The overall objective of this Call for proposals is to contribute to the strengthening of democracy in Republic of North Macedonia through improved electoral process with a focus on its enhanced transparency, credibility and inclusiveness.
The specific objective of this Call for proposals is to strengthen civil society organisations in their active participation and engagement for inclusive, transparent, and accountable local elections with focus on women’s participation, youth and inclusion of marginalised groups. In the light of the upcoming 2025 Local Elections in the country, this Call for proposals aims to support initiatives that strengthen democratic practices and promote fair and inclusive electoral processes with civil society involvement in the election observations.
Action Grants for Supporting Local Elections 2025
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for proposals is EUR 110,000.
Eleven grants are foreseen to be awarded under this Call for proposals. Any grant requested under this Call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 9,000
- maximum amount: EUR 10,000
Organisations that submit applications under this Call for proposals are not obliged to provide co-funding. The grant shall cover all eligible costs of the action (100%) as deemed essential to carry it out.
Duration of an action may not be lower than 9 months nor exceed 12 months.
Deadline for application for this Call for proposals is 10th April 2025, by 17:00 (Macedonian time)
Applications must be submitted exclusively to the following E-mail address [email protected] as a single E-mail with subject: Call for proposals – Action grants for supporting local elections 2025.
Details about the objectives and expected results of the Call, requirements, eligible activities and application procedure can be found in the Application Guidelines (attached document is in Macedonian language).
Required documents
- Grant Application form (Macedonian language)
- Annex 1: Budget with justification (1а. Budget and 1b. Budget justification)
- Annex 2. Legal status of the applicant and co-applicant (if any). Proof for the legal status is the Current status issued by the Central Register, not older than six months, counting back from the date of application submission. Scanned versions are also accepted.
- Annex 3. Scanned Statement from the applicant (duly completed and signed by his legal representative – Point 7 of the Grant Application Form: Statement of the organisation – Applicant).
- Annex 4. Scanned Mandate(s) from the co-applicant(s) (if any) (duly filled in and signed by their legal representative(s) – Point 8 of the Grant Application Form: Mandate of the organisation- Co-applicant)
- Annex 5. Annual narrative and financial report for the applicant and co-applicant(s) (if any) for the last two years (2023 and 2024).
Any question related to this Call for proposals can be submitted to the following e-mail: [email protected] with reference: Question for Call Ref No. 08-20/1-2025, no later than 20th March 2025 before 17:00 (Macedonian time).
Questions and answers
[SOON] Answers to the questions received about the Call for Action Grants for supporting Local Elections 2025
Information sessions
One online information session is foreseen for this Call for proposals on 4th March 2025 from 11:00.
Please confirm your presence at the information session by 3rd March 2025 at [email protected].
The action grants for supporting the Local Elections 2025 are launched under the project “EU Support to the Civil Society Resource Centre – phase 2“ funded by the European Union, and implemented by the National Civil Society Development Foundation Civic Resource Centre, Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation, Media plus Shtip and Associations for Democratic Initiatives ADI Gostivar.
