International Visegrad Fund announces Strategic Grants Program 2024

Deadline: 01-Oct-2024

The International Visegrad Fund is pleased to announce the Strategic Grants Program to support project addressing annual strategic priorities of the Visegrad Group.

Strategic Priorities

• Supporting Ukraine and the EU neighborhood
  • Assisting Ukrainian people in their struggle for the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine as well as supporting societies of the Eastern Partnership and Western Balkan countries in their European integration processes.
• Countering disinformation and misinformation
  • Raising awareness and improving societal resilience in the Visegrad, Eastern Partnership and Western Balkan regions.
• Promoting people-to-people contacts
  • Bringing together the civil societies from the Visegrad region and beyond.

Duration

• Maximum duration of projects is 36 months, minimum is 12 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Any non-governmental, legal entity from any country can apply for support if they fulfil the partnership criteria.
• The Fund’s main targets are civil society organizations (CSOs), public educational, cultural, research and scientific institutions, municipalities, and local governments, but market actors, e.g., companies – especially innovation and startup-related ones – are also eligible, if their project is of non-profit character.
• Subjects that possess full or partial independence from state administration and possess self-governance (such as universities, academic, artistic, social, educational, cultural, research and/or science organizations, municipalities, and local governments, etc.) can apply for the Fund’s support.
• If the applicant is a research or higher education institution with several organizational units (e.g., universities, academies of science, etc.), they are obliged to indicate the name of the smallest possible organizational unit (institute, department, etc.) entrusted with the project’s implementation. Without this information, the application will not be considered eligible.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Institutions directly under state administration (ministries, government agencies, embassies, state-funded cultural institutes, state-owned companies) 
• Natural persons (individual citizens) 
• Private entrepreneurs with/without a legal entity 

Conditions

• Projects must develop meaningful cooperation and ensure active participation of organizations from all V4 countries
• Grants cover up to 100% of project budget with 15% for overheads
• Projects must clearly address one of the annual strategic priorities of the Visegrad Group

For more information, visit International Visegrad Fund.