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Fund for Local Cooperation: Call for Proposals in Lebanon 2025
https://finlandabroad.fi/web/lbn/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/h5w4iTUJhNne/content/fund-for-local-cooperation-call-for-proposals-in-lebanon-2025/384951?fbclid=IwY2xjawKGmoFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFiT21LM1lKUEMxdXJXQnlWAR4D0paRIGzn1P-Rx3Lz9fYckAFJMsZ9BpeV4Z5uY2M2nQcvu3eK4IXGegepZg_aem_MYniFnRaoAyp_RKkteH4Kw
Overview
| Donor: | Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC) |
| Application procedure: | Full Proposal |
| Donor base: | Finland |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 25.05.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | - |
| Total available budget: | 240.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 100.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Governance & Democracy
- Human Rights
- Peace & Conflict Resolution
- Social Inclusion
Project Locations
Asia
Lebanon
Description
1) Objective
The Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC) is one of the Finnish development cooperation instruments and aims at supporting the civil society to participate in the development process of Lebanon. The funds are channeled through Lebanese civil society organizations to complement the bilateral cooperation of Finland.
The Embassy’s FLC Program aims at improving the capacity of local civil society actors to implement target-oriented projects. As a development policy instrument, FLC supports the goals and principles of the Finnish development policy(Link to another website.) and its priority areas. All proposals must be in line with these, as well as incorporate to the goals and principles of Finnish Government report on international economic relations and development cooperation.
The 2025 Call for Proposals is looking for projects falling under two priority areas:
- promoting the rights of people belonging to the most vulnerable groups (especially the LGBTIQ+ -community and Palestinian refugees)
- strengthening inclusive, peaceful and democratic societies
2) Eligibility
The FLC is available for Lebanese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other local non-profit civil society actors, such as: science and technology communities, universities and other educational and research institutions, independent media, public bodies and cultural institutions (for example, museums, libraries and theatres), chambers of commerce and commercial associations, organisations engaged in the promotion of export and investment, businesses, cooperatives, interest groups of companies and employees or foundations.
3) Location
Actions must take place in Lebanon.
4) Budget
Total available funding is €240,000 for 1-4 projects (€100,000 max. for one project).
5) Application
The deadline for project proposals is on Sunday 25 May 2025 at 23:59 Beirut time. Please note that applications received after this time will not be taken into consideration. Inquiries and applications of a maximum of two pages in PDF-format should be sent to the Embassy’s email sanomat.bei@gov.fi and titled “Fund for Local Cooperation Application”.