Grant opportunities for the development of communities and CSOs: an overview of competitions and programmes

Grant opportunities for the development of communities and civil-society organisations: an overview of competitions and programmes

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Today's times are marked by active support for the development of communities and civil-society organisations (CSOs). A variety of grant programmes are becoming a substantial source of funding and can help deliver important initiatives aimed at improving society. In this article we take a detailed look at some of the most relevant grant opportunities available to Ukrainian communities and CSOs.

1) Competition "School of conflict resolution and peacebuilding in territorial communities"

Who it is for: qualified civil-society organisations (CSOs) with experience in adult education on social mediation and peacebuilding in territorial communities.

Project aim: supporting local self-government, community development and stability in Ukraine.

Grant size: from $50,000 to $100,000 over 12 months.

\* Grant agreements are expected to be signed no earlier than 1 April 2024.

⏰ Deadline: 22.02.2024 by 13:00

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://www.prostir.ua/?grants=konkurs-shkola-vrehulyuvannya-konfliktiv-ta-myrotvorchosti-v-terytorialnyh-hromadah).

2) Competition for 2-year institutional support for Ukrainian CSOs from The Prague Civil Society Centre

Who it is for: civil-society organisations involved in recovery and reconstruction processes at the local level and with at least one year of active work in that area.

Geography: CSOs must be officially registered in Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

Activities that may be supported:

• increasing the involvement of local residents in planning, fundraising and delivering recovery-oriented projects;

• monitoring spending at the local level allocated to reconstruction and recovery processes;

• supporting the exchange of knowledge and experience between communities;

• engaging foreign experts in planning and delivering reconstruction and recovery in order to exchange knowledge and experience.

Grant size: up to €37,000 over a period of 24 months to cover the organisation's necessary needs.

\* Second-year funding will be subject to approval based on the results of the first year's cooperation.

⏰ Deadline: 06.02.2024

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://www.praguecivilsociety.org/events/institutional-grants-for-ukrainian-civil-society-organisations?lang=en).

3) USAID announces the Annual Grant Programme "Justice for All"

Programme goals:

• helping civil-society organisations to deliver programmes aimed at strengthening the independence, accountability and effectiveness of the justice system and its institutions;

• strengthening the role of civil-society organisations in improving access to justice-system services and the quality of those services in line with people's needs, and in diversifying the paths to justice;

• strengthening the capacity of civil-society organisations to promote the accountability of the justice system and its services, and to grow public demand for the successful completion of judicial reform.

Detailed information about the Annual Grant Programme, the grant-project concept form and the accompanying-document templates can be downloaded via the [link](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ljY_xsIa8sv_kiQxuSxhe1fDngv7O9w8).

Grant size: from UAH 600,000 to UAH 4,500,000

\* The final amount of each grant will depend on the specifics of the grant project and the outcome of negotiations, and may be higher or lower than the stated range.

⏰ Deadline: 03.02.2025

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://www.prostir.ua/?grants=prohrama-usaid-spravedlyvist-dlya-vsih-oholoshuje-richnu-hrantovu-prohramu-2).

4) ISAR Ednannia has opened applications for 6 new grant competitions for CSOs

1️⃣ IMPROVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE

Geography: Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts

Grant size: from $5,000 to $10,000

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://ednannia.ua/181-contests/12590-grantovij-konkurs-dlya-ogs-na-pokrashchennya-dostupu-do-pravosuddya-u-tsilovikh-gromadakh).

2️⃣ STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENHANCING POLICE-COMMUNITY INTERACTION ON A PARTNERSHIP BASIS

Geography: Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Chernivtsi and Chernihiv oblasts.

Grant size: from $5,000 to $30,000

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://ednannia.ua/181-contests/12589-grantovij-konkurs-dlya-ogs-na-zmitsnennya-gromadskoji-bezpeki-ta-posilennya-vzaemodiji-politsiji-ta-gromadi-na-zasadakh-partnerstva-u-tsilovikh-gromadakh).

3️⃣ STRENGTHENING SOCIAL COHESION AND ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE

Geography: Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Chernivtsi and Chernihiv oblasts.

Grant size: from $5,000 to $30,000

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://ednannia.ua/181-contests/12588-grantovij-konkurs-dlya-ogs-na-posilennya-sotsialnoji-zgurtovanosti-ta-aktivizatsiji-molodi-u-tsilovikh-gromadakh).

4️⃣ IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES OF THE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE AND THE POLICE

Geography: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv oblasts.

Grant size: from $5,000 to $20,000

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://ednannia.ua/181-contests/12587-grantovij-konkurs-dlya-ogs-na-pokrashchennya-yakosti-servisiv-shcho-nadayutsya-psikhologichnimi-sluzhbami-dsns-ta-politsiji).

5️⃣ PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT TO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Geography: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv oblasts.

Grant size: from $5,000 to $15,000

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://ednannia.ua/181-contests/12586-grantovij-konkurs-dlya-ogs-na-realizatsiyu-zakhodiv-spryamovanikh-na-nadannya-psikhologichnoji-pidtrimki-veteranam).

6️⃣ SUPPORTING CSOs THAT WORK WITH VETERANS AND VETERANS' FAMILY MEMBERS

Geography: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv oblasts.

Grant size: from $5,000 to $15,000

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://ednannia.ua/181-contests/12585-grantovij-konkurs-dlya-ogs-yaki-pratsyuyut-z-veteranami-ta-chlenami-simej-veteraniv).

⏰ Deadline: 05.03.2024 by 23:59

5) Competition "School of conflict resolution and peacebuilding in territorial communities"

Who it is for: qualified civil-society organisations (CSOs) with experience in adult education on social mediation and peacebuilding in territorial communities.

Project aim: supporting local self-government, community development and stability in Ukraine.

Grant size: from $50,000 to $100,000 over 12 months.

\* Grant agreements are expected to be signed no earlier than 1 April 2024.

⏰ Deadline: 22.02.2024 by 13:00

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://www.prostir.ua/?grants=konkurs-shkola-vrehulyuvannya-konfliktiv-ta-myrotvorchosti-v-terytorialnyh-hromadah).

6) Grant competition for newly created and recently registered CSOs

Who it is for: newly created or recently registered civil-society organisations and initiative groups in Ukraine that have been operating for up to 3 years and have no experience of receiving grants.

\* For more eligibility criteria for participants, see the Competition Regulations.

Proposals are accepted in the following areas:

• independent governance and democracy;

• support for vulnerable groups of the population;

• community development.

Participants will gain:

• grant-project management skills;

• a grant track record;

• experience of working with international organisations;

• mentoring support in delivering the project.

Grant size: up to €5,000

⏰ Deadline: 20.02.2024 inclusive

✍️ Find out more via the [link.](https://www.prostir.ua/?grants=hrantovyj-konkurs-dlya-novostvorenyh-i-neschodavno-zarejestrovanyh-ohs) Apply via the [link.](https://www.prostir.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA-1-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%94%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%97-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B8..docx_.docx)

7) The "Perform Europe" competition from the "Creative Europe" programme

Who it is for: any organisation or professional in the performing-arts sector legally operating in one of the Creative Europe Countries.

Perform Europe is a programme that supports partnership projects rethinking the way artists tour across borders.

5% of the funding will be directed to projects that involve partnership with Ukrainian partners or support initiatives in the Ukrainian performing-arts sector.

Competition priorities:

• inclusion and diversity;

• tackling climate change.

\* In addition, all proposals must be geared towards quality and innovation and be based on fair principles.

Application conditions:

• applications are submitted by partnerships, which must consist of at least 3 partners and 3 countries where the "Creative Europe" programme operates;

• each application must include at least 1 completed work of performing art (a finished production or an artistic concept) ready to be presented in various contexts.

Grant size:

• small partnership projects - €12,000;

• medium partnership projects - €32,000;

• large partnership projects - €60,000.

⏰ Deadline: 31.03.2024 by 23:59 CEST

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://performeurope.eu/open-call/). The competition guidelines are available via the [link](https://performeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Perform-Europe-Open-Call-and-Guidelines.pdf).

8) The "European cultural and creative organisations" competition within the "Creative Europe" programme

Who it is for: representative, multinational, membership-based networks of European cultural organisations that cover a wide range of Creative Europe participating countries.

The competition aims to strengthen the capacity of Europe's cultural and creative sectors to meet shared challenges and to develop talent, innovate, thrive, create jobs and grow.

Proposals must address the following priority challenges:

• artists and cultural workers: empowering the cultural and creative sectors;

• culture for people: increasing cultural participation and the role of culture in society;

• culture for the planet: unleashing the power of culture;

• culture for co-creation partnerships: strengthening the cultural dimension of the EU's external relations;

• culture for digital transformation: helping Europe's cultural and creative sectors to make full use of new technologies to boost their competitiveness.

Total competition budget for 2024: €9,925,000

⏰ Deadline: 07.03.2024 by 17:00 Brussels time

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/crea-cult-2024-net?keywords=CREA&tenders=false&frameworkProgramme=43251814&pageSize=25). The competition document is available via the [link](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/crea/wp-call/2024/call-fiche_crea-cult-2024-net_en.pdf).

Delivering social and cultural initiatives requires financial support and resources. The grant programmes described in this article create valuable opportunities to develop and implement projects aimed at supporting community development and building community capacity. Those who wish to secure a grant face an important task: to study carefully the requirements and restrictions of each programme and to put together a strong application in order to maximise their chances of success.