Externe Samenwerking

The global objective of this Call for Proposals is: To strengthen Local Authorities in Zambia as a precondition for a more equitable, open and democratic society, as well as strengthen their capacity to deliver services to the citizens and in particular the most disadvantaged groups of the population. 

The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are:

• Local authorities' have delivered improved services in the areas of preventive health, water and sanitation and waste management and strengthened their respective capacity.

• Participation of communities in local governance is strengthened and government's accountability at local level is enhanced.

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The Overall objectives of this Call for Proposals are to improve science and technology research to contribute to African sustainable development through:

 innovatively and sustainably  building Africa’s research capacities through direct funding of the AU Science and Technology Policy, particularly the implementation of the Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) and its lighthouse projects; and

 enhancing intra-regional scientific research collaboration and cooperation that contributes to Africa’s sustainable development

 The Specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to award grants to finance research projects in the fields of (a) Post-harvest and Agriculture, (b) Renewable and Sustainable Energy, or (c) Water and Sanitation. It is highly envisaged that the deployment and the improvement of science and technology research in these challenging areas will effectively contribute to Africa’s poverty reduction strategies, economic growth and social development efforts.

The impact and expected results on the specific objectives of this Call for Proposal addressed by the main axis research actions are:

­ Enhanced Food security and Food safety;

­ Better adapted renewable and sustainable energy technologies; and

­ Improved integrated water resources and waste management

he global objective of this Call for Proposals is to help support the conditions for a negotiated solution and provide a solid foundation at civil society and intergovernmental level for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, by strengthening and increasing direct civil society relationships and inter-agency/intergovernmental co-operation based on equality and reciprocity between communities affected by the conflict (Palestinians and Israelis, including the Arab minority in Israel, and neighbouring Arabs). 

The specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to strengthen civil society actions aimed at promoting peace and confidence building in order to broaden the base of support to a negotiated solution of the conflict. The programme intends to support practical actions aiming at building mutual trust, building capacity for conflict resolution, launching joint development initiatives, and empowering marginalized groups. 

Priority 1. Cross community cooperation: Joint concrete actions for socio-economic development Definition Actions under this priority shall address local practical and strategic needs in terms of development and quality of life, likely to produce tangible results for peaceful coexistence.

Actions shall promote and include people-to-people cooperation on shared interests, while focusing on specific issues such as environment, health, water management, municipality issues, community development, business, etc. 

Target groups: The target groups could be: local communities, grass roots organisations or movements and local authorities.  Single groups, such as youth, women, professionals, local decision-makers, farmers, etc., can be put in focus. Actions involving local communities as a whole, thus producing multilevel and long term impact, will be particularly encouraged. 

Mandatory requirements: Actions under this priority must propose joint action between Jewish and Arab communities at national and/or cross-border level.

Priority 2. Peace building education, communication and confidence building

Definition

Actions under this priority shall promote tolerance, mutual understanding and confidence both internally (national reconciliation) and externally (cross-border level).

Actions shall cover the following areas of intervention:

- Capacity building and activities promoting non-violent approaches to conflict resolution;

- Educational programmes designed to address attitudes, stereotypes, prejudices, and to raise awareness of the "other's" narrative;

- Joint cultural and entertainment activities 

Actions under this priority can be undertaken either at country (national or local) or cross-border level. 

Target groups

The target groups could be: local communities, grass roots organisations or movements, local governments, official and unofficial opinion formers, leaders, public persons, students, media, youth and women's organisations, non-violent movements, etc. 

Actions targeting significant and radical communities/parties who would not usually be involved in such activities are particularly encouraged. Focusing on youth is an added value. 

Priority 3. Awareness raising of leaders and opinion-formers, public opinion and media through increased involvement of women in the peace and security sphere

Definition

In the spirit of the Comprehensive Approach to the EU Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on Women, Peace and Security, actions under this priority will support women as active stakeholders.

Actions under this priority will explore political options in the framework of the two-state solution, which may be agreeable to all involved parties, as well as put into operation the existing visions of a future peaceful relationship between Israel, the oPt, and the Arab neighbours, through increasing knowledge and awareness of possible solutions to the conflict. These actions are intended to support leaders to work toward the

resolution of the conflict.

The thematic programme “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development” is a development policy instrument of the European Consensus on Development. It replaced the NGO co financing and decentralised cooperation budget lines and has its legal basis in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 stablishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI) .

This call for proposals is launched under the thematic programme ‘Non State Actors (NSA) and Local Authorities (LA) in Development'. It aims at co-financing initiatives proposed and carried out by civil society organisations originating from the EU and Sri Lanka in the areas of Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction.

The 'NSA-LA in Development' thematic programme considers that there is a clear need to strengthen the capacity of local organisations in developing countries. It also seeks to inform citizens about their rights, to increase their capacity to understand the policies of their own government and policies of other global actors, and the impact of those policies on poverty and inequality. The call will provide Civil Society Organisations the space and opportunity to propose "actor-oriented" innovative actions, aimed at strengthening of civil society for a more equitable, open and democratic society.

The global objective of this Call for Proposals is: to support operations, which promote an inclusive and empowered society in Sri Lanka by 

(i) Benefitting populations excluded from main stream services, resources and excluded from policymaking processes;

(ii) Strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations of the targeted communities in Sri Lanka to become active participants in defining and implementing poverty reduction and sustainable development strategies.

(iii) Facilitating better cooperation and partnership between state and non-state actors for sustainable development and poverty reduction in Sri Lanka. 

The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are:

· To create, strengthen and enable communities in the target areas who will actively analyse the causes of poverty and develop strategies to deal with them on a long-term basis.

· Civil society groups engage Local Authorities (LAs) in innovative partnerships for good governance and accountability in the targeted areas.

Thematic Priorities of this call for proposals:

· Inter and intra community involvement to promote reconciliation and collaboration for sustainable development.

· Advocate and foster a strong involvement of Local Authorities to promote good governance, accountability and services.

· Enable and integrate marginalised groups and individuals in the communities to contribute to them and their communities' development.

· Initiatives to promote access notably to markets, legal documents, land and livelihoods thereby promoting economic and social justice through empowerment.

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The objective of this call is to select pilot projects that will support the Commission in the process leading-up to the establishment of a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps

through the implementation of pilot actions. The pilot actions shall test some of the possible modules of the future Corps and inform the European Commission's work setting up the Corps.

For the purpose of this call, three different Lots shall be attributed to achieve results in the following areas:

• Lot 1: Strengthening resilience

• Lot 2: Building civil protection capacities

• Lot 3: Responding to disaster

The main expected results for all three lots are: 

• To provide opportunities for Europeans to engage as volunteers in humanitarian aid and / or civil protection activities outside the EU and to contribute to laying the grounds for a community of European volunteers active in this field;

• To develop training curricula for volunteers in humanitarian aid based on best practice of humanitarian organisations and with a particular focus on the European dimension;

• To add value to humanitarian aid operations in the fields of resilience, disaster risk reduction, crisis response and post crisis recovery through volunteering and by promoting partnerships between organisations active in humanitarian aid and / or civil protection operations;

• To strengthen local capacities in countries in order to support resilience and/or response to crisis.

Additional results expected for lot 2:

• To promote partnerships between humanitarian organisations and civil protection organisms;

• To provide support to structures involved in civil protection activities in countries outside the EU.

Additional result expected for lot 3:

• To provide opportunities for expertise from the EU public or private sector to be made available in crisis response.

For lot 1, the volunteers shall be contributing to strengthening resilience, i.e. building capacities in disaster risk reduction and post crises recovery. The deployment of volunteers should be for periods from 4 to 12 months.

In lot 2, volunteers shall have a background in civil protection and shall be deployed in projects aiming at contributing to building civil protection capacities in third countries. The deployment of volunteers should be for periods from 4 to 12 months5. The deployment of groups of trained civil protection volunteers is encouraged. Any specific training provided under the pilot projects should be complementary to the trainings organised under the Civil Protection Mechanism. In lot 1 and 2, volunteers will be working with local communities or local organisations such as local authorities (municipalities, provincial services), local NGOs etc. and preferably placed in those local organisations. 

Het Erasmus Mundusprogramma  heeft  als  algemeen  doel  de  kwaliteit  van  het  hoger  onderwijs  in  Europa  te bevorderen, de  loopbaanperspectieven van studenten te verbeteren  en  het  interculturele  begrip  te bevorderen door  samenwerking  met  derde  landen  in  overeenstemming  met  de  EU-doelstellingen voor  extern  beleid teneinde  bij te  dragen  tot  een  duurzame  ontwikkeling  van  derde landen  op  het gebied van hoger onderwijs.

ACTIE 3 - BEVORDERING VAN HET HOGER ONDERWIJS IN EUROPA
Deze  actie  heeft  tot  doel  het  hoger  onderwijs  in  Europa  te  bevorderen  via  maatregelen  die  de aantrekkelijkheid, het profiel, het imago, de zichtbaarheid en de toegankelijkheid ervan verbeteren.

Actie   3   ondersteunt   transnationale   initiatieven,   studies,   projecten,   evenementen   en   andere activiteiten  die  verband  houden  met  de  internationale  dimensie  van  alle  aspecten  van  het  hoger onderwijs.  Dit  betreft  promotie,  toegankelijkheid,  kwaliteitsborging,  de erkenning van studiepunten, de erkenning van Europese kwalificaties elders in de wereld en de onderlinge erkenning van kwalificaties met derde landen, leerplanontwikkeling, mobiliteit, de kwaliteit van de diensten, enz.

De  activiteiten  kunnen  diverse  vormen  hebben  (conferenties,  seminars,  workshops,  studies, analysen,  proefprojecten,  prijzen,  internationale  netwerken,  de  productie  van  materiaal  voor publicatie, de ontwikkeling van ICT-instrumenten, enz.) en overal ter wereld plaatsvinden.

Het Erasmus Mundusprogramma  heeft  als  algemeen  doel  de  kwaliteit  van  het  hoger  onderwijs  in  Europa  te bevorderen, de  loopbaanperspectieven van studenten te verbeteren  en  het  interculturele  begrip  te bevorderen door  samenwerking  met  derde  landen  in  overeenstemming  met  de  EU-doelstellingen voor  extern  beleid teneinde  bij te  dragen  tot  een  duurzame  ontwikkeling  van  derde landen  op  het gebied van hoger onderwijs.

ACTIE 2 – ERASMUS MUNDUS PARTNERSCHAPPEN

Deze actie heeft tot doel een gestructureerde samenwerking tussen instellingen voor hoger onderwijs in Europa en derde landen te bevorderen door op alle studieniveaus de mobiliteit te stimuleren van studenten  (bachelor  en  master), doctoraatskandidaten, onderzoekers en academische  en administratieve medewerkers (regio’s en partijen omvatten niet noodzakelijk alle soorten mobiliteit).

Actie 2 – Erasmus Mundus Partnerschappen (EMA2) is opgesplitst in twee delen:
Erasmus Mundus Actie 2 – DEEL 1 – Partnerschappen met landen die onder het ENPI, DCI, EOF en IPA vallen (het vroegere onderdeel Externe Samenwerking);
Erasmus Mundus Actie 2 – DEEL 2 – Partnerschappen met landen en gebieden die onder het instrument voor geïndustrialiseerde landen (ICI) vallen.

Het Erasmus Mundusprogramma  heeft  als  algemeen  doel  de  kwaliteit  van  het  hoger  onderwijs  in  Europa  te bevorderen, de  loopbaanperspectieven van studenten te verbeteren  en  het  interculturele  begrip  te bevorderen door  samenwerking  met  derde  landen  in  overeenstemming  met  de  EU-doelstellingen voor  extern  beleid teneinde  bij te  dragen  tot  een  duurzame  ontwikkeling  van  derde landen  op  het gebied van hoger onderwijs.

ACTIE 1 - GEZAMENLIJKE PROGRAMMA’S VAN ERASMUS MUNDUS
Met  deze  actie  wordt  getracht  de  samenwerking  tussen  instellingen  voor  hoger  onderwijs  en  de wetenschappelijke  staf  in  Europa  en  derde  landen  aan  te  moedigen,  zodat  er  toonaangevende wetenschappelijke centra met hooggeschoold personeel tot stand kunnen komen. De actie bestaat uit twee onderdelen:
Actie 1A – Erasmus Mundusmasteropleidingen (EMMC’s); en
Actie 1B – Erasmus Mundus Gezamenlijke Doctoraatsprogramma’s (EMJD’s)

Deze  subacties  hebben  tot  doel  steun  te  bieden  aan  postdoctoraalprogramma’s  van  uitmuntende academische  kwaliteit,  ontwikkeld  door  consortia  van  Europese  universiteiten  en,  indien  van toepassing, universiteiten in derde landen, die zouden kunnen bijdragen tot grotere zichtbaarheid en aantrekkelijkheid van het hoger onderwijs in Europa. Dergelijke gezamenlijke programma’s moeten de  mobiliteit  tussen  de  universiteiten  die  deelnemen  in  de  consortia  vergroten  en  leiden tot de toekenning van erkende gezamenlijke, dubbele of meervoudige graden.

L'objectif général du présent appel à proposition est de renforcer les capacités des ANE et des autorités locales, de manière à ce qu'ils puissent prendre une part active et effective à la mise en oeuvre des interventions définies dans le PIN, en particulier, et au développement de leur pays en général. 

L'objectif spécifique du présent appel à proposition est de promouvoir une société solidaire et autonome afin de : 

i) renforcer la société civile de la RCA et leurs autorités locales, en vue de faciliter leur participation à la réduction de la pauvreté de leurs populations ; 

ii) faciliter les interactions entre les différents acteurs et renforcer le rôle des autorités locales.   Afin de réaliser cet objectif, le programme couvrira des activités qui : i) renforcent le développement et les processus participatifs et l'inclusion de tous les acteurs, notamment les groupes vulnérables et marginalisés ;  

ii) appuient les processus de développement des capacités des acteurs concernés au niveau national, régional ou local ;

iii) facilitent la participation des citoyens aux processus de développement et renforcent leurcapacité d'action.

The overall objective of FIDP II is: “To contribute to the reduction of poverty in Malawi”, while the project purpose is: “To improve the livelihoods of rural households through the conservation of natural resources, diversification of agricultural production and increased agribusiness’. This is to be achieved by assisting smallholder farmers to consider farming as a business rather than a means of subsistence, while at the same time conserving and enhancing the natural resource base upon which production depends. Through an integrated approach the programme supports: the sustainable use of soil and water resources; a diversification and intensification of production (crop, livestock, aquaculture and other forms); the strengthening of farmer organisations; and the marketing of produce. The expected results of FIDP II are in two folds: the first set of results (1 to 4) aims at addressing issues that are more tangible and quantifiable in the field; whilst the second set of objectives (5 to 7) aims at addressing issues that are more qualitative and relating to community development and empowerment.

Result 1. Natural resources are managed sustainably.

Result 2. Post harvest storage and processing is improved.

Result 3. Smallholder agriculture productivity is increased and diversified.

Result 4. Agri-business is promoted.

Result 5. Capacities of FIDP communities, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development and other stakeholders are improved.

Result 6. The social development of FIDP Communities is enhanced.

Result 7. Coordination and knowledge management is improved.

The specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to select applicants that will assist in:

1) Improvement of post-harvest storage and processing;

2) Increasing and diversification of smallholder agriculture productivity; and

3) Promotion of agribusiness.

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