Call for Applications!
Confidence Building in the South Caucasus - a joint initiative of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Black Sea Trust
20.06.2011
The Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation of the German Marshall Fund (BST) are launching a new, joint funding initiative to support confidence building activities of non-state actors in the South Caucasus and its neighboring regions.
This is a new initiative designed to encourage grantees to investigate new ways, methods and approaches to generating mutual understanding.
The projects should be initiated by civil society organizations, who can successfully involve various population groups from the region in their projects’ activities. Organizations requesting grants must be legally registered in one of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine. The involvement of additional partners (especially those from the EU) is possible and welcome.
For more information, please check the official call for application here!
You may consult the following contacts in the region:
Nino Liliuashvili – BST representative for Georgia and Armenia (nliliuashvili@gmfus.org)
Mehriban Rahimli – BST representative for Azerbaijan (mrahimli@gmfus.org)
The deadline for submitting applications is August 1, 2011. Applications can be currently sent to the following email address:
confidencebuilding@gmfus.org
Interested organizations from the EU are also welcome to address the responsible program officer in the Robert Bosch Stiftung:
Dr. Carsten Lenk: carsten.lenk@bosch-stiftung.de