Active Citizens Fund is seeking applications for its Bilateral
Cooperation Initiatives to support activities with an aim to enhance relations
between Portuguese NGOs and entities in the Donor States (Iceland, Liechtenstein
and Norway) and contribute to the objective of the Active Citizens Fund.
Priorities for Bilateral Cooperation
Initiatives include strengthening the capacity and effectiveness of NGOs in the
Portuguese civil society, namely capacity building in specific areas like
advocacy and public policy watchdog, fundraising and diversification of funding
sources and volunteer’s management, and also promoting gender equality and
combating gender-based violence and to contribute to the objective of the
Active Citizens Fund.
Outcomes
The output indicators
established for this Outcome are:
- Number
of projects involving cooperation with a donor project partner.
- Number
of bilateral cooperation initiatives funded by the ACF bilateral fund.
Funding Information
Bilateral
Cooperation Initiatives can be supported at a maximum rate of 90% of the
eligible costs, with a maximum grant of 6 000 € per application.
Eligible Activities
- Common
development of project applications.
- Visits
aiming at deepening partnerships through specific common activities.
- Preparation
of common projects to be supported under the Programme outcomes
(preparatory work and meetings).
- Individual
short-term internships in donor countries’ entities.
- Exchanges
of experience and knowledge.
- Visits
by NGO experts / experts from donor countries entities to Portuguese NGOs
for training/coaching purposes;
- Attendance
to conferences or workshops with a concrete impact on bilateral
partnerships and relations.
- Other
activities such as internships in Portugal for donor country entities, or
visits by Portuguese experts to the donor countries, could also be
supported.
Post Date -
02-Jul-2019