Strengthening the Civil Society in RomaniaProgramme
PHARE 2003/005-551.01.05

COMPONENT 1: NGO SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

Ref. No: PHARE 2003/005-551.01.05/01        

BUDGET           1,200,000 EURO

This component is structured on 4 domains, as follows:

Domain 1: Partnership Building 

OBJECTIVE

• To develop social capital by supporting the development of sustainable partnerships between NGOs, local administration and/or business sector or other local stakeholders to better respond to citizens’ and communities’ needs.

WHO CAN APPLY        

• Romanian non-governmental non-profit organisations in consortium with Romanian central/local authorities and/or for-profit entities of the local business community and/or other non-governmental non-profit organisations

Domain 2: Training for NGOs

OBJECTIVE

• To reinforce the sustainability of NGOs by facilitating access to training and organisational development services designed to increase their professional expertise and enable transfer of know how in response to particular needs.

WHO CAN APPLY        

• Romanian non-governmental non-profit organisations, individually or in consortium only with other non-governmental non-profit organisations.

Domain 3: NGO Resource Centres

OBJECTIVE

• To promote networking and support the sustainability of the NGO Resource Centres and to encourage such initiatives where they do not exist.

This domain is structured on two distinctive windows, namely Window I – Establishing new NGO Resource Centres and Window II – Strengthening existing NGO Resource Centres

WHO CAN APPLY

• Romanian non-governmental non-profit organisations, individually or in consortium with Romanian central/local authorities and/or other non-governmental non-profit organisations.

Domain 4: Actions for improving the legal, fiscal and regulatory framework

OBJECTIVE

• To reinforce the sustainability of the NGOs by supporting the improvement of the legal, fiscal and regulatory framework in which they function and promoting a pro active function of NGOs, and emphasising their role in the development of their management and representation skills and in building democracy.

WHO CAN APPLY        

• Romanian non-governmental non-profit organisations, individually or in consortium with Romanian central/local authorities and/or other non-governmental non-profit organisations

DEADLINE

8 October 2004 at 16:00 hrs. (Official Romanian time)

CONTACT DETAILS

Ştefania Andersen, Programme Manager

Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF)

Tel: 021-310 01 77

Fax: 021-310 01 80

E-mail: ngo2003@fdsc.ro

For more details on this Component, please see Launching Fiche for Strengthening the Civil Society in Romania Programme – NGO Sector Development Component