Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
This project is funded
by the European Union
How are EU funds programmed?
And how can they help CSOs be more
strategic in their project
development ?
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
This project is funded
by the European Union
Key Steps for Improved Planning
• Identify the types of funds
available for your country
• Review the relevant
programme documents:
- IPA Component 1&2 – annual
programme and project
fiches
- Other IPA Components –
Operational Programmes
- Instruments like EIDHR –
annual action programmes
and fiches
- National Agencies for the
Community Programmes in
your country
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
This project is funded
by the European Union
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/countries/index_en.htm
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
Regional Training on 'Development &
Management of EU-funded Projects',
Istanbul March 2010
This project is funded
by the European Union
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
Regional Training on 'Development &
Management of EU-funded Projects',
Istanbul March 2010
This project is funded
by the European Union
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
This project is funded
by the European Union
The Civil Society Facility
• Funded through
contributions from IPA
Component 1
• All Pre-Accession
Countries eligible –
some actions have
multiple beneficiaries;
some national
Three actions:
1. Support for local civic
initiatives & capacity
building
2. People-2-People
programme
3. Partnership Actions
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
This project is funded
by the European Union
CSF is filed under ‘regional & horizontal
programmes’
• Oth
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
Candidate Countries only- IPA 3,4,5
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
This project is funded
by the European Union
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
This project is funded
by the European Union
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
This project is funded
by the European Union
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/ap/index_en.htm
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
This project is funded
by the European Union
Community Programmes managed in-country through
national agencies - check out your EUD web pages
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010
Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
This project is funded
by the European Union
Remember, time spent on
researching the EU
programme documents
will help your
organisation to...
• Integrate EU priorities
into your strategic plans
• Identify funding
opportunities
• Provide facts & figures
to help justify project
proposals
Regional Training on 'Development & Management of EU-funded Projects', Istanbul March 2010