Apply for Civil Society Fund 2024

Deadline Date: August 28, 2024

Donor Name: Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector

Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000

The Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector is providing successful applicants with financial assistance for the purpose of facilitating their affiliation with and their participation in European and International groupings, associations, federations, confederation networks, and training related to EU and International Policy/Programmes.

Objectives

• The objectives of the Civil Society Fund (CSF) are the following:
  • To assist CSOs to keep abreast with the developments occurring at EU and International levels;
  • To enable CSOs to better educate their members on EU and International matters related to their respective fields of competence;
  • To enable CSOs to participate effectively in the decision-making process at the European and International levels; and
  • To enable CSOs to extend their collaboration and networking to the International fora.

Funding Information

• Financial contribution from the CSF will not exceed 80% of the total eligible costs borne by the respective CSO and will not exceed the amount of €6,000.00, whichever is the lowest, for any one organisation. (E.g. Total Project Cost: €7,500, Reimbursement: €6,000, co-financing: €1,500).

Eligible Measures 

• Applicants are to submit a proposal that corresponds with the following eligible measures:
  • Measure 1: The affiliation of CSOs with European and International umbrella organisations, grouping, federations, confederations, or networks. and/or
  • Measure 2: Attendance at conferences, seminars, and meetings abroad in relation to affiliations in European and International umbrella organisations, groupings, federations, confederations, or networks and participation in Training Abroad related to Policy or subject-related Programmes.
• Allocation of these funds shall be at the discretion of the Civil Society Fund (CSF) Evaluation Committee responsible for allocating funds.

Eligibility Criteria 

• Eligible applicants are Civil Society Organisations that include one of the following:
  • Voluntary, self-governing organisations not subject to direction by public authorities, independent of political control, enrolled and compliant with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations in terms of the Voluntary Organisations Act.
  • Social Partners or any other Civil Society Organisation having official recognition under some specific law or regulation or administrative act.
  • CSOs that are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest or in the interest of their mission statement and not having an industrial or commercial character.

Ineligible

• Potential applicants may not participate in this call for proposals or be awarded funds if:
  • They are bankrupt or being wound up, or are having their affairs administered by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended activities, are the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;
  • They have been convicted of an offence concerning professional conduct by a judgement which is res judicata (i.e. against which no appeal is possible);
  • They are guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the European Commission can justify;
  • They have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the Maltese Law;
  • They have been the subject of a judgment which has the force of res judicata for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal organisation or any other illegal activity detrimental to Malta’s or to the Unions’ financial interests.

For more information, visit Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector.