Deadline: 2 May 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 “Enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Montenegro”, the Council of Europe has launched a call for proposals for grants for national NGOs to fund local projects aimed at implementing projects to improve the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners with substance abuse problems into society.

Project proposals shall aim to produce an added value to the Council of Europe efforts in this domain.

Funding Information

• The indicative available budget under this call for proposals is 25.000 € (twenty five thousand Euros). The Council of Europe intends to award up to 2 grant(s) of a maximum amount of 12.500€ (twelve thousand and five hundred) each.
• The implementation period of the projects should start on 21 May 2018 and shall not extend beyond 12 January 2019.
• Reporting requirements shall be completed on 25 January 2019 at the latest.

Eligibility criteria

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

• be legally constituted as a non-governmental organisation in Montenegro;
• be entitled to carry out all the activities described in its project proposal;
• have been active for at least 5 years in the field of enhancing human rights of prisoners and capacity building of penitentiary staff;
• have sufficient financial or human capacity to contribute by way of its own resources;
• have sufficient operational and professional capacity, including staff, to carry out activities described in its project proposal;
• have a bank account

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.

Eligible Country: Montenegro