Local initiatives
Grants for Local Initiatives are a mechanism for financing local projects related to security and stability and governance.
Projects funded under the Local Initiatives grant scheme should be based on relevant strategies and/or policies, contributing to their goals.
Eligible activities are small-scale advocacy campaigns that include promotional and awareness-raising materials (e.g., policy brief, research, video, event, performance, media products, engagement of influencers, excluding printed promotional material) and working groups for the establishment of mechanisms and/or development of local action plans, local and/or cantonal strategies, procedures and the like in which experts are engaged.
The expected duration of the supported initiatives is from 6 to 12 months, and the total amount that will be allocated through this grant line is 11,970,210.00 NOK.
First public call
Name of the organization | Project title | Area of work | Grant value (NOK) | Start date | End date | Related links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian National Association of the Deaf | Imagine yourself in the local government | Governance | 79,716.00 NOK | 20.04.2023 | 20.10.2023 | |
| For Social and Environmental Welfare Berat | Energy security through the reduction of energy poverty in the Municipality of Berat | Security and Stability | 79,716.00 NOK | 20.04.2023 | 20.11.2023 | |
| Qendra për Drejtësi Gjinore në Shqiperi | Providing security and effective protection for women and girls who are victims of family violence and gender-based violence in the Municipality of Tirana. | Security and Stability | 79,716.00 NOK | 20.04.2023 | 20.12.2023 | |
| Shoqata Kombetare Edukim per Jeten | Empowering child protection structures at the local level in rural areas of the Municipality of Tirana. | Security and Stability | 79,716.00 NOK | 20.04.2023 | 20.12.2023 | |
| Youth Roma and Egyptian Movement | Community mobilization as a tool to influence local decision-making for safer shelter | Governance | 75,117.00 NOK | 20.04.2023 | 20.01.2024 | |
| Perdorusit e pyjeve e kullotave dhe mbrojtja e mjedisit SIRA | Community engagement and decision-making for the protection of the Luma River in Kukes | Governance | 69,884.36 NOK | 20.04.2023 | 20.12.2023 | |
| Forumi i Politikave të Integrimit/ EU Policy Hub | Youth, the Missing Link in the EU Integration Process | Security and Stability | 76,650.00 NOK | 20.04.2023 | 20.11.2023 | |
| Social Inclusion for Development | Legal education of citizens in Lezha within the framework of the administrative-territorial reform of 2014. | Governance | 76,394.50 NOK | 01.05.2023 | 01.11.2023 | |
| Institute for Strategic Development Center | Increasing and strengthening the role of youth in the local decision-making process. | Governance | 79,438.63 NOK | 20.04.2023 | 20.10.2023 |
