Dear civil society partners in Armenia,
We would like to share that the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia published a new Call for Proposals – EuropeAid/169937/DD/ACT/AM “Delivering for the future: Strengthening civil society capacities and resilience in Armenia through promotion of democratic engagement principles and strategic communication”: Call for Proposals Armenian Civil Society Capacity Building & Resilience
This is an Open Call with a deadline for submission of Full Applications on 3 November 2020 at 14:00 Brussels time.
An information session is planned on Friday 4th September. Details on registration is available in the call guidelines.
The Global Objective of this call for proposals is to further enhance the capacity and resilience of civil society organisations to be effective, sustainable and accountable independent actors that contribute to deepening democracy, citizens’ awareness and empowerment.
The Specific Objectives are to provide targeted capacity building to CSOs to:
- strengthen CSO management skills and transformational leadership incl. strategic planning, internal democracy/self-governance principles, transparency, sustainability and resilience to reinforce CSOs as trusted and professional partners;
- explore, test and promote tools and practices of more strategic communication methods and resources incl. information management and flows towards citizens, particular constituencies and at community, Marz and national level incl. critical thinking, technical incl. financial literacy and preventing/reducing, detecting and actively fight disinformation;
- support CSOs in their agenda to professionalise volunteering in Armenia and engage closer with other stakeholders e.g in more collaborative approaches with other CS actors, academia, the private sector, youth such as volunteers and launch joint advocacy and learning initiatives incl. in an inclusive and empowering manner and communicate aspirations;
The Call for Proposals is making a total of EUR 2 million available. The selected application/project will implement capacity-building activities for civil society organisations based in Armenia.
All details, application guidelines and contacts: Call for Proposals Armenian Civil Society Capacity Building & Resilience
