Local Cooperation Fund (LCF) in Tanzania

Description

1) Objective

FLC complements the Finnish-Tanzanian bilateral cooperation. It especially focuses the outcome area “sustainable development through rights, equality, inclusion” defined in country program to Tanzania. Target is aligned with Finland’s strategic goal in Tanzania to promote democracy, human rights and gender equality. Human rights and the principles of democratic participation are core values in Finnish development policy and are key strategies for ensuring inclusive and sustainable development.

Sustainable development cannot be achieved without an active civil society. In Tanzania, civil society organizations are needed both for their advocacy work as well as service delivery. The FLC aims to build partnerships between the civil society organizations and the Embassy of Finland. Furthermore, it is aiming to support the organizations so that they can operate more effectively.

The 2025 call is seeking project proposals that aim to:

• Empower citizens by enabling them to actively participate in democratic processes.
• Monitor, report on, and respond to the state of human rights and democracy in the country.

2) Eligibility

Eligible are registered Tanzanian non-governmental organizations.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Tanzania.

4) Budget

The maximum funding for project support per organization is €200,000 for the period of two years. A maximum of 3 projects will be selected following this call.

5) Application

The call for proposals for the Fund for Local Cooperation is open from 17.07.20255 15:00 (GTM +3) to 05.08.2025 (GMT +3).