EU Call for Proposals: Intercultural Dialogue and Culture Program

The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “Intercultural dialogue and Culture” with an aim to promote intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and respect for equal dignity of all people in the project countries.

The programme is divided into two lots:

Lot 1: Enhancing understanding, tolerance and respect for cultural and religious diversity
Lot 2: Culture as enabler of social inclusion and cohesion of disadvantaged populations
Size of Grants

Any requested EU contribution under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

For Lot 1
minimum amount: EUR 1.500.000
maximum amount: EUR 2.000.000
For Lot 2
minimum amount: EUR 1.900.000
maximum amount: EUR 2.850.000
Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must (for both Lots):
-be a legal person
-be non-profit-making
-be a specific type of organisation such as:
-non-state actor
-network of civil society organisations (CSO );
-public bodies,
-networks and/or associations of local authorities ,
-international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined of the Rules of application of the EU Financial Regulation .
be established in :
Member State of the European Union; or
-a Non-EU country of the European Economic Area; or
-an IPA II beneficiary country; or
-a developing country or territory, (included in the OECD-DAC list of ODA recipients), which is not member of the G20 group;

.Least Developed Countries (LDC’s);
.Other Low-Income Countries;
.Lower Middle-Income Countries and Territories;
.Upper Middle-Income Countries and Territories
.G-20 member developing countries (eligible only if they are also the (or one of the) beneficiaries of the action
.An Overseas Country and Territory (OCTs) covered by Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union; or:

A Non-EU Member State of the OECD only when actions are implemented in the least Developed Country or in a Highly indebted Poor Country)
be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary,
Note that with regards to the establishment place rule, the obligation does not apply to International Organizations.
Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations
The lead applicant must declare that the lead applicant himself, the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies) are not in any of these situations.
The lead applicant must act with co-applicants as specified hereafter.

The call for proposal deadline is 16/05/2017 at 16:00 (Brussels date and time)

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