The Danube Regional Project funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF/ UNDP) has started its Grants Programme to support non-governmental organisation projects related to the reduction of nutrient and toxic chemicals in the Danube Basin.
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is responsible for the technical process and announced the call for proposals to support non-governmental organisation (NGO) projects in the beginning of April. All projects have to be related to the reduction of nutrients and toxic chemicals pollution in the following Danube Basin Countries: Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
The Grants Programme is split in two parts, the regional grants and the national grants.
National grants: The total value of grants per country varies between US$40,000-60,000. Individual national grants are from US$5,000-10,000 each for a project period of 12 months. In exceptional cases, the amount can exceed this limit by 50 percent (i.e. up to US$15,000). The deadline for submitting concept papers for the national grant is May 16, 2003.
Regional grants: Regional grants are up to US$35,000 each. In exceptional cases, the amount can exceed this limit by 50 percent (i.e. up to US$50,000). The deadline for submitting concept papers for the regional grant is May 9, 2003.
Selected concept papers have than be developed to Full Project Proposals, which will be evaluated in September 2003. The awarded projects should be implemented by NGOs in 2004.
All related documents and additional information can be downloaded from www.rec.org and www.icpdr.org/undp-drp.
For further information please contact Entela Pinguli (EPinguli@rec.org) or Andy Garner (andy.garner@unvienna.org).