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The Council of Europe project “Promoting Gender Equality in Ukraine (Pro-GE)” has opened a call to award grants to civil society organisations working in Ukraine.

This call for proposals aims to provide grants to local women`s rights civil society organisations to develop and implement awareness raising initiatives to promote the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2024-2029.

Gender equality is central to the protection of human rights, the functioning of democracy, and effective rule of law, and is an important policy goal of the Council of Europe. Priority areas are defined by the Gender Equality Strategy, which is structured around six objectives:

Preventing and combating gender stereotypes and sexism
Preventing and combating violence against women and girls and domestic violence
Ensuring women’s equal access to justice
Achieving a balanced participation of women and men in political, public, social, and economic life
Ensuring women’s empowerment and gender equality in relation to global and geopolitical challenges
Achieving gender mainstreaming and including an intersectional approach in all policies and measures

Preference will be given to projects aimed at:

Awareness-raising initiatives relating to the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2024-2029; or specific elements of the strategy which could include gender mainstreaming; intersectional discrimination; work/life balance; gender pay gap; gender inclusive budgeting or other relevant topics.
Activities targeting civil servants, the media and/or the general public at the national, regional or local level.

The total available budget to be provided within this call for proposals is €45,000 (forty-five thousand euros). The Council of Europe intends to award 3 grants for a maximum amount of up to €15,000 (fifteen thousand euros) each.

Implementation period of the projects: 15 July 2024 – 15 November 2024.

Deadline for receiving the applications is 7 June 2024 (23:59 Kyiv local time).

The completed and signed application form, along with supporting documents in electronic format (Word, Excel and PDF), should be sent to the following email address: [email protected]. with the subject line: Grants-Promoting Gender Equality in Ukraine.

Applications received after the above-mentioned date will not be considered.

Any questions regarding these call for proposals should be sent in English or Ukrainian no later than one week before the deadline for submission of applications to the e-mail address: [email protected], with the subject line: Questions-Grants-Promoting Gender Equality in Ukraine.

Detailed information on the terms of the call for grants and the procedure for submitting project proposals is available in English under the following link CALL FOR PROPOSALS

APPENDICES for proposals (in English):