Priorities and funded actions
Objective
Strengthen local Civil Society Organisations’ ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level.
Priorities
- Priority 1: An enabling environment for civil society – CSOs promote a conducive legal, regulatory, institutional and operational environment
- Priority 2: Dialogue and policy engagement – CSOs preserve, recover and open civic space to influence dialogue on development policy and domestic policies
- Priority 3: A comprehensive approach to capacity building – CSOs have strengthened their capacities, networks, coalitions, and accountability to promote democracy, good governance, human rights, gender equality and the digital transformation.
- Priority 4: Engaging with the whole spectrum of civil society – The EU through their partner organisations engages with a wide range of civil society organisations including academia, local and grassroots initiatives, community-based organisations, professional organisations, social movements and social enterprises.
Among financed actions
- Promote a legal and regulatory framework that support and promote CSOs’ work
- Work with government authorities and institutions of accountability and oversight, legal, and regulatory frameworks to improve the enabling environment
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Initiate and contribute to national policy dialogue on matters related to civil society and civil society’s contribution to governance, democracy and development
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Enable civil society participation in and contribution to policy dialogue and decision-making processes at all levels
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Support CSOs organizational capacity related to internal governance that can increase their transparency and accountability…
Additional information
- This call for proposals is a restricted call for proposals. In first instance, only concept notes will be evaluated.
- Initial duration of the action: between 36 and 48 months
Eligibility
- Be a legal person and be non-profit-making
- Be a Civil Society Organisation and/or their associations
- Be established in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, or be established in a Member State of the European Union as stipulated in NDICI-Global Europe Regulation, Article 28, or
- Be established in developing countries and territories other than the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, as included in the list of ODA recipients published by the OECD Development Assistance Committee
Eurofunding