Open Call for the Award of the Small Grants under the WeB4YES project

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Published: 14 May 2019

Open Call for the Award of the Small Grants under the WeB4YES project

Objective of this Call is to improve effectiveness of the civil society organizations in Western Balkans in undertaking initiatives for improving youth employment and entrepreneurship policies at the local level. The Call aims to further build capacities of the civil society organizations from the Western Balkans and strengthen their involvement in public decision-making and also to design and implement the innovative initiatives related to youth employment, employability and entrepreneurship.

The budget ceiling for each individual project will be up to 10.000,00 € (The maximum amount awarded by BOS is up to 9.000,00 EUR). The overall indicative amount made available from Grant Support Scheme of the Action is up to 150.000,00 €.

The types of entities which may receive financial support 

In order to be eligible for support from Grant Support Schemes, the applicant and the co-applicant(s) must:

1.  be legal person and;
2.  be non-profit making;
3. be civil society organization or non-profit making enterprises (this refers to the nonprofit making organizations registered under the Law on social enterprises that is valid in Kosovo*)
4. have a proven track record or experience in working on youth or employment/entrepreneurship field;
5. be established and operate in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo or Serbia;
6. be directly responsible for preparation and management of the project.
7. have an annual turnover of less or equal to EUR 50,000.00;
8. has never been a recipient of an EU grant from the IPA programme or has limited  experience in participating under the EU grant support framework;
9. have the management capacity, professional competences and qualification required to successfully complete the proposed action;

 

Project proposals should be written in English or in local language (Serbian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Albanian, Macedonian, and Montenegrin).

The Executive Summary of the application must be available in English.

This Open Call for the Award of the Small Grants is announced under the WeB4YES project (Western Balkan Civil Society Organizations for Youth Employment Support) which has been supported under the framework of the Civil Society Facility and Media Programme 2016 –2017 – Consolidating Regional Thematic Networks of Civil Society Organizations by the European Commission.

Date of publication:

May 7^th 2019

Deadline for submission:

June 5^th 2019, 23:59 CET

ALL ORGANISATIONS from Albania are invited to participate in the 2 Info Sessions to be held on; 

24^th May, Shkodra, ARKA Youth Centre at 11:00 o'clock

27^th May, Tirana, Europe House at 10:00 o'clock 

 

MORE INFO ON THE CALL AND ALL APPLICATION FORMS YOU WILL FIND THEM on this link https://www.web4yes.eu/open-call.html