[OPTIONAL CALL] Small grants to improve cooperation with non-profit organizations in the city of Rijeka

The City Office's open tender provides for a one-off award of small grants up to 700,00 EURA civil society organisations for the implementation of activities and projects that contribute to strengthening and improving the quality of life in the local community.

Activities/projects of non-profit organisations in the following areas are financed:

• Young – youth empowerment activities for active (co-)participation in the local community and youth activities for young people;
• Volunteering – activities related to the development and promotion of volunteering;
• National minorities – the protection and promotion of the rights of national minorities;
• International cooperation – promotional activities to improve the international cooperation of the City of Rijeka.

The basic criteria for co-financing are:

1. the non-profit organisation must be registered in the Register of Associations or other relevant register and in the Register of Non-Profit Organisations (RNO);
2. the non-profit organisation has been operating in the territory of the City of Rijeka for at least one year until the moment of the announcement of the Open Competition,
3. the non-profit organisation must be registered to carry out the activities and activities that are the subject of the funding;
4. the non-profit organisation must duly fulfil the obligations from all previously concluded co-financing agreements from the budget of the City of Rijeka.

The basic criteria for co-financing are:

• the application relates to the co-financing of an action/project from one of the priority areas;
• clearly defined and realistically achievable objective of the action/project;
• clearly defined beneficiaries of the action/project;
• clearly defined timing and place of implementation of the action/project;
• the quality of the work so far, and experience in the implementation of the applicant's activities/project,
• a realistic relationship between the costs and expected results of the action/project;
• share of volunteering engagement in the implementation of the declared activities/projects,
• Priority will be given to applications for activities/projects carried out in the territory of the city of Rijeka, with the exception of applications for activities/projects in the field of international cooperation.
• the application must be submitted no later than 45 (forty-five) days before the implementation of the action/project for which the ad hoc aid is requested.

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The application form and instructions can be found here!