European instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) – Country-Based Support Scheme

THE EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Local Publication for Call for Proposals

Reference: EuropeAid/132079/L/ACT/KE 

European instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) – Country-Based Support Scheme

The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Kenya is seeking proposals for actions in Kenya with financial assistance from the "EIDHR" thematic budget line.

In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must:

• be legal persons and

• be non profit making and

• belong to one of the following bodies and actors as defined per Article 10 of the EIDHR Regulation which can operate in an independent and accountable way (having legal personality) :

1.                      i.     Civil society organisations, including non-governmental organisations and independent political foundations and private sector agencies, institutions and organisations and networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level.
2.                     ii.     National regional and international parliamentary bodies.

• be nationals of the beneficiary country (i.e. Kenya), of a developing country as specified by the OECD/DAC, of an accession or official candidate country as recognised by the European Union, of a Member State of the European Economic Area or of legal persons as regulated by the Financing Instrument (Regulation N° 1889/2006) establishing EIDHR;

• be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting as an intermediary.

The full Guidelines for Applicants are available for consultation at the Delegation of European Union to Kenya and on the following internet sites: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm and http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/kenya/index_en.htm

Hard copies of the Guidelines and Application Form are available for pick up only at the EU Delegation, Union House, Ragati Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi.  The EU Delegation cannot be blamed if the collected set is incomplete.  Potential Applicants are encouraged to download a complete set from the website.  Note that picking up a hardcopy set does not relief applicants from the duty to use soft copy templates available on the website while submitting their Concept Notes and Proposals.

An information session on this Call for Proposals will be held on 21^st November 2011 at 09.00am.  To confirm your participation and the venue of the session, please send an email to: DELEGATION-KENYA-MACRO@eeas.europa.eu with the call reference above in subject.

The deadline for submission of concept notes is 13^th December 2011 at 16.00hrs.

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