Deadline: 3 December 2020

The European Union (EU) is accepting proposals from eligible organizations to Support and Strengthen Civil Society Organizations in Gabon.

• Respect for human rights, in particular gender equality and the fight against violence against women;
• Transparent management of public finances and fight against corruption;
• Transparent management of natural resources and fight against climate change.

• Prevention and response actions to infectious diseases;
• Income-generating actions for the most vulnerable, in particular women and young people, to help them cope with the impacts of Covid in the medium / long term.

• Lot 1: 450,000 EUR
• Lot 2 Covid-19: 354,258 EUR

• be a legal person and
• have no profit-making purpose and
• belong to the following category: civil society organization (CSO) or network / association of OSCI6, and
• be established in Gabon, or in a Member State of the European Union, or in EEA countries – the European economic area, and
• be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant (s) and the affiliated entity (ies), and not act as an intermediary.
• The lead applicant can act either individually or with one or more co-applicants.
• However, if the lead applicant is established in an EU Member State or in an EEA country, it must obligatorily act with one or more co-applicants established in the country in which the action is implemented.

• Co-applicants participate in the development and implementation of the action, and the costs they bear are eligible in the same way as those borne by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must meet the same eligibility criteria as those that apply to the lead applicant himself.
  • However, in addition, the following category is also eligible as a co-applicant: local authorities or networks / associations of local authorities.
  • Actions proposed in partnership between local CSOs and between local CSOs and local authorities will be privileged.
• Co-applicants must sign the terms of reference.
• If the grant is awarded to them, any co-applicants become beneficiaries Chris the framework of the action (with the coordinator).

• The lead applicant and his co-applicant (s) may act with one or more Affiliated entity(ies).
• Only the following entities can be considered as affiliated with the lead applicant and / or co-applicant (s):
  • Only entities that have a structural link with the applicants (the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • This structural link mainly encompasses two concepts:
    • the control, within the meaning of Directive 2013/34 / EU on annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of companies:
      • Entities affiliated with an applicant can therefore be:
        • entities contradicted directly or indirectly by the applicant (subsidiaries or first-rank subsidiaries) or controlled by an entity itself controlled by the applicant (sub-subsidiaries or second-level subsidiaries), and this is valid for the other levels of control;
        • entities coati ding directly or indirectly the applicant (target companies). In the same way, it could be a question of entities co / Slant an entity contradicting the applicant;
        • entities controlled, directly or indirectly, at the same level as the applicant (sister companies).
    • membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as, for example, a network, federation or association of which the proposed affiliate is a member, or the applicant is a member of the same entity (for example, a network, a federation or an association, …) that the affiliated entity proposes.