Grant Support for Civil Society Organisations

As part of the project “EU Support to the Civil Society Resource Centre – Phase 2,” the Civic Resource Centre will support civil society organisations through:

• Action Grants for Supporting the 2025 Local Elections, which aim to contribute to strengthening democracy in the Republic of North Macedonia through an improved electoral process focusing on increased transparency, credibility, and inclusivity. The specific goal of this call is to strengthen civil society organisations in their active participation and engagement for inclusive, transparent, and accountable local elections with a focus on the participation of women, youth, and marginalised groups.

Call for Action Grants for Supporting the 2025 Local Elections [Published on 21.02.2025 with a deadline until 10^th April 2025, no later than 17:00]

• Action Grants for Local Initiatives, which aim to strengthen local organisations, stimulate and increase their contribution to the community, and strengthen their connection with their constituents and citizens in general. The grants will support initiatives that address the wider community and will focus on issues that involve strengthening local democracy, active citizenship, and social responsibility by overcoming pressing local issues, including activities for addressing social, environmental, youth, social, gender, and other challenges of interest to the local community. These grants will be awarded through an open call, planned to be published in 2024.

Call for Action Grants for Local Initiatives [Published on 2.9.2024 with a deadline until October 30, 2024, no later than 17:00]

In the period 2019-2021, the Civil Resource Center supported civil society organisations through three types of grants:

• Small Partnership Grants for Organisational Development, which aim to encourage partnerships, mutual learning, sharing of experiences through joint grants for grass-root and less developed organisations with developed organisations.
• Small Action Grants to Support National and Local Initiatives for Policy Change, Advocacy, and Lobbying, which aim to strengthen grass-root organisations, encourage their contribution to the community, and strengthen their connections with constituents by supporting their advocacy and lobbying initiatives for important local issues.
• Emergency Call for Grants for Urgent Interventions, which aim for civil society organisations to contribute to greater solidarity with the public and to address the challenges and consequences of COVID-19 and the state of emergency in the country. The supported emergency activities were directed toward the most vulnerable categories of citizens, especially at the local level.

Emergency Call for Grants for Urgent Interventions [Published on 8.4.2020]

Call for Small Action Grants for Advocacy [Published on 10.9.2019]

Open Call to Civil Society Organisations for Partnership Grants [Published on 8.4.2019]