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Call for Applications for Civil Society Organizations

byЦивика мобилитас

The Swiss programme supporting civil society development in North Macedonia – Civica Mobilitas, has published the second Call for Applications (CfA) for Action Grants. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and non-profit scientific research institutes registered in North Macedonia can apply for Action Grants until March 3, 2020, at 16:00 hours. Applications shall be sent to the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC). Details of the Call for Applications can be found on the following link.

The proposed actions should contribute towards the objectives and outcomes of the programme Civica Mobilitas, i.e. the social changes led by a strong civil society sector, active citizens and good cooperation with the authorities, should result in more transparent, accountable and socially inclusive governance at the national and local level.

The duration of the activities in this call should be between 12 and 24 months and the budget between MKD 1.000.000 and MKD 1.800.000. For this second call, the programme will award 10 grants.

The Civica Mobilitas will organize an info session for this call on February 13, 2020. More information about this info session will be published on Civica Mobilitas web page.

The Swiss supported Civica Mobilitas programme is active since 2009 and this is the third full-fledged phase of the programme. Since its establishment, Civica Mobilitas has helped CSOs in North Macedonia to bring several social reforms by means of providing funding, capacity building, facilitation, and mentoring to its grantees.

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