Non-State Actors Fund Call For Proposal 2015

Last date : August 15, 2015

The overall objective of the Fund is to enhance the participation of Non-State Actors in the implementation of the ECOWAS Free Movement Approach at regional, national and local levels. The Fund also seeks to strengthen the capacities of Non-State Actors and public local authorities from the West African Region and Mauritania to promote and protect the rights of migrants and to develop networks and cross-border cooperation projects.
Thematic areas of the Fund
The thematic areas of the FMM West Africa Fund are the following:
1. Strengthening the free movement of persons, right of residence and establishment in the ECOWAS region;
2. Supporting the cross- border movement of populations and promoting cross-border cooperation;
3. Protection of vulnerable migrants and preventing violation of their fundamental human rights;
4. Protection and empowerment of migrant workers;
5. Reintegration of returning migrants;
6. Gender and migration dimension.
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2. Eligibility criteria
2.1 Applicants and partners
Applicants
Applicants eligible to receive grants from the FMM West Africa Fund must be Non-State Actors1 legally registered and operating in one of the 15 ECOWAS member states or Mauritania.
Eligible Non-State Actors include:
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
- Economic and Social partners ( such as Trade unions and Employer’s associations);
- Private sector ( such as Business organisations and other private sector associations);
- Traders and Transporters Associations or Syndicates;
- Media organizations;
- Migrants associations.
Eligibility criteria:
- The organisation is legally registered;
- The organisation has a management structure with clearly defined and divided roles and responsibilities;
- The organisation has sufficient technical and institutional capacity necessary for the efficient and effective implementation of the proposed project;
- The organisation documented a sufficient administrative and accountability capacity;
- The organisation has an annual statement of accounts and an internal control system with adequate internal manuals and financial guidelines;
- The organisation has a bank account operated by more than one signatory, and opened minimum two years ago.
Partners
In order to enhance local ownership, applicants are encouraged to submit proposals in partnership with public local authorities.
Eligible public local authorities include:
- Municipalities;
- Associations of municipalities;
- Local councils;
- Local administrative bodies of decentralized government institutions from cross-border areas.

 

For more details : http://media.wix.com/ugd/ee084f_3a2c9795e86547b5b18fd581e99084b0.pdf and http://www.fmmwestafrica.com/#!test/c1kit

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