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Support CSOs as actors of governance and development in partner countries – China 2025
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Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - International Partnerships (IP) |
| Application procedure: | Concept Note |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | EuropeAid/183834/DD/ACT/CN |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 30.06.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 750.000€ |
| Total available budget: | 3.000.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 1.500.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 85%, up to 95% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Children & Youth
- Governance & Democracy
- Women & Gender
Project Locations
Asia
China
Description
1) Objective
The global objective of this call for proposals is to strengthen civil society organisations (CSOs) in China as independent actors of good governance and development in their own right, to contribute to an inclusive, participatory, empowered, and independent civil society and democratic space in partner countries, allowing an open dialogue with and between CSOs.
The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
1. Strengthening civil society organisations institutional and operational capacity, networking, advocacy, and research;
2. Enabling and ensuring civil society organisations’ participation in an informed, inclusive, and constructive policy dialogue at local and national level in China;
3. Improving the enabling environment for operations of civil society, and improve capacity and ability for local civil society to achieve this; and
4. Strengthened capacity of local CSOs to engage in gender equality and youth inclusion and strengthened capacity of local women’s and youth partner CSOs.
2) Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must: (1) be a legal person and (2) be a Civil Society Organisation / non-governmental organisation (3) 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 China.
4) Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is €3,000,000. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the minimum €750,000 and maximum €1,500,000. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the minimum (75%) 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 30 June 2025.