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Published on: 13 May, 2016
New EU Call: Support to Pilot Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives for CSOs
The new EU call is out:
Support to Pilot Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives for CSOs
The global objective of this call for proposals is to promote financial sustainability and diversification of resources of CSOs.
The specific objective of this call for proposals is to support pilot social entrepreneurship type of activities implemented by the civil society organisations as a way to strengthen the sustainability of their activities and diversify their resources.
The actions shall contribute to social cohesion, employment and the reduction of inequalities as well as provide communities with economic opportunities and solutions to other critical social problems.
Support to Pilot Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives for CSOs
The global objective of this call for proposals is to promote financial sustainability and diversification of resources of CSOs.
The specific objective of this call for proposals is to support pilot social entrepreneurship type of activities implemented by the civil society organisations as a way to strengthen the sustainability of their activities and diversify their resources.
The actions shall contribute to social cohesion, employment and the reduction of inequalities as well as provide communities with economic opportunities and solutions to other critical social problems.
Overall budget : 700,000 EUR
Cost Share: At least 10% cost-share is required.
Duration: Not lower than 18 months nor exceed 24 months.
Deadline for concept: 22/06/2016 at 14:00 (Brussels date and time).
Sectors or themes
Generally Social Entrepreneurship is a framework contributing to social cohesion, employment and the reduction of inequalities.
In the context of this call "Social Enterprise" is defined as follows: non-profit non-governmental organisations which apply business models to fulfil their primary mission. In other words, this refers to non-profit non-governmental organisations that recognize a social problem and use entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change.
Projects under this Call for Proposals should support income generating activities (diverse strategies used by civil society organizations to generate their own revenues, such as sale of products, service fees, use of hard or soft assets, etc) in a carefully assessed and planned manner, which could significantly strengthen financial sustainability and mission impact of a CSO.
Duration: Not lower than 18 months nor exceed 24 months.
Deadline for concept: 22/06/2016 at 14:00 (Brussels date and time).
Sectors or themes
Generally Social Entrepreneurship is a framework contributing to social cohesion, employment and the reduction of inequalities.
In the context of this call "Social Enterprise" is defined as follows: non-profit non-governmental organisations which apply business models to fulfil their primary mission. In other words, this refers to non-profit non-governmental organisations that recognize a social problem and use entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change.
Projects under this Call for Proposals should support income generating activities (diverse strategies used by civil society organizations to generate their own revenues, such as sale of products, service fees, use of hard or soft assets, etc) in a carefully assessed and planned manner, which could significantly strengthen financial sustainability and mission impact of a CSO.
Please see details in the attached guidelines.