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To foster an enabling environment for civil society; to promote a meaningful and structured participation of CSOs in domestic policies of partner countries, in the EU programming cycle and in international processes; and to increase local CSOs' capacity to perform their roles as independent development actors
* List of eligible countries: click here
Objectives
* Lot 1-3: Inequalities initiative: To support civil society organisations in conducting analysis in order to develop public awareness and critical understanding of the causes, consequences and possible solutions to economic inequalities; and engage with public authorities to advocate public policies aiming at reducing income and wealth inequalities
* Lot 4: Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE): To contribute to prevent and counter violent extremism through a more strategic engagement with CSOs
Priorities
* Lot 1: Inequalities Initiative – Latin America and the Caribbean:
– At regional/global level: contribute to address illicit financial flows, tax evasion, and tax avoidance impact on income and wealth inequality;
– At country level:
> Mexico : contribute to address income and wealth inequality related to gender, ethnic origin and poorly defined access to natural resources ;
> Colombia: contribute to address income and wealth inequality as a contribution to support the peace process;
* Lot 2: Inequalities initiative – Africa:
– At regional/global level: contribute to address illicit financial flows, tax evasion, and tax avoidance impact on income and wealth inequality;
– At country level:
> South Africa: contribute to address income and wealth inequality related to land rights, including land reform, and access to natural resources such as water for agriculture;
> Kenya: contribute to address income and wealth inequality related to tax policy (including tax incentives such as tax exemptions);
* Lot 3: Inequalities initiative – Asia-Pacific:
– At regional/global level: contribute to address illicit financial flows, tax evasion, and tax avoidance impact on income and wealth inequality;
– At country level:
> Indonesia: contribute to address income and wealth inequality related to gender;
> India: contribute to address income and wealth inequalities faced by manual scavengers (only in the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh).
* Lot 4: Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE):
– To build the capacity of the Framework Partnership Agreements’ signatories to contribute to addressing P/CVE through support into local, regional and global initiatives;
– To establish a CSO hub with a secretariat based in Brussels allowing for a timely and close collaboration with the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) and when required also with other relevant Directorate-General from the European Commission (e.g. DG HOME) and EU services (e.g. European External Action Service);
– To contribute to deepening collaboration, cooperation, and networking among the civil society networks around the P/CVE agenda;
– To strengthen the capacity of CSOs in preventing and countering violent extremism through support into locally-led initiatives in the following areas among others:
> P/CVE and research;
> P/CVE education including critical thinking;
> P/CVE and religion;
> P/CVE women and youth;
> P/CVE and alternative messages/ media;
> Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF), disengagement and reintegration
– To maximise the space for CSOs to contribute to P/CVE;
– To create a space for dialogue, through meetings, workshops, trainings among the actors involved such as private sector, local and regional platforms and networks, international organisations, experts on P/CVE and other civil society organisations
Amongst financed actions
* Lot 1-3: Inequalities Initiative: Latin America and the Caribbean – Africa – Asia – Pacific:
– Campaigns aimed at raising people awareness on inequalities issues;
– Advocacy campaigns with international organisations and state authorities at local, national and/or international level aimed at promoting public policies that have the potential to reduce economic inequalities;
– Events such as conferences and workshops at local, national and/or international level on issues related to inequalities; analysis on issues related to inequalities for publication in the form of e.g. press articles, briefs, working papers, reports, books…
Lot 4: Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE):
– Capacity building and mentoring activities;
– Trainings/workshops/ conferences organisation;
– Identification and design of actions through partnership with local actors;
– Research, mapping, studies, monitoring and evaluations;
– Communication campaigns
Additional information
* This call for proposals is a restricted call for proposals. In the first instance, only concept notes will be evaluated
* Duration of the action:
– Lot 1-3: Inequalities Initiatives: Latin America and the Caribbean – Africa – Asia – Pacific: 36 months;
– Lot 4: Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE): between 36 and 48 months
* Eligibility:
– Be a legal person;
– Be non-profit-making;
– Be representative of a regional and/or global umbrella organisation of CSOs signatory of a Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) with the European Commission with the aim to implement the Strategic Plan defined in the Annex I of the above-mentioned Framework Agreement;
– Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary
* The action must take place in:
– Lot 1: Inequalities Initiative – Latin America and the Caribbean: Colombia and Mexico;
– Lot 2: Inequalities Initiative – Africa: in South Africa and Kenya;
– Lot 3: Inequalities Initiative – Asia-Pacific: in Indonesia and India (for India only in the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh);
– Lot 4: Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE): actions must take place in one or more of the countries included in the Annex M
* Indicative budget per lot:
– Lot 1: Inequalities Initiative – Latin America and the Caribbean: 3,666,666 euro
– Lot 2: Inequalities initiative – Africa: 3,666,666 euro
– Lot 3: Inequalities initiative – Asia-Pacific: 3,666,666 euro
– Lot 4: Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE): 3 million euro
* Amount of the grant:
– Lot 1: Inequalities Initiative – Latin America and the Caribbean: 3,666,666 euro
– Lot 2: Inequalities initiative – Africa: 3,666,666 euro
– Lot 3: Inequalities initiative – Asia-Pacific: 3,666,666 euro
– Lot 4: Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE): 3 million euro
* Co-financing rate:
– Lot 1: Inequalities Initiative – Latin America and the Caribbean: between 60% and 90% of the total eligible costs
– Lot 2: Inequalities initiative – Africa: between 60% and 90% of the total eligible costs
– Lot 3: Inequalities initiative – Asia-Pacific: between 60% and 90% of the total eligible costs
– Lot 4: Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE): between 60% and 90% of the total eligible costs
25 August 2021
