The Swiss Government project ‘For an Active Civil Society Together – ACT’ has launched a Call for Proposals for LocalAdvocacy Grants.
Under this call for proposals, the ACT project supports local initiatives, advocates better public services and successful networking, and strives to ensure a continued development of the culture of civic and political dialogue. ACT envisages two calls for proposals for the award of Local Advocacy Grants (LAG).
Local Advocacy Grants will help empower civil society to participate in the decision-making and policymaking processes more efficiently and more actively through advocacy, and to mobilise the support of citizens and represent their interests in the decision-making processes, particularly at the local level.
The awarded CSOs will also become the beneficiaries of a specially designed and tailored programme that will help them build capacity and upgrade the know-how in the areas such as citizen mobilisation/participation and advocacy. Capacity building will include group training and individual mentoring aimed at facilitating and enhancing the organisational development of the CSOs, enabling them to better connect with their constituencies and expand their social influence concerning relevant issues in their local communities.
Under this Call for Proposals, the ACT project plans to support up to 8 civil society organisations with the maximum grant amount of RSD1,400,000.00 per project.
CSOs active in the following key areas may apply for the grant:
citizen participation and mobilisation,
monitoring the implementation of laws and policies,
gender equality and related issues,
social inclusion and marginalised groups,
decentralisation,
human and civil rights,
environmental protection,
good governance.
Civil society organisations must be based in Serbia and registered under the Associations Act or the Endowments and Foundations Act.
CSOs applying for the grant must foster the values of democracy, human rights, transparency, inclusion, gender equality, non-violence, openness and accessibility in their activities.
Furthermore, applicants may be the CSOs whose working principles include direct work with citizens and citizen participation, strategic planning, human rights, motivated and dedicated management, development at the local level, focus on results and sustainability.
The participation criteria and other information regarding applying for the grant are detailed in the Call for Project Proposals for Local Advocacy Grants – Guidelines for Applicants, included in the attached application package.
In the interest of practicality and simplicity, project proposals are to be submitted online only.
You can find the answers to frequently asked questions concerning the submission of project proposals for LAG in the Guidelines included in the attached application package and on the above website.
PLEASE NOTE that the pages in English are for information only, as grants are provided only for CSOs registered in Serbia, so full documentation can only be found on the Serbian pages of this website.
Project proposals must be submitted by 4:59 pm on 20 July 2020.
Given the current situation, the Info Session on the Call for Proposals for Local Advocacy Grants was held online on 29 June 2020, with the aim of introducing the participants to the ACT project and the LAG call. The Info Session included a live Q&A session with the ACT team.
The presentation from the Info Session can be downloaded here.
Check out the video of the live-streamed Info Session.
Should you need any further clarifications regarding the Call for Proposals for Local Advocacy Grants and the application procedure, please write to info@act.org.rs no later than 4 pm onFriday, 10 July. Please make sure that your Subject line reads: Call for Project Proposals for Local Advocacy Grants. ACT team will answer all your queries by 4:00 pm on17 July 2020 in Frequently Asked Questions, which will be updated every Friday on ACT website.
For the questions concerning the technical aspects of online applications, please write to support@civicatalyst.org
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