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  1. An institution, body, office or agency established by or based on the Treaty on European Union and the Treaties establishing the European Communities.

    All education and training facilities for people of different age groups.

    An intergovernmental organization having legal personality under public international law or a specialized agency established by such an international organization. An international organization, the majority of whose members are Member States or Associated Countries and whose main objective is to promote scientific and technological cooperation in Europe, is an International Organization of European Interest.

    A person with legal rights and obligations. Unlike a legal entity, a natural person does not have a legal act (e.g. association, limited liability company, etc.).

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    A research institution is a legal entity established as a non-profit organization whose main objective is to conduct research or technological development. A college/university is a legal entity recognized by its national education system as a university or college or secondary school. It may be a public or private institution.

    A microenterprise, a small or medium-sized enterprise (business) as defined in EU Recommendation 2003/361. To qualify as an SME for EU funding, an enterprise must meet certain conditions, including (a) fewer than 250 employees and (b) an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million. These ceilings apply only to the figures for individual companies.

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  1. Governance, partnership: Projects aimed at increasing the application of multilevel and transnational or cross-border governance, designing and testing appropriate governance structures and mechanisms. Also cooperation between public institutions on any theme.

    Innovation capacity and awareness-raising: Actions that increase a person’s or organisation’s capacity for innovation (not innovation as such), and that establish the capacity to diffuse and apply innovation; projects that stimulate innovation in different areas and innovation capacities; strengthening and empowering of innovation networks.

    Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks: Projects working on the improvement of institutional cross-border co-operation and capacities, on renewing and simplifying administrative management through long term cooperation between institutions (e.g. Euregion), on establishing and sharing regional knowledge and intercultural understanding and cohesion. It also deals with cooperations between universities, health care facilities, schools and sports organisations, as well as with management and capacity building.

    Activities focussing on agricultural products, organic farming, horticulture, as well as forest management and wood products; furthermore the development of the food sector, food chains, organic food production, and seafood products and any topics related to animals and fishing.

    Agriculture and fisheries and forestry: Projects focussing on agricultural products (i.e. fruits, meat, olives, etc.), organic farming, horticulture, as well as forest management and wood products. Also the development of the agro-food sector, food chains, organic food production, and seafood products. Any topics related to animals (i.e. health, management) and fishing (i.e. sustainable fishery, aquaculture).

    Soil and air quality: Projects that deal with any topic against soil and air pollution, except water pollution, for example, reduction of soil and air contamination, pollution-management systems, but also prevention and eradication of soil erosion, new ways of improving air quality (also indoors) and soil/air knowledge in general.

    Climate change and biodiversity projects assisting mitigation and adaption to climate change and environmental impacts of climate change. Development of low carbon technologies and strategies, reduction of CO2 emissions from all sectors. Promotion of biodiversity, new instruments to enhance biodiversity and natural protection.

    Soil and air quality projects that deal with any topic against soil and air pollution, except water pollution, for example, reduction of soil and air contamination, pollution-management systems, but also prevention and eradication of soil erosion, new ways of improving air quality (also indoors) and soil/air knowledge in general.

    Water management projects about management and distribution of drinking water, integrated sustainable water management, monitoring systems for water supply and improving drinking water quality; also water treatment (wastewater), in particular, innovative technologies to improve wastewater, treatments in the purification of industrial and domestic wastewater and water reuse policies. Waterways, lakes and rivers: This deals with any topics on waterways, lakes and rivers, from improving water quality, protecting and developing of ecosystems or sustainable wetland management.

    Activities that protect, promote and enhance cultural and natural heritage, increase the attractiveness through preservation and valorisation of common cultural and natural heritage in a sustainable manner, and improve and develop cultural and natural heritage objects, services and products. Cultural heritage management, art and culture, (maritime) heritage routes, access to cultural and natural heritage. Also all topics on cultural services such as festivals, concerts, art workshops.

    Cultural heritage and arts projects that protect, promote and enhance cultural and natural heritage, increase the attractiveness through preservation and valorisation of common cultural and natural heritage in a sustainable manner, and improve and develop cultural and natural heritage objects, services and products. Cultural heritage management, art and culture, (maritime) heritage routes, access to cultural and natural heritage. Also all topics on cultural services such as festivals, concerts, art workshops.

    Tourism projects dealing with the promotion of natural assets, and the protection and development of natural heritage, as well as increasing the touristic attractiveness through the better use of natural, cultural and historical heritage. Also projects about improved tourist services/products, development of ecotourism models, tourism development strategies.

    Sustainable management of natural resources projects focussing on the protection, promotion and valorization, and sustainable management and conservation of natural areas (habitats, geo parks, protected areas, etc.). Also projects focussing on preserving and enhancing cultural and natural heritage and landscape, as well as protecting the marine environment.

    Projects on waste management (innovative services and strategies), ecological waste treatment, treatment techniques/systems; waste disposal and recycling (improvement of recycling, innovative recycling technologies, recovery of organic waste, repair & re-use centres and networks); also prevention of pollution and pollution control (ecological and circular economy, marine littering, etc.).

    Labour market and employment: creating employment opportunities and/or optimising jobs, academic (un)employment and job mobility, workforce attraction and improvement of employment conditions for different groups.

    SME and entrepreneurship: strengthening SME capacities, boosting entrepreneurial activities in different sectors and for different groups, supporting social entrepreneurship, creating business support/advisory systems for start-ups/spin-offs/incubators, improving the competitiveness of SMEs, and promoting new business processes.

    Community integration and common identity projects that build identity, create a more cohesive society, promote positive relations through an increased provision of shared spaces and services.

    Demographic change and immigration is about projects tackling major societal challenges like demographic change in different areas and migration, in particular, aging society (active aging, best agers, silver economy strategies) and related new public services (adaptation of key services and infrastructure), social and spatial segregation, and brain drain. Also all topics on migration (policy tools, strategic planning, integration).

    All projects where ICT has a significant role, including tailor-made ICT solutions in different fields, as well as digital innovation hubs, open data, Internet of Things; ICT access and connecting (remote) areas with digital infrastructure and services; services and applications for citizens (e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc.); services and applications for companies (e-commerce, networking, digital transformation, etc.).

    This is about the mitigation and management of risks and disasters, and the anticipation and response capacity towards the actors regarding specific risks and management of natural disasters, for example, prevention of flood and drought hazards, forest fire, strong weather conditions, etc.. It is also about risk assessment and safety.

    Education and training projects on expanding educational opportunities, reducing barriers in the field of education, improving higher education and lifelong learning, training and labour mobility, educational networks, higher vocational education, common learning programmes.

    Topics on energy management, energy-saving methods, evaluating energy efficiency measurements, energy rehabilitation/efficiency in buildings / public infrastructure, promotion of energy efficiency, cooperation among experienced energy efficiency firms, institutions and local administrations, co-generation.

    Projects focussing on wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal and other renewable energy, increasing the production of sustainable renewable energy and improving research capacities in biomass. Also projects focussing on storage and management of renewable energy, new technologies, sustainable regional bioenergy policies and financial Instruments for investments on renewable energy.

    Social projects concerning people with disabilities and excluded groups; enhancement of the capacity of children, young people, women and elderly; creation of infrastructure to improve access for disabled people, integration of socially vulnerable people; innovate in the care of victims of gender violence, social inclusion of women, etc.

    This deals with the development of health and social services and improved accessibility and efficiency for different groups (elderly, children, etc.). It is also about new healthcare models and medical diagnosis and treatments (dementia, cancer, diabetes, etc.), hospitals, care management, and rare diseases, as well as improving wellbeing and promoting sports.

    Projects about (organised) crime, efficient and secure borders, such as enhancing the effectiveness of the police in the prevention of drug crimes, the development of safety services, or tackling security and organised crime issues.

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    • Improving transport connections dealing with traffic and/or transport connections, rehabiliation/modernisation, better connectivity, improving accessibility/connections, but also public transport.
    • Multimodal transport and logistics and freight transport focusing on using different means of transport, developing multimodal connections, optimising intermodal transport chains; offering multimodal logistics solutions and providing access to clean, efficient and multimodal transport corridors and hubs; establishing cooperation among logistic centres and developing multimodal mobility strategies.

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    • regional planning and development, such as the implementation of regional development policies/instruments and programmes, sustainable land use management plans, integrated regional action plans, spatial planning, and marine protected area management.
    • rural and peripheral development, referring to remote, sparsely populated areas, rural community development, and rural economics, in particular access to remote areas and policies for rural areas.
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Call key data

Support to civil society organisations: Civil Society Facility 2023

Funding Program

Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance

Call number

EuropeAid/180655/DD/ACT/ME

deadlines

Opening
27.02.2024

Deadline
27.05.2024 12:00

Funding rate

60-95%

Call budget

€ 2,500,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

webgate.ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

The global objective of this call for proposals is to strengthen the role of civil society in promoting transparent and participatory governance, democratic reforms and human rights.

Call objectives

This call for proposals is divided into four lots, each with its own specific objectives and priorities, as indicated below. Within the general objective in each lot, the proposed actions may address one or more of the specific objectives of the lot.

Lot 1: Support to CSOs and CSO networks towards increased abilities to monitor and actively participate in Montenegro’s reform processes.

The specific objective(s) of this Lot is to achieve effective inclusion of CSOs into current reform processes of Montenegro, in particular those relating to the EU integration process.

The thematic areas prioritised under this lot are:

  • Rule of Law and justice;
  • Anti-corruption and money laundry;
  • Public administration reform and public finance management in particular at local level;
  • Health sector;
  • Education sector;
  • Circular economy (reduce, reuse and recycling), forestry and  biodiversity, in particular local communities;
  • Growth agenda and Socio-economic reform (in particular economic reform and energy)

N.B. 1. The intention is for CSOs to engage in the public debate with public Institutions on these reforms; contribute with reflections and suggestions; and bring in broader stakeholder groups into the development of these. For health and Education, pilot activities to test and demonstrate innovative approaches of interest to the reform area are allowed, but activities such as basic service provision are not encouraged.

N.B 2. Engagement with academia and local communities is encouraged.

Lot 2: Support to small Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and civil society movements in different sectors, developing grassroots movements’ and local informal groups’ capacities through flexible financial support to third parties mechanisms.

The particular focus will be on youth engagement, with particular emphasis on locations outside of the capital city of Podgorica.

The priorities of this lot are:

  • Environment and climate activism;
  • Volunteering actions;
  • Youth employment (innovative approaches);
  • Youth participation and dialogue at local level;
  • Cultural and creative industry;
  • Sports and ludic activities;
  • Mental health and anti-bullying;

All activities to be implemented under this Lot need to have a strong component of gender equality and non-discrimination amongst all youth

Lot 3: Support to different key stakeholders to contribute to local development in the North and central region of Montenegro

The specific objective(s) of this Lot is to support local CSOs to contribute to local development.

Support aims at increasing capacity and recognition of key stakeholders (civil society, women and youth organisations, farmer’s organisations and other civic actors) as drivers of local development, notably in the north of the country.

N.B. The actions must focus on the Northern region of Montenegro. They may cover also the central region of the country.

The priorities for this lot are:

  • Participating in reforms at local level, in particular relating to the environmental protection and/or the local business environment area;
  • Innovative approaches to development of small businesses particularly in rural areas with the aim of economic development and diversification at local level;
  • Cultural and tourism initiatives including eco-tourism and supporting of traditional handcrafts and Montenegro brand products;
  • Rural development, forestry and agriculture.

All activities to be implemented under this Lot need to have a strong component of gender equality.

Lot 4: Support to different key stakeholders to contribute to local development in the South and central region of Montenegro

The specific objective(s) of this Lot is to support local CSOs to contribute to local development.

Support aims at increasing capacity and recognition of key stakeholders (civil society, women and youth organisations, farmer’s organisations and other civic actors) as drivers of local development, notably in the South of the country.

N.B. The actions must focus on the South of Montenegro. They may cover also the central region of the country.

The priorities for this lot are:

  • Participating in reforms at local level, in particular relating to the environmental protection and/or the local business environment area;
  • Innovative approaches to development of small businesses particularly in rural areas with the aim of economic development and diversification at local level;
  • Cultural and tourism initiatives including eco-tourism and supporting of traditional handcrafts and Montenegro brand products;
  • Rural development, forestry and agriculture.

All activities to be implemented under this Lot need to have a strong component of gender equality.

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Expected results

All Lots (not exhaustive):

  • Monitoring and analysing the implementation of the Government legislation, policies and strategies, action plans and indicators;
  • Capacity building of civil society organisations and other stakeholders to monitor policies;
  • Strengthening of existing civil society platforms, networks or coalitions, campaigning and cooperation on issues linked to the call;
  • Networking and partnership building;
  • Exchange of information, know-how and experience;
  • Campaigns and actions to mobilise citizens on targeted themes;
  • Vocational training including on digital
  • Organisation of discussion forum to improve dialogue and networking between civil society and decision makers on the issues and priorities of this call;
  • Advocacy, lobbying and development of strategies by civil society organisations to push for legal reform, to influence policy-making,
  • Facilitating dialogue processes and mediation activities (such as inter-community dialogues);
  • Supporting the collection of appropriate information, including statistical and research data, to enable governments to formulate and implement policies;
  • Promoting inclusive and strategic partnerships, networking and cooperation with CSOs and other relevant stakeholders or among CSOs in the region and the EU;
  • Supporting CSOs in promoting accountability and transparency at national and local level;
  • Promoting greater contact and cooperation between civic and political actors, including fostering of structured dialogue mechanisms;
  • Promoting the inclusion of women, youth, Roma and other marginalised groups into formal and informal decision making structures, including the political party system;
  • Capacity building of civic and political actors to develop responsive policy platforms, adequately representing citizen's interests;
  • Visibility activities: all applicants should include a communication and visibility strategic plan both in the Full Application and the budget in line with the Communication and Visibility Manual for European Union External Actions. The applicants may plan some of the visibility activities in the following non-exhaustive list: publishing and disseminating promotional material, distributing public announcements on project activities and results, organise press conferences and public events, promote concrete project activities in print and electronic media through interviews/reportages/articles/clips, etc.

More specific of Lot 2 (not exhaustive):

  • Activities relating to participation in music, arts and crafts, exhibitions, and other cultural and ludic activities;
  • Activities promoting youth participation in sports - sports events, sports clubs, outdoor sports or other events;
  • Activities promoting youth engagement in extra-curricular activities
  • Activities related to formal and informal education of youth;
  • Activities enhancing access of in particular youth to psychosocial, medical, legal assistance and similar;
  • Theatre, performances to fight discrimination or promote tolerance and inclusion.

More specific of Lot 3 and Lot 4 (not exhaustive):

  • Analysis on obstacles to the development of economic activities at local level and definition of policies that could address these, and awareness raising/advocacy efforts towards improving the situation;
  • Analysis of environmental challenges facing local communities, definition of policies and approaches that could address these and awareness raising/advocacy efforts towards improving the situation;
  • Environment protection groups networking
  • Social activities in the local communities;
  • Pilot activities to identify and test income generating activities for marginalised/vulnerable
  • Promotion of social or environmental enterprise
  • Technical support for example to marketing and promotion of products;
  • Mentoring on income generating activities;
  • Cultural activities and performances.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

Montenegro (Црна Гора)

eligible entities

Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)

Mandatory partnership

Yes

Project Partnership

For Lot 1: Not obligatory to have a co-applicant.

For Lots 2, 3, and 4: There must be at least one co-applicant.

For Lot 3 and 4, it is recommended that applicant or one of the co-applicants is based in the geographical area targeted by the action, and not in Podgorica.

Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.

Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself except that co-applicant can be established in Montenegro or in EU member state.

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant (and co-applicants, if applicable) must:

  • be a legal person and
  • be non-profit-making and
  • be a Civil Society Organisation or a Consortium of CSOs and
  • be registered in Montenegro and
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary and
  • be registered at least 24 months prior the deadline for submission of project proposals

other eligibility criteria

Financial support to third parties

Detailed information about the rules for financial support to third parties can be found on pages 13-15 of the call document.

Lot 1

Applicants may propose financial support to third parties in order to help achieve the objectives of the action. The maximum amount of financial support per third party is EUR ≤ 20 000. Under this Lot, financial support to third parties is not essential to achieve the objective of the action, but at some extend it is encouraged.

Lot 2, Lot 3 and Lot 4

Applicants shall propose financial support to third parties in order to help achieving the objectives of the action. The total amount for financial support to third parties should be at least 60% of the total value of the grant. The maximum amount of financial support per third party is EUR ≤ 30 000 (except where achieving the objectives of the actions would otherwise be impossible or overly difficult in which case no thresholds apply). Under Lot 2 and Lot 3 and Lot 4 of this call, financial support to third parties (FSTP) must be the main purpose of the action and is considered essential to achieve the objective of the action.

Indicative allocation of funds by lot:

  • Lot 1: EUR 1,000,000
  • Lot 2: EUR 500,000
  • Lot 3: EUR 500,000
  • Lot 4: EUR 500,000

If the allocation indicated for a specific lot cannot be used due to insufficient quality or number of proposals received, the contracting authority reserves the right to reallocate the remaining funds to (an)other lot(s).]

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

Lot 1:

  • minimum amount: EUR 100,000
  • maximum amount: EUR 250,000

Lot 2:

  • minimum amount: EUR 460,000
  • maximum amount: EUR 500,000

Lot 3:

  • minimum amount : EUR 460,000
  • maximum amount: EUR 500,000

Lot 4:

  • minimum amount : EUR 460,000
  • maximum amount: EUR 500,000

Duration

Lot 1

The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 30 months nor exceed 42 months.

Lot 2, Lot 3 and Lot 4

The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 36 months nor exceed 48 months.

Additional information

Topics

Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation, 
Agriculture & Forestry, Fishery, Food, Soil quality, 
Air Quality, Biodiversity & Environment, Climate & Climate Change, Water quality & management, 
Arts & Culture, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, 
Circular Economy, Natural Resources, 
Competitiveness of Enterprises, Employment/Labour Market, SME & entrepreneurship, 
Demographic Change, European Citizenship, Migration, 
Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media, 
Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy , 
Equal Rights, Human Rights, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion, 
Health, Social Services, Sports, 
Justice, Safety & Security, 
Rural & Urban Development/Planning

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

Additional Information

To apply for this call for proposals the lead applicants need to:

  • Provide information about the organisations involved in the action. To this end, lead applicants, co-applicants and affiliated entities must register in PADOR. Please note that the registration of this data in PADOR is obligatory for this call for proposals.
  • Applications must be submitted online via PROSPECT https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/prospect  following the instructions given in the PROSPECT user manual.
  • Applicants must apply in English.

Call documents

CSF 2023 GuidelinesCSF 2023 Guidelines(457kB)

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