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The European Commission (EC) has announced a call for proposals to Strengthen democratic participation through civic education in Namibia.

Objectives

• The overall objective of this call for proposals is:

  • The strengthening of a democratic culture and civic awareness amongst citizens and particular groups (particularly youth, women, marginalised groups, elected representatives where useful)

• The specific objectives are:

  • Improving civic education and electoral literacy and supporting the awareness and knowledge of civic rights and responsibilities

  • Enhancing skills of young people for active and constructive engagement in their communities and with decision-makers to improve the exercise of their rights

Priorities

The priority(ies) of this call for proposals is/are: Civic Education.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 400 000.

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

  • minimum amount: EUR 380 000

  • maximum amount: EUR 400 000

Eligibility

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead Applicant(s)

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

    • be a legal person

    • be non-profit-making

    • be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisations

    • be established in a Member State of the European Union or Namibia,

    • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the coapplicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.

• Co-applicants

  • 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.

  • Co-applicants must sign the mandate.

  • If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicant(s) (if any) will become beneficiary(ies) in the action (together with the coordinator).

• Affiliated Entities

  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).

  • Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to coapplicant(s):

    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.

  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:

    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:

    • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:

      • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;

      • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;

      • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).

    • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.

Post Date: 09-Jan-2023