Deadline: 6 July 2018

Within the scope of the European Union and the Council of Europe programmatic framework “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey” (Horizontal Facility) – Action “Strengthening the protection of national minorities in Serbia”, the Council of Europe has launched a call for proposals for grants for local self-governments in Serbia.

The grants will be used for funding projects designed to enhance the implementation of rights of national minorities in the areas of official use of languages and scripts of national minorities and education in the languages of national minorities. Moreover, the realization of the general objective will be supported through activities related to the promotion of national minority rights.

Funding Information

The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 75.000 Euros (Seventy-five thousand Euros). The Council of Europe/the European Union intend to award five grants of a maximum amount of 15.000 Euros (Fifteen thousand Euros) each.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for a grant, a lead applicant must:

• be a local self-government with a multi-ethnic community;
• be a local self-government with and an established council for inter-ethnic relations;
• have in official use minority languages and scripts;
• have educational programmes in minority languages in primary and /or secondary schools;
• have sufficient financial capacity to maintain its activity throughout the period for which the grant is awarded and to participate by way of its own resources (including human resources or in-kind contributions);
• have sufficient operational and professional capacity, including staff, to carry out activities described in its project proposal (if project includes activities related to education, the implementation team shall include a representative of school administration and a representative of social activities department within local administration (odeljenje društvenih delatnosti)).

How to Apply

The application form, completed and signed, together with the supporting documents, must be submitted in electronic form (Word and/or PDF) via e-mail at the address given on the website.

For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.