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Active Citizens Fund -National

The Active Citizens Fund - National is a funding program in Poland that aims to empower civil society organizations, encourage citizen participation, support human rights, and promote anti-discriminatory practices. The fund provides grants for various projects focused on civic activities, capacity building, and empowering vulnerable groups.

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Active Citizens Fund -National

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  1. ActiveCitizens Fund -National • One of twofunds for civilsocietyorganizationsfinancedfrom EEA FundsinPoland: • ACF - National – budget EUR 30 million • ACF - Regional – budget EUR 23 million • Period: 2019-2024 • First call for proposal: ~ beginning of 2020

  2. ActiveCitizens Fund -National • Fund Operator - consortium of 3 organisations: • Stefan Batory Foundation, • Academy of Civic Organizations Foundation • Center for Social Innovation and Research “Shipyard”

  3. thematic: • citizen participation in civic activities • support for human rights and anti-discriminatory practices • empowerment of vulnerable groups horizontal: • capacity building and increasing the stability of civil society organizations • Areas of Support

  4. Citizen participation in civic activities • involvement of citizens in consultative and decision-making processes (e.g. public consultations, participatory budgeting) • awareness-raising campaigns on matters of public importance • development of voluntarism and civic education • public scrutiny, improvement of public policies and civic oversight of the law-making • civic initiatives dealing with environmental protection and climate change

  5. humanrights’ education • advocacy and social awareness campaigns • monitoring and documenting human rights violations • legal interventions and assistance for those whose rights have been violated Support for human rights and antidiscriminatory practices

  6. empowering, self-help, networkingactivities legal and psychologicalsupport, socialassistance support and training for self-advocates including vulnerable groups in local community-based activities improvingthequality of services and standards of socialwork Empowerment of vulnerable groups

  7. Capacitybuilding • additional grants for capacity building: training, PR activities, fundraising, good governance, transparency, constituency building • sectoral projects: awareness-raising campaigns, advocacy, networking, support for smaller/younger organisations • trainings for CSOs, online tool designated for organizational self-assessment

  8. Grants Small grants max €25,000 + up to €5,000 for partnership projects with Donor States entities + up to €5,000 for capacity building Large grants –max €62,500 + up to €12,500 for projects implemented in partnership with Donor States entities + up to €12,500 (but not more than 20% of project grant) for capacity building Sectoral grants –max €125,000 + up to €12,500 for projects implemented in partnership with Donor States entities; + up to €12,500 (but not more than 20% of project grant) for capacity building

  9. Bilateralcooperation: • partnerships with Donor States entities encouraged through an additional amount of project grants (up to €12,500) to cover costs of such a partnership • matchmaking events - organized in Poland before the launch of each call for proposals, with the first one accompanying the ACF-National opening event • study visits for groups of project promoters to Donor States devoted to specific thematic areas prioritized in ACF-National; • workshops/meetings for project promoters organized in Poland with an aim to share knowledge and experienceon different issues connected with ACF-National thematic areas led by experts and CSOs’ activists from Donor States

  10. Examples of mutual interest for bilateral exchange: • democracy, active citizenship • communication beyond differences • good governance, justice • inclusion of vulnerable groups • environmental protection • civic education (esp. of youth) • equaltreatmentpolicies • counteractinggender-basedviolence

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