The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe is launching a call for the attribution of grants to support the development and implementation of Global Education/Global Development Education (GE/GDE) national strategies and/or policy reforms in Balkan, Baltic, Visegrad and South-East Europe & Mediterranean countries.

With a maximum amount of fifteen thousand Euros each, the grants will be attributed to pilot projects encouraging governments and/or Civil Society Organisations to develop initiatives and put in place the necessary mechanisms to further develop educators’ competences on GE/GDE. The implementation period of the actions should start on 30 August 2021 and shall not extend beyond 30 April 2022.

The grants aim at promoting spaces of dialogue and collaborative work between different stakeholders from institutional and pedagogical levels. It seeks to guarantee a continued approach involving different stakeholders to sustain current education reforms undertaken in Balkan, Baltic, Visegrad and South-East Europe & Mediterranean countries to consolidate the competences of educators from the formal and non-formal sectors in the field of GE/GDE.

The entities eligible to this call are public authorities and/or civil society organisations responsible for/active in the GE/GDE and in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development from countries targeted under iLegend II programme*. Consortiums between governmental and non-governmental organisations, but also with academia and training institutes, will be positively assessed.

* This grant is implemented in the framework of the joint programme between the European Union and the Council of Europe: Intercultural Learning Exchange through Global Education, Networking and Dialogue (iLEGEND II) to support the development and implementation of GE/GDE strategies and/or policy reforms where it is least established, with particular attention to Balkan, Baltic, Visegrad and South-East Europe & Mediterranean countries.

 Deadline for proposals’ submission is 19 July 2021.

 Call for proposals.

 Appendix I - Application Form.

 Appendix II and II bis - Provisional budget and Guidelines for using the grant agreement budget templates