Applications Invited for Visegrad Fund Strategic Grants Program 2021

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About the Organization:

Visegrad Fund is an international donor organization, established in 2000 by the governments of the Visegrad Group countries—Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to promote regional cooperation in the Visegrad region (V4) as well as between the V4 region and other countries, especially in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership regions. Their vision is that grants, scholarships and residencies will become the catalyst for the advancement of innovative ideas in Central and Eastern Europe.

Strategic Grants Program 2021

Strategic Grants support project addressing annual strategic priorities of the Visegrad Group. Strategic priorities are announced annually by the V4 country holding the rotating presidency over the group, which from July 2020 to June 2021 is Poland.

Strategic Priorities:

• Returning to the roots of the Visegrad cooperation: Projects emphasizing the importance of strengthening links and developing cooperation between societies of the V4 countries in the context of the V4’s 30th anniversary
• Post-COVID Recovery: Projects focusing on supporting the V4’s resilience/recovery in terms of health, economy and society, through innovative solutions
• Promoting regional branding and tourism: Projects focusing on promoting the V4’s external image and tourism to and within the V4 region

Conditions:

• Projects must develop meaningful cooperation and ensure active participation of organizations from all V4 countries
• Maximum duration of projects is 36 months, minimum is 12 months
• Grants cover up to 100% of project budget with 15% for overheads
• Projects must clearly address one of the annual strategic priorities of the Visegrad Group

Eligibility Criteria:

• Consortium of organizations of which 3 or more are based in different Visegrad countries
• All types of non-governmental, civil society organizations (CSOs); municipalities and local governments; schools, higher education institutions; research and scientific bodies and public institutions are eligible as lead partner (applicant) and partners in the consortia
• Market actors, e.g. companies – especially innovation and startuprelated actors – with a legal entity are also eligible, but only if their Visegrad project is of nonprofit character

Deadline: 1st February 2021

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