Call for Proposals: CEI Cooperation Fund Program

Categories

• CEI Thematic Agenda 
• Focused Section: The proposals to be submitted within this segment shall be aimed at contributing to develop forward-looking initiatives and projects. It is expected that the proposed activities would contribute to medium and long-term engagement of the institutions and the civil society of the CEI constituency with a view to:
  • Addressing the consequences of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
  • Advancing good governance and institutional development
  • Empowering youth, women and other vulnerable groups
  • Fostering better health
  • Promoting connectivity and sustainable mobility
  • Scaling up renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy security

Funding Information

• The overall indicative budget of this call for proposals is 442,000 EUR (four hundred forty-two thousand Euro):
  • CEI Thematic Agenda: up to 252,000 EUR (two hundred fifty-two thousand Euro) for proposals aimed at the implementation of the CEI Thematic Agenda. An additional amount of up to 90,000 EUR (ninety thousand Euro) will be made available for co-financing proposals.
  • Applicants can request a CEI contribution of up to 15,000. EUR (fifteen thousand Euro).
  • Focused Section: up to 100,000 EUR (one hundred thousand Euro) for proposals aimed at the implementation of the Focused Section.
  • Applicants can request a CEI contribution of up to 25,000 EUR (twenty-five thousand Euro). 

Eligible Activities

• CEI Thematic Agenda: 
  • Types of short-term eligible activities: meetings, workshops, conferences, trainings (events in general) aimed at creating longer term relations, networks, and partnerships within the region. These activities could also be instrumental to project preparation. 
• Focused Section: Types of medium-long term eligible activities: 
  • on‐the‐job training, staff secondment, study visits, peer review missions, assistance in the preparation of strategic documents (development plans, reforms, strategic studies, etc.), technology transfer, technical and capacity building assistance. 

Eligibility Criteria

• All public and private entities based and registered in CEI Member States (public/public equivalent bodies, NGOs/CSOs, private entities) can apply. 
• International organisations can also apply.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Individuals cannot apply.