Active citizens fund announces the 22 new projects of the programme

22 projects will be funded across Greece, in support of the promotion of gender equality, the combat of gender-based violence and the development of platforms and networks among NGOs (CSOs).

Bodossaki Foundation and SolidarityNow, under their capacity as the Fund Operator of the EEA Grants Active citizens fund programme in Greece, are pleased to announce the names of the civil society organisations that have been selected to receive funding through the EEA Grants financial mechanism in support of civil society in Greece, amounting to € 12m.

The total amount of funding available under the open calls for proposals is € 1.505.400.
More specifically, € 1.005.400 is allocated for the call “Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted” and € 500.000 is allocated for the call “Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed”.

Overview and results of call 5: “Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted”

The total amount available for funding under this call is € 1.005.400. In total, 89 applications were submitted under this call.
A total of 11 projects will be funded (2 large projects, 6 medium projects and 3 small projects).
Out of the 11 projects selected, 3 projects have a donor project partner (2 from Norway and 1 from Iceland).

The list of grantees follows:

Large projects (receiving funding up to € 300.000)

Project Promoter: European Anti-Violence Network
Partner 1: National Police Commissioner of Iceland (Iceland)
Partner 2: The Smile of the Child
Project: Using the Icelandic Police’s paradigm to build a Greek multi-Agency substantial partnership, in order to strengthen the support and protection of women and children, victims of domestic violence, in line with the standards of the Istanbul Convention.

Project Promoter: Union of Women Associations of Heraklion Prefecture
Partner 1: KUN Centre for Equality and Diversity (Norway)
Partner 2: Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences
Project: SAFE-NET: Creating a Safety Net for girls victims of Online Violence

Medium projects (receiving funding up to €80.000)

Project Promoter: Association for regional development and mental health (EPAPSY)
Partner: CMT Prooptiki Consulting Management Training Ltd
Project: Prevention and combat of gender-based violence and promotion of gender equality in the Cyclades region

Project Promoter: Entrepreneurship and social economy group
Partner 1: Association PNOI for the child and the family
Partner 2: Department of Social Work of University of West Attica
Partner 3: Terram Pacis (Norway)
Project: Active Preventers and Active Bystanders: Preventing Gender Based Violence in youth’s life

Project Promoter: Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Project: Tackling gender inequalities in research and higher education in Greece (GENDRHED)

Project Promoter: Hellenic League for Human Rights
Partner: Liquid Media
Project: Gender Equality on the front page

Project Promoter: Ladies Union of Drama -House of Open Hospitality
Project: TimeToTalk!

Project Promoter: Science Communication
Project: Combating gender stereotypes in early school age through STEM – STEM4Equality

Small projects (receiving funding up to € 5.000)

Project Promoter: Icon Greece
Project: Teachers’ of Thrace workshop for the promotion of gender equality and the fight against gender-based violence and pedagogical interventions in the classroom

Project Promoter: Kipos Civil non-profit company
Project: Exit through the grocery. Local community professionals and individuals in position to offer an initial safe space to gender based violence victims

Project Promoter: People Behind
Project: Empower women 65+

Overview and results of call 6: “Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed”

The total amount available for funding under this call is € 500.000. In total, 74 applications were submitted under this call.
A total of 11 projects will be funded (6 medium projects and 5 small projects). One project has a donor project partner from Iceland.

The list of grantees follows:

Medium projects (receiving funding up to €80.000)

Project Promoter: American Farm School
Partner 1: iSea Environmental Organisation for the Preservation of the Aquatic Ecosystems
Partner 2: Ethelon
Project:  Green Waters sustainable green, blue growth network

Project Promoter: Child and Adolescent’s Center
Partner: Greek Society Protecting People with Autism (GSPAP)
Project: grow4autism: Networking – Collaboration – Empowerment – Sustainability

Project Promoter: Greek Patients Association
Partner 1: Humane Social Enterprise
Partner 2: Health Policy Institute
Project: Patient Hub

Project Promoter: Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Partner: The Icelandic Human Rights Centre (Iceland)
Project: Civil Society Network in the Context of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in Greece

Project Promoter: Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA)
Partner: The Green Tank
Project: Alliance for Sustainable Local Development

Project Promoter: Transparency International Greece
Partner 1: GRNET – National Infrastructures for Research and Technology
Partner 2: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / Digital Media for Participation research group (NKUA dmPart)
Project: WeOpenGov: Civil Society-Public Agencies Network for Open Government

Small projects (receiving funding up to € 5.000)

Project Promoter: Civil Non Profit Company Tri.Ena Politismou
Partner: Social Cooperative Enterprise Of Collective And Social Benefit Apicco, Artistic Partnership In Community’s Creative Opening.
Project: Observatory For Art In Prison “All2gather”

Project Promoter:  Institute of Creation-Research-Development of Thermos
Project: Creation of a Network Organizations in the Trichonida Lake for the Environmental Awareness of the Residents of Thermo and Agrini area

Project Promoter: Signal – researching and confronting the far right
Project: Action plan for documenting hate speech incidents by the Racist Violence Reporting Network

Project Promoter: Thalassa of solidarity
Project: Survival map of Heraklion Crete

Project Promoter: Space Innovation Non-Profit Civil Partnership
Project: 1st Space New Generation Conference