Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
Technical Assistance to the Civil Society organizations 2 (TACSO 2) from the IPA Beneficiaries
EuropeAid/133642/C/SER/Multi
Open Call for Participants
TACSO People-2-People
Participation in IFOAM Organic World Congress
Istanbul, Turkey
13-15 October, 2014
Background information
The general objectives of TACSO are to strengthen the overall capacities and accountability of Civil Society
Organisations (CSOs) within the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) beneficiaries and to guarantee the quality of services of CSOs and a sustainable role of the CSOs in the democratic process. The main purposes of the project are to:
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Increase and improve the capacity and actions of CSOs;
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Improve the democratic role of CSOs.
The People to People (P2P) component intends to offer civil society organisations (CSOs) from the beneficiary countries the possibility to interact and network with their national, regional and Europeanlevel counterparts and to create new partnerships as well as to visit EU institutions, in order to familiarise themselves with EU structures, policy making process, programmes, policies and best practices. The P2P component is one of the three (3) strands of the Civil Society Facility, managed by the European
Commission Directorate General for Enlargement (DG ELARG), Unit D3 - Regional Cooperation and
Programmes.
This project is funded by the European Union.
Objectives and focus
The IFOAM Organic World Congress will bring together CSOs, practitioners, business people and academics from around the world in Istanbul, 13-15 October 2014. The varied levels of the conference will include developing values and principles for concerted action, developing future action points for organic agriculture, sharing of experiences, building of solutions and exploring future collaboration. Please see www.owc2014.org
for more details.
Participation in this conference will provide CSOs from the region the opportunity to share good practices, exchange experiences and challenges, network and build partnerships.
Some of the topics that will be covered by the Congress are:
Organic visions and trends;
Food security;
Social and environmental challenges;
Organic agriculture for development;
Institution building;
Innovations;
Roadmap to sustainability.
In this event participants will:
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Share information, lessons-learned, achievements and challenges;
TACSO Regional Office • Potoklinica 16 • 71 000 Sarajevo • t: +387 33 532 757 • f: +387 33 532 757 • e-mail: info@tacso.org
SIPU International AB Sweden • Ecorys International • Intrac United Kingdom • Foundation Partners for Local Development Romania
• Euclid Network United Kingdom • SMART Croatia

Technical Assistance for
Civil Society Organisations
Regional Office
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Discuss creative solutions to real-world problems;
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Gain inspiration and knowledge of best practices;
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Explore future collaboration.
Who can apply?
CSOs (associations, foundations, cooperatives, unions):
Working on issues related to organic agriculture/animal husbandry, sustainable development/community supported agriculture, rural development, local food production, participatory guarantee systems, food security and related topics;
Based in the IPA countries.
Participants are expected to have experience in the field and act as resource people throughout the conference by sharing and discussing good practices and lessons learned.
Active members of networks of associations working with organic agriculture, farmers associations and unions are encouraged to apply.
Individuals should have at least three (3) years’ experience. Applicants need to be fluent in English to the extent that they can actively participate in the conference.
Additional selection criteria for participants include the connection of the goals and mission of the organisation with the theme of the conference, experience in managing activities in relation to the conference theme and the experience of the proposed CSO representative in relation to the theme of the conference.
Application procedure
Interested applicants are requested to complete the Application Form and send it to the e-mail address of the TACSO office in their country (see list below) by 3 rd September 2014 with the subject heading: People
to People: IFOAM Organic World Congress. The selection process should be completed by 10 September
2014. Five participants will be selected per country. Please note that only selected applicants will be contacted.
For selected participants, TACSO will cover travel costs (including costs of visas, if applicable), accommodation, meals and refreshments, cost of participation in the conference. Further information can be obtained from the TACSO web site (www.tacso.org). If you have any additional questions please contact
natalija.gojkovic@tacso.org.
TACSO contacts:
Albania info.al@tacso.org
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
Turkey info.ba@tacso.org info.ko@tacso.org info.mk@tacso.org info.me@tacso.org info.rs@tacso.org info.tr@tacso.org
This project is funded by the European Union.
TACSO Regional Office • Potoklinica 16 • 71 000 Sarajevo • t: +387 33 532 757 • f: +387 33 532 757 • e-mail: info@tacso.org
SIPU International AB Sweden • Ecorys International • Intrac United Kingdom • Foundation Partners for Local Development Romania
• Euclid Network United Kingdom • SMART Croatia