Embassy of Finland grants for civil society
These are grants for civil society organisations whose activities aim at poverty reduction, implementation of fundamental rights and promoting sustainable development globally. You can get up to EUR 50,000 for a project related to the following topics:
- Innovative solutions for recycling in communities
- Raising awareness on climate change or biodiversity
- Mitigating the learning loss due to COVID-19
Co-financing is mandatory. You have to make a financial or in-kind contribution to the project or attract funding from the partners.
The projects must be implemented within one or two years.
Grants are provided by the Embassy of Finland in Kyiv. This is one of the thousands of EU opportunities for Ukraine.
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In some cases also educational and research institutions, independent media, and cultural organisations are eligible.
- Application form completed in English. Outline the main project activities, partners, beneficiaries and expected results. Describe how you will tackle the risks and adopt your project to COVID-19 environment if needed
- Budget
- CVs of managers responsible for the project implementation
- If your project is financed, an independent audit will be required. You can include audit costs in the project budget.
- Public state organisations are not eligible for the support, but can be partners of CSOs with their own funding/in-kind contribution.
- The project needs to be in line with the goals and principles of the official development policy of Finland.