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Reducing disparities Strengthening relations

Civil Society Stakeholder consultation - Cyprus Programme Operator: PWC Pantelis Dimitriou, Programme Manager, Programme Operator Marilena Ioannidou, NGO Fund Coordinator , Programme Operator 3 April 2013. Reducing disparities Strengthening relations. NGO Fund Selected Outcomes (Tentative).

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Reducing disparities Strengthening relations

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  1. Civil Society Stakeholder consultation - CyprusProgramme Operator: PWC Pantelis Dimitriou, Programme Manager, Programme OperatorMarilena Ioannidou, NGO FundCoordinator, Programme Operator3 April 2013 Reducingdisparities Strengtheningrelations

  2. NGO Fund Selected Outcomes (Tentative) • Provision of welfare and basic services to defined target groups increased • Strengthened capacity of NGOs and an enabling environment for the sector promoted • Democratic values, including human rights, promoted Defined indicators to measure each outcome Data collection for indicators through progress reports

  3. Projects Classes

  4. Projects Classes Description (indicative)

  5. Eligibility Applicants (Project Promoters) – NGO Definition A non-profit voluntary organisation established as a legal entity, having a non-commercial purpose, independent of local, regional and central government,public entities, political parties and commercial organisations. Religious institutions and political parties are not considered NGOs

  6. Eligibility Project Partner A public or private entity, commercial or non-commercial, as well as nongovernmental organisations, all of whose primary locations are either in the Donor States, Beneficiary States or a country outside the EEA that has a common border with the respective Beneficiary State, or any inter-governmental organisation, actively involved in, and effectively contributing to, the implementation of a project. It shares with the Project Promoter a common economic or social goal which is to be realised through the implementation of that project. Eligible Countries: Cyprus, EEA (Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland), other Beneficiary States (Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Portugal, Poland, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Greece, Estonia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria)

  7. Partnerships Project Partnerships (Special Cases) Bi-communal character: cooperation between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Community Bi-lateral character: cooperation between Cyprus NGOs and organizations from EEA (Donor) States

  8. Core Areas of Support • Democracy • Human rights including minorities rights (ethnic, religious, linguistic and sexual orientation) • Good governance and transparency • Participatory democracy • Combat racism and xenophobia • Anti-discrimination • Social inequalities, poverty and exclusion, including in rural areas • Gender equality • Gender-based violence

  9. Additional Areas of Support • Protection of the environment and climate change: • Awareness raising and civic participation • Develop umbrella organisations and/or new networks on biodiversity/climate change • NGO involvement in national action plans related to biodiversity and/or climate change • Mobilising local involvement to protect biodiversity • Environmental educational activities and training for teachers • Provision of welfare and basic services

  10. Key questions 1. Focus: Strategic targeting to support key priorities and promote sustainability • How can we ensure strategic and sustainable support to core areas and donor concerns? • Which areas should we specifically target? • How can we promote the critical role of NGOs in advocating, raising awareness and promoting democracy? • What are the capacityneeds of the sector? 2. Partnerships • How to encourage: • Bilateral relations; • Bicommunalactivities.

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