Fund for Local Cooperation in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia 2018 is open for applications

The Finnish Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC) is a fund managed by the Office of the Ambassador to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The fund supports initiatives of local non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations and other institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The FLC helps local civil society actors to carry out well-targeted projects with a clear goal and sustainable outcome in the field of human rights, democracy and good governance, particularly in regard to gender equality. The approach is to establish partnerships with a limited number of organizations instead of supporting one-time activities like workshops or seminars.

The priority areas of the Finnish development policy are rights and status of women and girls, the growth of developing countries’ economies to generate more jobs, livelihoods and well-being, democratic and better-functioning societies and food security, access to water and energy, and sustainable use of natural resources. Projects funded from FLC cannot be contradictory to these objectives and should support them in the local context. More information on Finnish development policy can be found behind the following here.

Priority areas of the FLC in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2017 are gender equality, disabled persons and economic empowerment of the most vulnerable. The Embassy prefers to focus on projects with the cost of around 15 000 – 30 000 euro.

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Original source: MFA
Published on 20 December 2017