Grant competition launched within EU-funded project

Chisinau, 13 September /MOLDPRES/- The Institute for Democracy in partnership with the Association for Bulgarian Culture “Rodoliubets” and the Center for Protection and Promotion of the Young Women's Rights announces an Expression of Interest for projects that will be implemented from November 2017 until October 2018.

This sub-grant program is open within the project “Raising Mutual Trust between Teachers on the Banks of the Dniester River: Building Regional Capacities for the Continuous Development of Teachers”, financed by the European Union (Support for the Confidence Building Measures Program) and implemented by the Institute for Democracy in partnership with the Association for Bulgarian Culture "Rodoliubets" and the Center for Protection and Promotion of the Young Women's Rights.

The Institute for Democracy in partnership with the Association for Bulgarian Culture “Rodoliubets” and the Center for Protection and Promotion of the Young Women's Rights will provide 10 joint sub-grants to NGOs (in partnership with educational institutions) from the Transnistrian region and Moldova to support their joint initiatives aimed at confidence-building measures through human rights education activities.

The implementation timeframe for any project should be of up to 12 months. Projects should start in November 2017 and be completed in October 2018.

The maximum amount the applicants can request under their project proposals budget will not exceed 10,000 euro per one project (each joint sub-grant – minimum 4,000 euro and maximum 10,000 euro without co-financing).

The specific goal of this sub-grant program is to encourage the development of sustainable partnerships and capacity of civil society of both banks of the river through the establishment of cross-river platforms for cooperation at pedagogical community level.

The sub-grant program priority: Joint activities of Transnistrian and Moldavian NGOs (in partnership with educational institutions or for education project) in human rights education.

The Application Form and Applicant's Guidelines are posted on the Institute for Democracy website (http://www.indem.org) and Association for Bulgarian Culture “Rodoliubets” website (http://rodoliubec.org).