Slovak - Balkan Public Policy Fund

Eleven organizations from Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro are among the selected grantees under the 1st call of the Slovak-Balkan Public Policy Fund (SBPPF). The grantees will deal with topics such as industrial poluttion control, euroscepticims, civil society consultations, regional development, consumer rights etc. Browse through the short description of the selected projects.

BCSDN and Pontis Foundation closed the application procedure for the Public Policy Fund on the 1st of December. 113 applications were received from Albania (26 CSOs and 10 individual applications), Macedonia (48 CSOs and 7 individuals) and Montenegro (21 CSOs and 1 individual application). The total budget of all applications received is EUR 506.653 and in the first round of call for proposals the sum of EUR 42.000 will be re-granted which means only 8% of the applications will be successful. The number of applications and their quality made the partners aware of the necessity of this programme therefore a possibility for a second call could be presented in the first quarter of 2012 that might be extended to other countries in the region. Currently the evaluation board is processing the applications and the successful projects will be announced on the 16th of January 2012.

The Pontis Foundation (Slovakia) and the Balkan Civil Society Development Network announce the first Call for Proposal for individuals and organizations from Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro to undertake research projects on the topic of:

1. Mechanisms and practice of consultation, coordination and cooperation between state and non-state actors (civil society, public and private interests groups etc.) in the design and implementation (monitoring & assessment) of EU driven reforms in different areas (preferably those in fight against corruption and environment);

2. Progress, challenges and policy advice to create appropriate administrative and judicial structures in order to apply Community rules and procedures;

3. Policy recommendations towards closer alignment of the country’s social policy to the acquis (including social dialogue and fighting gray economy); or

4. Regional policies in the context of EU accession. 

The aim of the project is to strengthen civil society by developing the advocacy skills its involvement in reform processes and the public debate on the accession process through providing grants to local organisations and individuals with civil society background.

You can download here the Call for Proposals, the Application Form, the Cover Page and the Budget Template.

The deadline for submitting applications is 30th of November 2011.

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