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Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children: call to intermediaries (giving financial support to third-party civil society organisations)
Funding Program
Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme
Call number
CERV-2023-DAPHNE
deadlines
Opening
08.12.2022
Deadline
19.04.2023 17:00
Funding rate
90%
Call budget
€ 24,900,000.00
Estimated EU contribution per project
The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than € 1,500,000.00 or higher than € 3,000,000.00.
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Call content
short description
The overall aim of this call is to support, empower and build the capacity of independent civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level in combating gender-based violence and/or violence against children and championing EU values, thereby contributing to women and children’s full enjoyment of rights, the equal empowerment of women and men and the empowerment of children, in all their diversity.
Call objectives
The call will finance a limited number of transnational, national or regional actors/intermediaries which will build the capacities of and re-grant (i.e. further disburse the grant) to civil society organisations (CSOs) active at local, regional, national level.
Through this call, EU funding will support, empower and build the capacity of independent civil society organisations active in preventing and combatting (1) all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls, including in the migration context, and domestic violence as well as all forms of violence against LGBTIQ people, and/or (2) all forms of violence against children, including children in the migration context, and violence against groups at risk, such as persons with disabilities, in particular in:
- Providing victim support tailored to the specific needs of victims, including specific medical and psychological support, victim-centred and trauma-informed services, access to national helplines, access to justice, increased accessibility of shelters, including comprehensive support for victims of sexual harassment at work;
- Preventing violence, including by raising awareness, training professionals who are likely to come in contact with victims, and working with offenders;
- Tackling gender stereotypes as root causes of gender-based violence;
- Strengthening child protection system by improving prevention, protection and support services for (potential) children victims/witnesses of violence and those in need of protection, including multi-disciplinary cooperation.
Applications must include the provision of financial support to third parties (see section a) below). Proposals should be based on and include a thorough assessment of the CSOs landscape (in the country(ies) covered), the challenges they face and their needs.
Proposals should include a clear information about the ultimate target groups (adults or children or both).
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Expected effects and impacts
- Increased prevention of all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls and domestic violence, increased prevention of situations of violence against children;
- Better protection and support for victims of such violence;
- Increased public awareness of gender-based violence and violence against children;
- Increased multi-agency response to combat gender-based violence and violence against children;
- Strengthened protection and support to child suffering violence and in need of protection;
- Strengthened integrated child protection systems;
- Reinforced capacity of professionals to prevent, detect and respond to violence against children and increased capacity and cooperation of and among relevant services;
- Strengthened capacity of CSOs that tackle these issues in a gender-sensitive and child rights-based and child-friendly way;
- More supportive environment for CSOs;
- More effective, accountable and sustainable CSOs;
- A better developed advocacy role for CSOs;
- Increased involvement of CSOs in policy and decision-making processes with local, regional, and national governments and other relevant actors;
- Strengthened regional cooperation within civil society.
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Eligibility Criteria
Regions / countries for funding
Albania (Shqipëria), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина), Kosovo (Kosova/Kosovë / Косово), Montenegro (Црна Гора), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија), Ukraine (Україна)
eligible entities
Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University
Mandatory partnership
No
Project Partnership
Applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries); affiliated entities and other participants are allowed, if needed.
In order to be eligible:
- the lead applicants (coordinators) must fulfil all of the following:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries: countries associated to the CERV Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
- be non-profit-making;
- Co-applicants (if any) must be legal entities (public or private bodies) formally established in one of the eligible countries or an international organisation.
- Activities must take place in any of the eligible countries.
- The project can be either national or transnational.
- The application may involve one or more organisations (lead applicant (coordinator) and co-applicants).
- The applicant must fulfil both of the following conditions:
- have recent proven experience of at least 3 years in implementing CSO capacity building activities;
- have recent proven experience in awarding and managing grants.
If the proposal is submitted by a consortium, the consortium must fulfil both above conditions. This means that they can be either fulfilled by at least one member or separately by different members of consortium.
other eligibility criteria
The following activities are not considered as eligible for funding under this call:
- The running costs of the organisation
- Activities that are not in line with EU values
Projects should take into account the results of projects supported by other EU funding programmes. The complementarities must be described in the project proposals (Part B of the Application Form).
Projects must comply with EU policy interests and priorities (such as environment, social, security, industrial and trade policy, etc).
Financial support to third parties is allowed for grants under the conditions set under section 2. Under this Call, financial support to third parties is considered essential to achieve the objective of the action. The project application must clearly specify why financial support to third parties is needed, how it will be managed and provide a list of the different types of activities for which a third party may receive financial support. The proposal must also clearly describe the results to be obtained.
Additional information
Topics
Relevance for EU Macro-Region
EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
project duration
36 months
Additional Information
Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section. Paper submissions are NOT possible.
Proposals (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System ( NOT the documents available on the Topic page — they are only for information).
Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:
- Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
- Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)
- Part C (to be filled in directly online) containing additional project data including mandatory indicators
- mandatory annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded):
- detailed budget table (template available in the Portal Submission System – to be re-uploaded filled out in the format xlsx)
- CVs (standard) of core project team
- activity report of last year of the main applicant and the partners, if applicable (for proposals submitted by consortia)
- list of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years of the main applicant and the partners, if applicable, i.e., for proposals submitted by consortia) (template available in Part B)
- for participants with activities involving children: their child protection policy covering the four areas described in the Keeping Children Safe Child Safeguarding Standards
Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B).
Call documents
Call Document CERV-2023-DAPHNECall Document CERV-2023-DAPHNE(699kB)
Contact
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CERV Nationale Kontakstelle Österreich
+43 1 531 15–202907
ernst.holzinger@bka.gv.at
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