EU Ambassador to Armenia Piotr Switalski on Monday announced € 1.5 million Grant Scheme aiming to reinforce civil society in Armenia and provide Civil Society Organisations with alternative sources of financing.
At the same time the EU is looking for innovative projects that will compose Armenia healthier,safer, cleaner and more sustainable, and says an official press release by the EU Delegation to Armenia.
EU Ambassador noted: “We believe that the engagement of citizens is key in achieving social and behavioural changes related to our shared values. For this reason,the EU will also support, under this call, or information campaigns run by Civil Society Organisation that aim at increasing public accountability while increasing the engagement of citizens”.
The original grant scheme "Reinforcing Civil Society in Armenia",with a budget of € 1.5 million, pursues to (1) Increase monitoring capacity of civil society, or (2) Increase public accountability through public awareness campaigns aiming at behavioural changes in topics such as nutrition,road safety, energy saving, or environment,recycling, etc. and (3) Reinforce civil society through financial diversification and sustainability such fundraising, or crowdfunding campaign and promotion of social enterprises.[br]The call for proposals has objectives to finance a number of Civil Society Organisations aimed at increasing the role of civil society,promoting cooperation between EU and Armenia, as well as to ensure reforms monitoring and public accountability growth in the areas that include EU-Armenia agreements.
Source: tert.am