The Council of Europe project “Ending violence against women: multi-country programme” has launched a call for proposals for civil society organisations (CSOs) to develop and implement communication and advocacy initiatives to raise public awareness of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention), generate positive narratives and counter myths and misinformation about the convention.
The call is open to CSOs with experience in combating violence against women and domestic violence in one or more of the following countries: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
The Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division, Women Against Violence Europe Network (WAVE) and UN Women have developed a methodology with relevant advocacy resources and tools to support CSOs all over Europe in running national communication and advocacy campaigns on the Istanbul Convention. Selected projects will be required to adapt this methodology to the context and needs of their respective countries.
Deadline for submission of offers: 16 February 2025, 24:00 CET.
Applications and supporting documents must be submitted in electronic format (Word and/or PDF).
Questions can be submitted in English no later than one week before the proposal submission deadline. All inquiries should be sent exclusively to the email address provided in the call for proposals. Responses will be compiled in a Q&A document, which will be made available on this page.
The tender can be found here:
- Call for proposals
- Appendix I – Application form
- Appendix II – Estimated budget (Template) to be submitted in PDF
- Appendix III – Grant Agreement (for information only)
- Appendix IV - Guidelines for using Grant Agreement budget templates
- Q&A document