SMART Balkans Project: Call for Applications – Regional Grants

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Public Call for Regional Grants Concept Notes

Call Reference No: SB RG 01/22

The SMART Balkans Project announces a public Call for Applications for Concept Notes for Regional Grants, for applicants from N. Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Montenegro.

SMART Balkans Project, funded by the Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is implemented by consortium of organizations: Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) from N. Macedonia, in partnership with Centar za promociju civilnog drustva (CPCD) from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) from Albania.

Overall objective of the Project is to contribute to strengthening participatory democracies and Euro Atlantic integrations in the Western Balkans by empowering civil society organizations and CSO networks for stronger and active role in creating peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.

Specific objectives of the SMART Balkans project are:

  • Stronger, more sustainable, and vibrant CSOs in the six countries of the Western Balkans region
  • Developed strong regional partnerships between civil society organizations from the region of the Western Balkans themselves and with their EU counterparts and public authorities
  • Increased effectiveness of citizen influencing change through CSOs that advances Security and Stability and Governance in the Western Balkans region
  • Increased awareness of public on importance of active participation of civil society in major development initiatives in the region of Western Balkans

Regional Grants will provide funding for projects related to two main areas:

  1. Security and Stability
  2. Governance

In the following documents you can find detailed guidelines and:

Public Call for Regional Grants is available on the GRANTS MANAGEMENT PLATFORM under the SMART Balkans Project – https://gmp.smartbalkansproject.org/…/calls-for-proposals where you are required to register in order to see full Open Call and list of necessary documents to apply for grant.

There is a detailed instruction on how to register at the bottom of https://gmp.smartbalkansproject.org/ homepage.

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