A selection of grants for cooperation and development projects: a path to new opportunities

A selection of grants for cooperation and development projects: a path to new opportunities

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In today's world, grant programmes are becoming an important source of funding for a wide range of initiatives and projects aimed at developing society and supporting key undertakings. This selection offers an overview of the diverse grant opportunities now open to organisations and individuals working in various fields. From competitions supporting youth exchanges to grants for developing the cultural sector, these programmes will let you bring your ideas to life and strengthen the impact of your work.

1) Grants for international cooperation projects "Culture Helps"

Cooperation between organisations should focus on integration through culture for people who have been forced to leave their homes because of russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.

Who it is for: non-profit organisations, public or private bodies (subject to confirmation of the organisation's non-profit status) based in Ukraine or another Creative Europe country.

The project idea must:

• focus on displaced persons or refugees;

• foster their integration into a new context through culture, in order to promote dialogue and mutual understanding;

• offer activities that respond to processing the trauma of war and support their mental health.

For a collaboration you may bring together 2 or 3 partner organisations. Each collaboration requires at least 1 partner from Ukraine and 1 partner from another Creative Europe programme country.

Grant size: up to €25,000 for projects delivered with two organisations, and up to €40,000 with three.

An online information session about the competition will take place tomorrow, 13.02.2024 at 15:00; to take part you need to register via the [link](https://form.jotform.com/233543603621348).

⏰ Deadline: 10.04.2024 by 23:59 Kyiv time

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://zusaculture.org/culture-helps-collaboration-grants-for-integration-through-culture-up-to-eu/?fbclid=IwAR0x9O0U6sLTYm8dMMj0tINHgMGYzkYXP8uIE6iRifHi_ZnPQDpmYfpxpoA). Apply via the [link](https://form.jotform.com/233543110169348).

2) "Holding the Line" - a competition to support veteran initiatives from the International Renaissance Foundation

Who it is for: charitable and civil-society organisations that:

• have proven experience of work before 2023 in supporting service members, veterans (men and women), and the families of prisoners of war, the fallen and the missing;

• have experience of receiving and using charitable contributions through the organisation's own accounts, with public financial and substantive reporting;

• have experience of supporting, cooperating or interacting with local self-government bodies and/or state institutions and/or military-civil administrations (memoranda, letters of support, examples of joint activity).

Support is provided under the following thematic priorities:

• physical and mental rehabilitation of service members and veterans (men and women), and the effective organisation of rehabilitation processes in communities;

• legal, social, psychological and information services for service members, veterans (men and women) and their family members;

• supporting reintegration and preparing communities for the return of veterans (men and women);

• care for the families of service members, for "those who wait", and for prisoners of war, the fallen and the missing;

• building professional and effective veteran hubs in communities, focused on quality services and on promoting workable solutions for the veteran community.

\* Project proposals must envisage substantive activity by the organisation under one or more of the thematic priorities.

⏰ Deadline: 11.03.2024 by 18:00

✍️ Find out more via the [link.](https://www.irf.ua/contest/trymajmo-strij-konkurs-na-pidtrymku-veteranskyh-inicziatyv/)

3) Grant competition "Engaging young men and women in Ukraine's recovery through youth exchanges"

1️⃣ LOT 1

Who it is for: non-profit youth organisations and/or organisations working with young people, including charitable organisations, civil-society organisations and public unions officially registered in Ukraine for at least 3 years.

The aim of LOT 1: to select a civil-society organisation that will provide coordination support for the successful delivery of 24 youth exchanges, along with methodological support and training for the staff of youth centres / civil-society organisations.

Grant size: up to $60,000

⏰ Deadline: 26.02.2024 by 18:00

2️⃣ LOT 2

Who it is for: non-profit youth organisations and/or organisations working with young people, including charitable organisations, civil-society organisations and public unions officially registered in Ukraine.

The aim of LOT 2: to select youth centres and/or youth civil-society organisations that will act as coordination hubs for organising youth exchanges within the National Youth Exchange Programme VIDNOVA:UA.

Grant size: up to $18,000

⏰ Deadline: 04.03.2024 by 16:00

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://www.undp.org/uk/ukraine/news/konkurs-hrantiv-zaluchennya-molodykh-cholovikiv-ta-zhinok-do-protsesu-vidnovlennya-ukrayiny-cherez-provedennya-molodizhnykh-obminiv).

4) Grant competition for projects to improve the protection of civilians in target communities, from CIVIC

Who it is for: local civil-society organisations.

\* Priority will be given to local initiatives. CIVIC supports organisations with no prior experience. Where there is motivation and capacity, CIVIC can help with registering a civil-society organisation. This can be your first grant.

Geography: the competition will take place in the Mena, Novobilous, Ivanivka and Sedniv communities of Chernihiv oblast.

Project aim: to support local civil-society organisations in addressing urgent civilian-protection needs, based on community priorities and in cooperation with local authorities and other institutions/agencies/organisations responsible for protecting civilians at community level.

Grant size: from $5,000 to $12,000

⏰ Deadline: 11.03.2024 by 23:59

✍️ Find out more via the [link](https://gurt.org.ua/news/grants/95537/).

5) 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).

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

Who it is for: qualified civil-society organisations 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).

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).

Taking part in grant programmes is an important step towards realising your project or initiative. By selectively choosing the programmes that best match your goals and the focus of your work, you can gain not only financial support but also partners and resources to deliver your project successfully. Don't delay - begin your path to new opportunities today!