Դրամաշնորհային հնարավորություն․ Վիշեգրադ+ կրթաթոշակներ ժոովրդավարացման և տրանսֆորմացիայի գործընթացների համար (անգլերեն)

The International Visegrad Fund’s Visegrad+ Grants to support projects which contribute to the democratization and transformation processes in selected countries and regions, especially non-EU member states in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership countries.

 

• Culture and Common Identity
  • Increased awareness of cultural diversity and cross-border intercultural dialogue
  • Increased awareness of common heritage, including history and contemporary art
  • Increased promotion of common identity and heritage inside and outside of the V4 region
  • Larger volume of common cultural productions reaching out to new audiences

 

• Education and Capacity Building
  • Improved hard /soft skills for a better access to labor market, lifelong learning and internship programs
  • Strengthened cooperation among educational institutions
  • Increase in the volume of common formal, informal and non-formal educational tools and teacher training opportunities
  • Increased sharing of best practices in the dialog among decision-making bodies, municipalities, schools and families

 

• Innovation, R&D, Entrepreneurship
  • Increase in B2B networks with an emphasis on development of SMEs and start-ups
  • Improved ecosystem for business and social business development at the regional level
  • Development of regional networks/clusters of SMEs, academia, and research institutions with a long-lasting impact
  • Increased science popularization on the regional level with emphasis on youth
  • Increased promotion of joint V4 R&D projects outside of the V4 region

 

• Democratic Values and the Media
  • Increased participation of citizens in the democratic system
  • Increased awareness of transparency as a norm in society, professionalization of transparency of justice, fight against corruption
  • Providing a safer environment and capacity-building for whistleblowers, fact-checkers, investigative journalists and other watchdogs
  • Increased volume of media coverage in V4/Western Balkans/EaP region about regionally-relevant topics, increased access to information
  • Improved media and information literacy for increased resilience towards biased reporting, disinformation and propaganda

 

• Public Policy and Institutional Partnership
  • Increased awareness and active involvement of civil society in policy-making processes with emphasis on youth
  • Increased capacity building of civil servants
  • Creating new approaches to existing regional public challenges
  • Creating common advocacy strategies addressing regional issues

 

• Regional Development, Environment and Tourism
  • Increased number of town/municipality twinning initiatives
  • Increased awareness, education and improve regional strategies on environmental protection, climate change and sustainable development
  • Diversification of tourism by increasing the range and quality of regional products and services

 

• Social Development
  • Promotion of tolerant and inclusive mindset in society, protection of minorities
  • Deepened inter-generational understanding and dialogue
  • Improved regional strategy and policy for demographic and other social and economic challenges
  • Increased awareness and practice of a healthy and active lifestyle and reduction of substance abuse

• Projects must develop meaningful cooperation and ensure active involvement of at least 3 V4 countries and 1 entity from the EaP region or the Western Balkans countries at minimum regardless of the applicant

 

• Maximum duration of project implementation is 18 months

 

• Grants cover up to 100% of project budget with maximum 15% of the requested sum for overheads

• Consortium of organizations of which 3 or more are based in different Visegrad countries

 

• All types of non-governmental, civil society organizations (CSOs); municipalities and local governments; schools, higher education institutions; research and scientific bodies and public institutions are eligible as lead partner (applicant) and partners in the consortia

 

• Market actors, e.g. companies – especially innovation and startuprelated actors – with a legal entity are also eligible, but only if their Visegrad project is of nonprofit character

 

• At least 3 organizations from 3 different V4 countries: Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

 

• At least 1 organization from Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

 

• Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

 

Deadlines: 1 Feb / 1 Jun / 1 Oct

For more information and application, please click here!