Overview
Donor: | European Commission (EC) - EACEA |
Application procedure: | Online Application |
Donor base: | Belgium |
Reference number: | EACEA 04 / 2018 |
Eligible applicants: | Individual, Non-Profit Organisation |
Deadline: | 06.04.2018 |
Financial details
Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
Minimum grant size: | 100.000€ |
Total available budget: | 1.400.000€ |
Funding type: | Prize |
Maximum grant size: | 1.400.000€ |
Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Education
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen
Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pacific
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Description
1) Objective
The objective of the call is to fund projects involving the selection, preparation and deployment of EU Aid Volunteers to contribute to strengthening the Union’s capacity to provide needs based humanitarian aid aimed at strengthening the capacity and resilience of vulnerable and disaster affected communities in third countries. It also supports actions aimed at strengthening the capacities of implementing sending and hosting organisations participating / intending to participate in the initiative With this call the European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency expect to achieve the following results: (1) to prepare the selection, training and deployment of 250 EU Aid Volunteers in vulnerable and disaster affected communities in third countries; (2) to strengthen the capacities of implementing sending and hosting organisations participating / intending to participate in the initiative; (3) to achieve synergies and complementarity with EU funded operations in humanitarian aid, civil protection, resilience building and linking relief, rehabilitation and development in the respective countries / region where EU Aid Volunteers are deployed; (4) to provide junior EU Aid Volunteers with the possibility to take part in apprenticeship placements of up to 6 months in the EU before deployment; (5) to communicate the Union’s humanitarian aid principles and the EU Aid Volunteers initiative in line with the Communication Plan of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative (6) To provide opportunities for online volunteering to support or complement project activities.
2) Eligibility
Before submitting an electronic application, all consortium members acting as sending or hosting organisation for volunteers, including affiliated entities having legal or capital link with certified sending organisations, must be certified or must have applied for certification under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative no later than 4 weeks before the submission deadline of this Call for Proposals, which means submission by 09/03/2018.
3) Location
Volunteers can only be sent to 126 countries in Africa, Asia, Asia.
4) Budget
The maximum grant will be €1,400,000. The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at €8,400,000. Grant requests below €100,000 will not be considered for funding.
5) Application
Proposals duly completed must be submitted by 12:00 (mid-day, Brussels time) on 6 April 2018 Applications sent by post, fax or e mail will not be accepted.