Grants for community-based initiatives in Kosovo

All communities in Kosovo are concerned about the same quality of life issues: employment opportunities; the availability of quality public services, such as education and health care; safety and security; access to clean air and water; and having a say in the policies and decisions that shape their lives, to name a few. For most ordinary citizens, these concerns have only grown since the start of the Covid19 pandemic.

Civil society actors have an important role to play in their communities – they often have insight and the ability to identify needs, raise awareness, and propose solutions to problems and challenges faced by their own community members. Recognizing this important role, therefore, this grant scheme seeks to support community-based initiatives by local civil society actors that promote or support positive change at the local level in Leposavić/Leposaviq, Pejë/Peć, and/or Štrpce/Shtërpcë.

This grant scheme complements awareness raising activities targeting local residents as well as capacity building opportunities for grassroots civil society actors taking place in the target municipalities under the auspices of the project, Amplifying Local Voices for Equitable Development - a British government-funded project running from September 2020 through August 2022. This project has already provided the following forms of support in the three municipalities: capacity building and an earlier grant scheme for local civil society organizations (CSOs), support for strategic planning of social services, and an on-going campaign on the rights of all citizens.

For detailed call for application and necessary documents, please follow the links below:

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For all questions: alved.grants@peopleinneed.net