Civil Society Development Project under Phare National Programme 2005

Overall objectives of the programme are:

• To support the civil society and strengthen its role for the affirmation of the rule of law and the stability of democracy, raising the capacity of the civil society by enhancing its participation in the accession process, promotion the citizens’ voice, partnership with the public bodies and ensuring access of the minority groups to the public services and the labour market.
• To develop and support the civil society in the less favourable regions of the country, where the NGOs’ activity is scarce.

Specific objectives include:

To support the NGOs’ participation in the accession process and the participation of the civil society in the process of harmonization and implementation of the acquis communautaire trough building NGO capacity for programming, monitoring and evaluation of EU projects and programmes in relevant priority areas of intervention, focusing primarily, but not exclusively on:

• Social acquis - equal opportunities, human rights, protection of minorities
• Acquis related to the regional development
• Environmental protection
• Consumer protection
• Youth issues
• Science, education, culture;
• Public health campaigns.
  

2.   To improve the social integration of the minorities and the vulnerable groups and to promote the tolerance in the society;

3.    To enhance transparency and prevention of the corruption;

4.    To develop mechanisms of public-private partnership for elaboration of national and local policies and for improvement of self-sustainable and independent civil society, via innovative approaches, such as social entrepreneurship as a form of NGO sustainability, local sustainability and decentralization and improvement of social services.

5.   To provide solutions of the problem with vulnerability in the rural communities, supporting creation and development of civil society (at local level), engaged with the local development;

 
The overall amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 2 195 282