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EU seeking Proposals to Support Civil Society Organization in Samoa

EU seeking Proposals to Support Civil Society Organization in Samoa

Deadline: 8 November 2019

European Union (EU) is seeking proposals for its program entitled “Support to Civil Society Organization in Samoa” to address the limited capacities and strengthen CSOs capacity to effectively engage with the Government of Samoa in policy dialogue, governance and social accountability.

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The specific objective of this call for proposal is to enhance and strengthen CSO engagement with the Government of Samoa in the development and implementation of the National Development Strategy of Samoa.

Priorities

The priority(ies) of this call for proposals are:

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Lot 1: Capacity Building

  • All proposals must clearly identify at least one of the priority activities in order to be eligible for funding:
    • Research based advocacy, data collection and analysis; organisational learning and training; mentoring and knowledge sharing with stakeholders
    • Contribution, engagement and participating on the process of national policy planning, policy making and development, policy process, policy analysis and monitoring and oversight mechanisms.
    • Engagement with Government, local authorities, stakeholders and national agencies on thematic advocacy such as climate change, health, sectorial strategies (although not exclusively aligned to the Samoa Development Strategy / Samoa 2040)
    • Actions promoting engagement with current/emerging issues of national importance & being able to strategically interact with government, local authorities and key stakeholders on governance & public policy processes.

Lot 2: Gender Equality

  • All proposals must clearly identify at least one of the priority activities in order to be eligible for funding:
    • Activities increasing public awareness on the Family Safety Act, Family Court Bill, legal rights and protection provisions offered to victims under the Family Act and Family Court Bill.
    • Educating communities, villages, village councils, and government institutions on activities challenging gender stereotyping, domestic or gender based violence
    • Awareness raising and educational activities that aim to ‘change’ attitudes and mindsets which result in the stereotyping of the role of women, the behaviours that legitimise violence against women, and the culture of silence and impunity in Samoan society.
    • Economic empowerment activities and actions promoting the rights of women and girls to address gender based violence in families, communities and the general public.

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Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

  • Lot 1: Capacity Building
    • minimum amount: 308 000 TALA
    • maximum amount: 616 000 TALA
  • Lot 2: Gender Equality
    • minimum amount: 154 000 TALA
    • maximum amount: 308 000 TALA

Eligibility Criteria

Lead applicant

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

  • be a legal entity;
  • be non-profit-making;
  • be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, public sector operator, local authority, international (inter-governmental) organisation
  • be established in Samoa. Please note that the lead applicant in all cases must be legally established in Samoa.
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies);

Co-applicant(s)

  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.

Affiliated entity(ies)

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  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
  • Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to coapplicant(s):
    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
    • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
      • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
        • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
          • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
          • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
          • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
      • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.

How to Apply

  • The application procedure consists of two phases:
    • Concept notes
    • Full applications
  • The concept note together with the declaration by the lead applicant must be submitted online via given website.

For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2lgObdl and download the guidelines.

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