FUTURE FUNDING OF NGOS
Marek Šedivý
President AVPO
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Future Funding of NGOs
• GRANT OPERATORS that will be
discussed:
– Hyundai Foundation Fund (administrated by
the Open Society Fund Prague)
– Open Society Found
– Czech-German Fund For The Future
– Swiss – Czech Cooperation Program
– Partnership Foundation
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Hyundai Foundation Fund
• Name of the Program: Strengthening of the
civil society
• Aim:
– to support the civil society and community projects
dedicated to protecting and improving the
environment
– to support activities focusing on the development of a
democratic society and controlling activities
concerned with transparency in decision making,
conflict of interests or access to information
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Hyundai Foundation Fund
• Area of Financing
a. The involvement of citizens in decisionmaking and the promotion of the public
interest
b. Community projects
c. The professionalization of nonprofit
organizations (existing or newly created)
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Hyundai Foundation Fund
• Rules of Access for NGOs
– meaningful activities with social necessity and
usefulness
– a high level of public participation
– project feasibility and adequacy of the budget
– sustainability of positive impacts of the project in the
future
– to prove difficulties in obtaining other financial
sources
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Hyundai Foundation Fund
• Timing:
– Application deadline: 13. 4. 2012
• Total Value:
– Maximum Grant Assistance: 500 000 CZK
– Grants generally do not exceed 250 000 CZK
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Open Society Found
• Name of the Program: The East East:
Partnership Beyond Borders Program
• Aim:
– to support collaborative exchange of information, experience,
expertise and knowledge through multi-national initiatives which
seek to build international networks of informed, empowered
people, who act to engage citizens to affect positive change in
the realization of ideas and practices of open society.
• The Program is implemented in Central and Eastern Europe,
Turkey, Central Asia and Mongolia and with partners in Slovenia,
Russia, Croatia, Lithuania and Hungary.
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Open Society Found
• Area of Financing
The program supports long-term initiatives within themes
encompassing good governance and public policy, rights
protection and social inclusion, and global perspectives
and international dialogue.
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Open Society Found
• Rules of Access for NGOs
Evaluation criteria:
– The need / urgency of the problem, which the project
focuses.
– Mutual sharing of experiences between partners of
the project.
– A realistic chance of meeting the objective.
– Sustainability and utilization outcomes for future work
– Innovation.
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Open Society Found
• Timing:
– Application deadline: ongoing
• Total Value:
– Financial support is always partial – it is
expected co-financing from own or other
sources, but the required amount is not
determined.
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Czech-German Fund For The Future
• Name of the Program: Czech-German projects
focused on the future
• Aim:
– to support understanding between Czech and
Germans in various ways
– to increase the number of bilateral meetings
– to expand co-operation through support of joint
projects, thus actively contributing to the renewal and
strengthening of Czech-German relations
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Czech-German Fund For The Future
• Area of Financing
– is very diverse in order to create opportunities
for as many different forms of co-operation as
possible (from science and culture through
educational programs, youth events to
ecology, etc.)
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Czech-German Fund For The Future
Rules of Access for NGOs
• Projects must:
– bring Czechs and Germans closer together and increase
understanding between them,
– be focused on the future,
– be creative,
– involve the public of both countries to the greatest extent
possible.
• The essential criteria for decision-making:
– a logical financing proposal – to be able to cover at least half of
the costs from own resources or the resources of a third party,
– a clearly visible and permanent positive effect on the process of
Czech-German understanding.
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Czech-German Fund For The Future
• Timing:
– Application deadline: 4-times a year
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September 30th of the previous year
December 31st of the previous year
March 31st of the relevant year
June 30th of the relevant year
• Total Value:
– Financial contribution - up to 50% of total
project costs
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Swiss – Czech Cooperation Program
• Name of the Program: Partnership Fund
• Aim:
– to reinforce mutual cooperation and partnership
between Czech and Swiss bodies and hereby
contribute to the reduction of economic and social
disparities between the Czech Republic and more
advanced countries of the enlarged EU
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Swiss – Czech Cooperation Program
• Area of Financing
a. contribute to the solution of specific problems in the
Czech Republic in accordance with the goals defined in
the Framework Agreement; and/or
b. strengthen the professional capabilities of authorized
applicants by the exchange and transfer of experience
and best practice between partner bodies; and/or
c. contribute to the strengthening of the partnership with
sub-project activities
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Swiss – Czech Cooperation Program
Rules of Access for NGOs (1/2)
1. Proposal shall be submitted in Partnership with the Swiss entity.
2. A natural personal may not be a partner.
3. The applicant’s history should be at least a year long.
4. The amount of the requested grant shall be at least CZK 170
000 and at most CZK 4.3million.
5. The maximum length of execution of the sub-project shall be 18
months.
6. Co-financing of at least 10% of total eligible costs of the subproject shall be arranged by applicant.
7. If the co-financing is arranged through a bank loan, a loan
commitment shall be presented.
8. In the case of NGOs, the ability of the applicant to co-finance the
sub-project shall also be presented (e.g., annual report showing
the state of management, bank account statement)
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Swiss – Czech Cooperation Program
Rules of Access for NGOs (2/2)
9. Proposed activities are always non-profit and in the public
interest
10. The sub-project proposal may not have the characteristics of
public assistance.
11. It is not possible to finance activities from the Structural Funds
or other programmes.
12. CVs shall be presented in the case of Czech experts.
13. Sub-project proposals may include – as an additional activity Purchase of equipment and material and Small-scale
construction work necessary to execute the sub-project.
14. Costs expended on the purchase of equipment/material and
small-scale construction work may not exceed 35% of total
eligible costs.
15. In the event a grant is awarded, the Partnership Agreement,
containing a description of the roles and responsibilities of the
partners and a description of financial flows between grant
recipient and the partner, shall be presented.
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Swiss – Czech Cooperation Program
• Timing:
– Application deadline: Ongoing basis
• It is open for the duration of the PF (July 2009 –
June 2013) or until the exhaustion of the funds
allocated to the PF.
• Total Value:
– The total funds allocated to the Partnership
Fund for 2009 - 2013 is CHF 3 million.
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Partnership Foundation
• Name of the Program: Basic Grant Program
1. Information Projects
2. Influencing legislation at European and national level in
favor of the environment
3. Campaigns and participation in decision-making
• Aim:
1. informing the general public in the key areas for
environmental and civic engagement.
2. decision-making in legislation related to the environment
at the EU level or at the level of the Czech Republic;
conservation efforts and improved of the rules for the
citizen participation in environmental decision making
process
3. to support activities of organizations that are dedicated to
the protection of environment and nature.
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Partnership Foundation
• Area of Financing
– The Foundation focuses on the areas that state and
local government do not support or support limitedly.
– Such as: citizen participation, the right to obtain
information, consumer behavior, or topics that are
neglected in public debates.
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Partnership Foundation
• Timing:
– Application deadline: In 2012 Basic Grant
Program is not declared because of missing
financial resources
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Thank you for your attention
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