: 10-Jul-23
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Montenegro announces a Public Call for Civil Society Organisations registered in Montenegro that are engaged in promoting transitional justice and social cohesion, and protecting human rights.
The Public Call is published within the framework of the regional project “EU Support to Confidence Building in the Western Balkans ” funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP. The project implementation began on January 1st 2023, and will last for four years.
The project will provide expert support to judicial and law enforcement authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia in the prosecution of war crimes cases at the national level, improve conditions for regional cooperation in the processing of these cases, enhance support to war crimes victims and witnesses, strengthen the capacities of relevant actors in supporting victims, thereby advancing the effective and efficient prosecution of war crimes in the Western Balkans, focusing on victims and respect for human rights.
Objectives of the Public Call
- The goals are:
- dealing with the legacy of conflict and promoting reconciliation (e.g. inter-societal and inter-generational dialogue, education on transitional justice, youth engagement),
- improving public awareness of war crimes and trials,
- conducting and publishing research (including documenting crimes, human losses, positive examples of inter-ethnic solidarity),
- public representation,
- historical research and teaching, curriculum development on transitional justice and confidence building .
Funding Information
- The minimum grant amount is EUR 5,000, and the maximum is EUR 80,000.
- The proposed project can have a duration of at least 4 months and a maximum of 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants who meet the conditions for receiving grants are:
- non-governmental organizations registered in Montenegro, engaged in the promotion of transitional justice and social dialogue, and the protection of human rights, including victims’ associations;
- non-governmental sports associations may also be eligible
- in accordance with the other criteria mentioned;
- Non-governmental academic, research or educational institutions;
- Non-governmental organizations whose field of work is focused on the development of culture;
- Non-governmental museums and other non-governmental institutions that nurture the culture of memory, i.e. offer new and innovative approaches to the culture of memory, based on facts and inclusiveness.
Selection Criteria
- Grants awarded should aim to promote activities and results in the following areas:
- Public debates, media campaigns, including those on social networks, and other public events to promote a fact-based confrontation with the past;
- Educational programs on transitional justice and wars of the 1990s that include a gender perspective, aimed at future decision-makers and leaders (young political activists, young leaders, young lawyers, historians, sociologists, political scientists, etc.) skins, etc.);
- Research in the country and region, academic exchange and internship programs for social science researchers with a focus on transitional justice, documenting crimes, promoting inter-ethnic relations and solidarity;
- Development of new gender-responsive university curricula on transitional justice and peace studies, with an emphasis on the regional context;
- Promotion of various forms of inter-social and inter-ethnic dialogue, especially youth dialogue and youth engagement, on overcoming the legacy of the past and promoting reconciliation and closer inter-ethnic relations;
- Promoting gender-responsive dialogue regarding the legacy of the past with feminist approaches to reconciliation;
- Building synergy between actors at the local community level with the aim of inclusive and joint (inter-ethnic) initiatives in the culture of memory, focused on the facts and victims of war crimes;
- Enhancing or building sustainable partnerships between civil society organizations (including local level initiatives and victims’ associations) and institutions – at national or local/municipal level – with the aim of promoting inter-ethnic reconciliation, a culture of remembrance and fact-based dialogue about the past;
- Supporting artists and promoting artistic activism in dealing with the legacy of the past and promoting reconciliation.
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