Applicants can be:
- Partnership made up of one or more civil society organisations and one local government unit (city or municipality);
- Mandatory partnership concluded between CSO (lead partner) and local government unit (mandatory project partner). The partnership must be formalised in writing (Annex C – Partnership Statement), signed by the competent signatories on both sides*;
- Partners operating within the following geographical area: Sumadija and Western Serbia, and Southern and Southeastern Serbia (except Belgrade and Vojvodina);
- A partnership whose proposal for a joint initiative focuses on some of the following key areas: involving and mobilising citizens in the decision-making process, monitoring the implementation of laws and policies, human and civil rights, good governance, gender equality and related topics, decentralisation, environmental protection, social inclusion, and marginalised groups;
- Partnerships cannot submit more than one project proposal and can only receive one grant under this Call.
- A CSO that is already supported through other grants under the ACT project (Institutional Grants, Local Advocacy Grants, Community Boost Grants, Network Advocacy Grants) may submit a project proposal under this Call. CSOs can be supported with up to two grants within the ACT project, but there can be no overlap of activities and resources.
- The local government (municipality, city) can be an obligatory partner in a maximum of two projects, in which the project holder is a different civil society organisation, and the project proposal is not within the same lot.
- CSOs can be the lead partner in only one project within one lot.
- A CSO that is a lead partner in one project may be an additional partner in a maximum of one project within other lots where it is not a lead partner, but may not be a beneficiary of funds granted to the partnership.
* If this condition is not met, the project proposal will not be considered.
Detailed criteria for participation, as well as other information related to the application, can be found in the Guidelines for Submitting Project Proposals for CSO-LG Innovative Partnership Grants, which are included in the attached package of documents.
PLEASE NOTE that the pages in English are for information only, as grants are provided only for entities registered in Serbia, so full documentation can only be found on the Serbian pages of this website.