{"id":5751,"date":"2025-06-19T14:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:28:04","slug":"call-for-proposals-for-the-active-achievement-fund-for-regional-informal-groups-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/call-for-proposals-for-the-active-achievement-fund-for-regional-informal-groups-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals for the Active Achievement Fund for Regional Informal Groups is open!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5751\" class=\"elementor elementor-5751\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c1a539 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c1a539\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a68d57\" data-id=\"9a68d57\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-453889f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"453889f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are officially launching the open&nbsp;<strong>Call for Proposals for the Active Achievement Fund for Regional Informal Groups<\/strong>&nbsp;within the framework of the project&nbsp;<strong>Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe<\/strong>&nbsp;funded by the&nbsp;<strong>European Union<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main objective of this Call is to strengthen creative groups in the Western Balkans, particularly informal ones, by providing financial support for initiatives aiming to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase youth activism in their communities and participation in structured dialogue with decision makers on public policies relevant to youth<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocate for the adoption of European values and strengthening of democratic and responsible institutions<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promote regional cooperation and political, economic and social benefits of the EU integration for the Western Balkans countries<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total available budget of the Active Achievement Fund in 2025 is 15.000 EUR. Regional informal groups can apply for financial support for project that must fall between the following minimum and maximum amount:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>minimum amount:&nbsp;<strong>2.000 EUR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>maximum amount:&nbsp;<strong>4.000 EUR<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only informal groups are eligible to apply for this Call for Proposals. These groups are not formally registered and have a low level of formality and weak technical and managerial skills. The Call is open to informal groups that spontaneously gathered to solve a problem in the local community, with priority to individuals that participated in RYDE activities such as Politeia School, Politeia Thematic Sessions, Youth Policy Labs and Internship program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The regional groups shall be composed of&nbsp;<strong>at least 5 young people aged 16-30 who are citizens of at least 3 out of five Western Balkan countries&nbsp;<\/strong>in which the RYDE project is implementing (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*&nbsp;<a name=\"_ftnref1\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centaronline.org\/en\/event\/13080\/call-for-proposals-for-the-active-achievement-fund-for-regional-informal-groups-is-open#_ftn1\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;, North Macedonia and Serbia). At least one person from the informal group must be of legal age in order for the project implementation contract to be signed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Support will be provided through direct payments conducted by RYDE partner organizations that will act as intermediary organizations for the particular project.&nbsp;<\/strong>With the project proposal, the applicants should select the project host country which will consequently determine which partner organization will act as intermediary organization. The partner organizations will execute payments&nbsp;for costs incurred as per the approved small project budget.<\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">\n<p><strong>Host country<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p><strong>City<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">\n<p><strong>Intermediary organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"318\">\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">\n<p>Albania<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p>Tirana<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">\n<p>Youth Act Center<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"318\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@youthact.al\"><strong>info@youthact.al<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">\n<p>Bosnia and<br>Herzegovina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p>Sarajevo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">\n<p>Network of Progressive<br>Initiatives<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"318\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@mpi.ba\"><strong>info@mpi.ba<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">\n<p>Kosovo*<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p>Pristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">\n<p>Kosovar Stability Initiative<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"318\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:info@ikaweb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@iksweb.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">\n<p>North Macedonia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p>Skopje<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">\n<p>NGO Info Center Foundation<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"318\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:contact@nvoinfocentar.org.mk\"><strong>contact@nvoinfocentar.org.mk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">\n<p>Serbia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p>Novi Sad<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"141\">\n<p>Regional Academy for<br>Democratic Development<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"318\">\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:office@regionaladd.org\"><strong>office@regionaladd.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The duration of the projects is&nbsp;<strong>from three to six months<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The selected informal groups are obliged to implement their projects within the period from&nbsp;<strong>1 August 2025 <\/strong>to&nbsp;<strong>31&nbsp;January 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deadline for submitting applications is&nbsp;<strong>18<sup>th <\/sup>of July 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;at 20:00 CET.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants must apply in English and submit their applications electronically to the e-mail address:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@iksweb.org\"><strong>info@iksweb.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find below the Guidelines for regional informal groups and the Annexes needed for the project application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Active Achievement Fund is a sub-granting activity of the three-year regional project&nbsp;<strong>\u201cRegional Youth Dialogue for Europe \u2013 RYDE\u201c<\/strong>, funded by the European Union in the period 2023-2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75150bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75150bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Guidelines and Annexes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad2144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ad2144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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open&nbsp;Call for Proposals for the Active Achievement Fund for Regional Informal Groups&nbsp;within the framework of the project&nbsp;Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe&nbsp;funded by the&nbsp;European Union. The main objective of this Call is to strengthen creative groups in the Western Balkans, particularly informal ones, by providing financial support for initiatives aiming to: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/call-for-proposals-for-the-active-achievement-fund-for-regional-informal-groups-is-open\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call for Proposals for the Active Achievement Fund for Regional Informal Groups is open!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lajmekategori","category-lajmemedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5751"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5777,"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751\/revisions\/5777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iksweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}