The Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC), on behalf of the Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI), is launching the regional Call for Proposals for the SELDI Small Grants Programme “Financial Support for Grassroots and Youth CSOs with Outreach to Citizens”.
The Call for Proposals falls within the scope of the Project “Civil Society for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: Capacity Building for Evidence-Based Advocacy, Policy Impact and Citizen Engagement (SELDI.net)”, financed by the European Union.
The SELDI Small Grants Programme seeks to strengthen the contribution of civil society organisations from the target countries to anticorruption efforts and their inclusion in the SELDI policy advocacy and impact cycle, by financially prioritizing CSOs, including grassroots and youth, active against corruption.
The Overall objective of this call for proposals is to provide support to local CSOs in pursuing the EU and regional anti-corruption agenda in the target countries, and in line with issues identified by the SELDI Regional Anti-Corruption Report (RAR), SELDI Policy Documents and latest Enlargement package reports for the target countries.
Specific Objective of this Call for Proposals: Engaging CSOs and citizens in the SELDI action and providing synergies across the region by enhancing CSOs professional capacities and skills to fight corruption and hold leaders and institutions accountable through evidence-based advocacy and engagement, to measure and expose corruption and state capture, and to formulate policy outputs.
The deadline for submission of concept notes is 1 August 2024, 16.00 CET.
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