Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - International Partnerships |
| Application procedure: | Concept Note |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | EuropeAid/184490/DD/ACT/UA |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 29.01.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 1.000.000€ |
| Total available budget: | 17.000.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 2.500.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 95% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Children & Youth
- Disability
- Human Rights
- Media & Journalism
- Social Inclusion
- Women & Gender
Project Locations
Europe
Ukraine
Description
1) Objective
The global objective of this call for proposals is to involve civil society in Ukraine in building and maintaining a resilient and inclusive democratic country, amid challenges created by the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and in the context of Ukraine’s EU accession reforms. Emphasis shall be on supporting medium-size, small and grassroots organisations, including those with their operational base located outside the capital city Kyiv.
The specific objective of this call for proposals is to support partnerships among CSOs in selected priority areas that allow to capacitate organisations to jointly engage in the implementation and monitoring of reforms, to contribute to policy and decision making, to cooperate with public authorities and support delivery of essential services, to strengthen local and grass-roots organisations, promote citizens participation and democratic processes, and to ensuring fair and equal development that leaves nobody behind. In this call for proposals support to third parties through the inclusion of sub-granting schemes is obligatory.
2) Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must: (1) be a legal person and (2) be non-profit-making and (3) be a specific type of organisation, such as a non-governmental organisation and (4) be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.
3) Location
Actions must take place in Ukraine.
4) Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is €17,000,000. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the minimum €1,000,000 and maximum €2,500,000. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the minimum (51%) and maximum (95%) percentage of total eligible costs of the action.
5) Application
The concept note together with the declaration by the lead applicant must be submitted online via PROSPECT. The deadline for the submission is 29 January 2026.

