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The Council of Europe is launching a call for proposals on award of a grant to implement a series of activities on establishing inter-agency coordination platforms within the framework of the Project “Ensuring Sustainable Penitentiary Actions in managing rehabilitation of violent extremist prisoners in Bosnia and Herzegovina (ESPA-VEP)”.

Objectives

• The general objective is to support a small-scale grant that would aim to establish at least five (5) inter-agency coordination mechanisms/forums/meetings. The focus of these local mechanisms/forums/meetings will be violent extremist prisoner rehabilitation with prospect for reintegration back into society, followed by the security and risk assessment aspect. Aim is also to ensure inclusion and active contribution by community-based organisations and individuals, with aim to provide effective post-penal support for VEPs.

• The financial support shall be used for organisation of at least five (5) (five) inter-agency coordination platforms that will involve relevant actors and stakeholders from the target locations.

• This Grant needs to bring together all relevant local stakeholders with the aim to discuss rehabilitation prospects of individual violent extremism prisoners and plan actions to be put into effect as soon as the person is released.

• The local multi-disciplinary teams/forums are to be comprised of appointed representatives from prisons, law enforcement agencies, and, when necessary, representatives of social welfare services, mental health centres, religious communities and civil society representatives, or any other relevant civil society organisation. The organisation of these forums will contribute to following elements for efficient collaboration:

  • Clarifying the role of each actor according to their specific professional and institutional responsibilities and tasks,

  • Developing mutual trust and jointly working on increasing motivation.

  • Understanding each other’s assessment tools and the meaning of the outcomes.

  • Sharing the objectives of the applied strategies and the interest in achieving them.

  • Sharing relevant information (it is necessary to distinguish between classified and sensitive information: for the latter, partners should develop an efficient sharing system).

  • Continuous education and support to the employees that work with radicalised inmates.

Further to the general objective, preference will be given to:

• Projects that include elements of also including offenders vulnerable to radicalisation, including youth and women inmates.

• Projects that propose clear and efficient overview on sustainability of the established inter-agency coordination platforms

Funding Information

• The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is up to 30.000,00 EUR (thirty thousand Euros).

• The Council of Europe intends to award 1 grant of a maximum amount of up to 30.000,00 EUR (thirty thousand Euros).

Implementation Period

• The implementation period of the projects should start on 01st March 2024 and shall not extend beyond 31st July 2024.

• Reporting requirements shall be completed on 30th August 2024 at the latest.

Target Stakeholders

• Projects should target in particular the following key stakeholders, but not be limited to:

  • Prisons in BiH

  • Law enforcement agencies

  • Centers for social welfare

  • Centers for mental health, etc.

• The above list is not exhaustive, and projects may propose to target other relevant stakeholders, while keeping in mind the general objective of the Project.

Ineligible

• Applicants shall be excluded from the grant award procedure where they or, in the case of legal persons, their owner(s) or executive officer(s):

  • have been sentenced by final judgment on one or more of the following charges: participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, child labour or trafficking in human beings;

  • are in a situation of bankruptcy, liquidation, termination of activity, insolvency or arrangement with creditors or any like situation arising from a procedure of the same kind, or are subject to a procedure of the same kind;

  • have received a judgement with res judicata force, finding an offence that affects their professional integrity or constitutes a serious professional misconduct;

  • do not comply with their obligations as regards payment of social security contributions, taxes and dues, according to the statutory provisions of the country where they are established;

  • are an entity created to circumvent tax, social or other legal obligations (empty shell company), have ever created or are in the process of creation of such an entity.

Eligibility

• In order to be eligible for a grant, an applicant must:

  • be legally constituted as a non-governmental organisation or professional association in BiH;

  • have been active for at least 2 years in the field of prevention of radicalisation, countering violent extremism, inter-agency co-operation, or similar;

  • have sufficient financial capacity (stable and sufficient sources of funding) to maintain its activity throughout the period for which the grant is awarded and to participate by way of its own resources (including human resources or in-kind contributions);

  • have sufficient operational and professional capacity, including staff with relevant professional background and expertise (psychologists, mental health workers etc.), to carry out activities described in its project proposal.

  • have a bank account.

• Multiple applications are not allowed and shall lead to the exclusion of all applications concerned.

Post Date: January 12, 2024