Submit Grant Proposals for Visegrad+ Western Balkans

Deadline: 15 May 2014

The International Visegrad Fund is accepting proposals for Visegrad+ Western Balkans grant program. Projects that facilitate transfer of know-how between non-governmental and civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs) in the Visegrad Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) and the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) will be funded under the program.

Priority Areas:

1. Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
2. Good Governance
3. Regional Cooperation
4. EU Approximation
5. Environment and Sustainable Development

Eligibility Criteria:

• Proposed projects must involve active participation of entities from at least 3 different V4 countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) and at least 2 different Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) regardless of the coordinator.
• Proposed project must facilitate transfer of know-how between non-governmental and civil society organizations in the Visegrad Group and the Western Balkans.
• Proposed project must be on one of the above mentioned priority areas/sub-areas.
• Proposed projects must be completed within 18 months.
• Grant request can be made up to €80,000. Overhead costs cannot exceed 5% & tangible/intangible assets cannot exceed 7% of the requested support.

Projects that contribute to the democratization and transformation process in selected countries and regions, especially non-EU mem­ber states in Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus (the EU’s Eastern Partnership), and the Western Balkans are supported under the Visegrad+ fund.

For more information on Visegrad+ Western Balkans, please visit Call for Proposal.