Call for Applications from Civil Society Organizations in the Field of Green Entrepreneurship in Serbia

Deadline: 1 May 2020

Network for rural development of Serbia, in front of a partner consortium, announces a call for civil society organizations (CSOs) for launch and implement green entrepreneurship projects within the project “NAGE – Networking and Advocacy for Green Economy” funded by the European Union, and implemented by 7 partner organizations from the Balkan (Rural Development Network of North Macedonia (lead partner), Croatian network for rural development, Network for Rural Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Network of Organizations for Rural Development of Kosovo, Network for Rural Development of Montenegro, Network for Rural Development of Serbia and Albanian Network for Rural Development).

(Ad) Are You Searching for Latest Grants, New Donors, Sample Proposals, Jobs and How to Apply Resources? fundsforNGOs Premium has all these and more at one place! Learn more.

Financial support should help to strengthen local CSOs through capacity building and implementation of their initiatives and raising awareness of the importance of a green economy and green entrepreneurship.

Objectives

(Ad) Stop getting irritated with excessing advertisements. View the information you want quickly on a clean, ad-free and exclusive Member Dashboard that offers tools to search for grants, view latest grant opportunities, upcoming deadlines, sample proposals, downloadable ebooks and also organize your favourites! Learn more.

The objective of this Call for proposals is to initiate and pilot green entrepreneurship projects through grassroots CSOs.
Additionally the sub-granting is expected to contribute to strengthening local CSOs through capacity building and implementation of their initiatives and to raising the overall awareness on the importance on green economy, green entrepreneurship and work of civil society organisations.
Themes

This Call is intended for civil society organisations working in one or several of the following thematic areas:

(Ad) Are you still finding it difficult to search for donors online? Join Premium and use our powerful Donor Search mechanism to find relevant donors based on your country and location or keyword. Our specially developed algorithm will search across the internet for the most relevant and useful donors of your interest willing to fund your work. Learn more.

sustainable development, environmental protection and climate change,
socio-economic development,
education,
social policies and services,
youth work and policies,
women economic empowerment,
volunteering,
agriculture and rural development
Expected Results

Sub-granted 36 CSOs from 6 countries with 126.000 Euro;
36 green entrepreneurship actions implemented by grassroots CSOs;
Local CSOs work and importance promoted among general public;
Furthermore, the effects of the green entrepreneurship actions will be monitored and measured to anticipate the risks, evaluate the hindrances the CSOs faced during the implementation, as well as access the strengths and positives effects of the implemented projects, in order to define evidence-based policy solutions that will introduce legally and sustain the concept of green entrepreneurship in the project-represented countries.

(Ad) Not able to keep track of so may different grant opportunities and their deadlines? No problem! fundsforNGOs Premium has a handy tool called “Deadline Calendar.” This tool will help you keep track of all upcoming grant opportunities and their deadlines and view them in a beautiful calendar format. Learn more.

Type of Activities

Types of activities which may be financed under this call (the list is not exhaustive):

(Ad) Are you looking for readymade proposals? fundsforNGOs Premium has a vast collection of Sample Proposals from successful grantees around the world. These proposals are available for viewing so that you can quickly get new ideas, best practices, lessons learned and develop your proposal in the perfect manner. Learn more.

Entrepreneurial actions with high sensitivity to environmental problems (green entrepreneurship)
Activities with a net positive effect to the natural environment
Activities for preservation of natural environment and landscape
Green activities that contribute to sustainable future of rural areas
Training actions and field trips related to green entrepreneurship
Organisation of conferences, round tables, workshops and seminars (a limited number in terms of days and events per proposed action) related to green entrepreneurship
Drafting policy or legislation recommendations for “greening” the economy in rural areas
Educational campaigns on green economy concept
Publication of leaflets, manuals on best practice
Testing of innovative approaches
Pilot income generating activities aimed at ensuring continuity of the action beyond the end of the contract;
Actions aimed at ensuring adequate outreach towards grassroots and other types of local non- governmental organisations.
Funding Information

The overall indicative amount available for financial support to civil society organisations for implementation of their projects under this Call for proposals is 126,000 EUR, or 21,000 EUR per country.

(Ad) How to raise funds? Where can I find a list of donors for my area of work? How to write proposals? How can I submit a grant request to USAID, the European Commission or the Gates Foundation? How can I use Social Media to promote my work? We have developed powerful resources in the form of Ebook and Articles covering all this information and more. Learn more.

Any grant requested for individual projects must fall between the following amounts:

Minimum amount of the grant EUR 3.000
Maximum amount of the grant EUR 3.500
Any project proposal requesting a grant which does not fall between the above-mentioned amounts will not be accepted. Co-financing by the applicant is not envisaged under this Call. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award all funds available under this Call.

Duration

The planned duration of a project may not be lower than 3 months nor exceed 6 months.

Place of implementation

(Ad) Are you fed up of receiving non-relevant, non-useful and pointless funding alerts and updates in your email? Not anymore! With fundsforNGOs Premium, you can configure what type of funding updates you want to receive, select specific countries and areas of work and receive information only about them. Save your time by getting the most relevant and useful updates in your email. Learn more.

Project activities must be implemented on the territory of Republic of Serbia.

Eligibility Criteria

(Ad) How will you feel when you view grants for all countries around the world? fundsforNGOs Premium has a World Map of Grants that offers open and live grants for all the countries in one single view. Click on any country, and you can view the latest grants updated in real-time. Learn more.

Organisations registered in accordance with the existing laws of Republic of Serbia, which fulfil the following conditions have the right to apply within this Call:
Be legal persons and
Be non profit making and
Be nationals of Serbia
Be registered at least 12 months prior to the deadline for submissions of project proposals
and registered as non-profit organizations with main focus in one of the following areas
Agriculture and rural development
Ecology and environment protection
Socio-economic development i.e. CSOs which function as social enterprises
Education, Social policies and services, youth work and policies, women economic empowerment, volunteering and similar.
If awarded the grant contract, the applicant will become the beneficiary identified as the Coordinator in the Grant Contract. The Coordinator is the main interlocutor of the Contracting Authority. It represents and acts on behalf of any other associates (if any) and coordinates the design and implementation of the action. The Coordinator is directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action.

Note: Individuals, political parties, international and foreign organisations, government institutions and religious organisations cannot participate in this Call for proposals.

(Ad) There are so many NGO Jobs, but what about for my country and area of work? fundsforNGOs Premium has a “Jobs Database” where you can not only search jobs but also receive job alerts in your email based on your country (or countries) and areas of your profession. Learn more.

For more information, visit http://www.ruralsrbija.rs/en/news/call-applications-civil-society-organizations-field-green-entrepreneurship