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Bilateral cooperation within the EEA Grants and NGO Fund

Bilateral cooperation within the EEA Grants and NGO Fund. Lillian Solheim Norwegian Helsinki Committee 22/11/2012. Experiences from 2004-2009. Large numbers of partnership requests Voluntary work dedicated to project development Positive feedback: added value of bilateral cooperation

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Bilateral cooperation within the EEA Grants and NGO Fund

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  1. Bilateral cooperation within the EEA Grants and NGO Fund Lillian Solheim Norwegian Helsinki Committee 22/11/2012

  2. Experiences from 2004-2009 • Large numbers of partnership requests • Voluntary work dedicated to project development • Positive feedback: added value of bilateral cooperation • Capacity-challenge • Bilateral fund

  3. What role did Norwegian NGOs have? • Provide expertise and training • Mutual competence building • Exchange of experiences • 30% of projects in Slovenia had partners

  4. Bilateral partnerships: findings • Common understanding of content and strategy • Good project planning • Building good and sustainable relations • Common understanding of important values • Agreement of financial framework • Long-term perspective

  5. Challenges • Language issues • Norway is an expensive country • Different administrative and bureaucratic cultures • 3 donor countries, 15 beneficiary countries

  6. Define your interest • Why get involved? What is the right motivation? • What is your capacity as an organisation? • What are your strenghts and weaknesses? • What would you like to learn? What can you offer? • What is your target area of cooperation? Country of preference?

  7. Establishing contact with a partner 3 scenarios: • Youalready have a contact • Youarebeingcontacted • Youlook for a contact

  8. How to find a partner? • Build on excisting contacts • European and International networks • NGO Fund launching conferences • Conferences and workshops • Ngonorway.org

  9. Establishing contact with a partner Fundamental questions • Are youcompatiblewith the partner? • Will you have time to develop a projectproposal in time for an opencall? • Is there a programme in the target country whichcapturesyour area of interest?

  10. ngonorway.org

  11. NGO Partnership Portal

  12. @ngopartnership

  13. More information and contact www.ngonorway.org www.eeagrants.org solheim@nhc.no

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