Civil Society

Key facts

Programme Operator:

Kentro Styrixis Mi Kyvernitikon Organismon (NGO Support Centre)

Programme ID:

CY-ACTIVECITIZENS

Date of approval:

18 May 2021

Total amount:

€1,500,000

EEA Grants fund:

€1,500,000

Programme areas:

Articles

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Currently available funding

There are currently no calls for proposal.

More information

Cyprus country page

Programme Summary

Objective

Civil society and active citizenship strengthened and vulnerable groups empowered

Programme summary

Programme Concerns

A fund operator tasked with re-granting funds to civil society organisations shall be selected through a public tender. The Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Fund Operator shall include country-specific provisions on the necessary experience with,and ties to, the NGO sector in Cyprus, as well as on the relevant legal and international obligations, such as the compatibility with the property rights of natural or legal persons, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

Eligible applicants shall be set out in the programme implementation agreement to be concluded between the FMO and the Fund Operator. Any relevant reference in the respective provision of the programme implementation agreement to the Beneficiary State shall be considered as a reference to the Republic of Cyprus.

Bilateral Ambitions

Information on the projects funded by the EEA and Norway Grants is provided by the Programme and Fund Operators in the Beneficiary States, who are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of this information.