Deadline and requirements
NGOs are now invited to apply for funding under the NGO programme for activities in 2006 and 2007. The deadline for the first round of applications is 1 November 2006.
Applicants should read the NGO programmebefore submitting funding applications.
The programme defines NGOs, or Non-Governmental Organisations, as non-profit civic organisations that are neither owned nor controlled by public authorities, nor by private companies, and which have an open and democratic structure.
To be eligible for funding, applicants must fulfil the criteria stipulated in the NGO programme.
Projects under the auspices of the NGO programme must have – including the applicant – at least one partner in the Nordic Region, one partner from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania or Poland and one partner from North-West Russia or Belarus. In other words, at least three NGOs must be involved in a project for it to be eligible for funding. Proposals including more than three partners will be viewed favourably.
Applications must include details of the NGOs' own input towards launching and running the project.
The project must help expand the capacity of NGOs, especially in North-West Russia and Belarus. The application must clearly show how the project will support NGOs in North-West Russia and Belarus.
Project planning must take cognisance of the gender and quality perspective.
In order to generate synergy effects, the Council of Ministers will seek as far as possible to link up partnership projects in the same or similar subject areas.
The applicant must clearly describe the objectives of the project and how it is planned to achieve them. The objectives must correspond to those stipulated in the Nordic Council of Ministers guidelines for co-operation with North-West Russia, the Nordic Council of Ministers guidelines for co-operation with the Baltic Countriesand the Russia Programme.
The application must not be designed to help fund the regular activities, administration or projects of other organisations. Funding must, instead, be used to launch new initiatives that will continue even after the specific partnership project has come to an end.
Funding will not be given to infrastructure projects, e.g. for purchasing IT equipment or to cover construction costs.
Applicants must clearly state the duration of the project and whether the activities involved will last for more than one year. The Council of Ministers funds projects lasting one year and projects lasting for several years, however actual grants are only given for one year at a time.
All projects receiving funding must submit a final report to the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Projects stretching over more than one year must submit annual funding applications to the Council of Ministers. Annual status reports must be submitted to the Council of Ministers before funding for the next year of a project stretching over more than one year can be paid out.
Processing applications
The deadline for the submission of applications for funding in 2006 and 2007 is 1 November 2006. The applications will be processed during the autumn of 2006.
A new deadline for applications under the NGO Programme will be published in early 2007.
Financial frameworks
A total of approximately DKK 5 million p.a. has been earmarked for the NGO programme. Individual grants will vary in size according to the scope of the planned activity, number of partners, etc. Annual funding from the Council of Ministers will normally fall between a lower limit of DKK 100,000 and an upper limit of DKK 500,000.
Application form
Please use the appropriate application form.
Applications must be submitted by e-mail and received by the Nordic Council of Ministers on 1 November 2006 at the latest. Please use the e-mail address:
ngo-program@norden.org
Please direct any queries to Vadim Thelin, project administrator, the Nordic Council of Ministers, on telephone no. +45 33 96 03 27.
