Open call in support of feminist projects

12 Dec, 2018 | news

This call for proposals is directly linked to Bulgarian Fund for Women’s mission to develop a feminist movement in Bulgaria and for a community without violence, discrimination, inequalities, and in which each girl and woman has the necessary conditions to unfold their potential to the fullest, has equal opportunities and access to resources, quality education and services, and makes informed decisions about her personal and professional life and her own body. Furthermore, the call is also a part of the strategic activities of the Fund for empowering women and girls and for achieving gender equality in Bulgaria.

What?

The total budget of this call is 30 000 Bulgarian leva and it will provide funding to projects of organizations up to 3000 leva. If the number of received/approved project proposals is too few, the Bulgarian Fund for Women keeps the right to change the conditions of the call, including the size of the individual grants, as well as the total budget.

There are no limitations in terms of the ideas that might be funded in the present call for proposals. A wide spectrum of activities* are eligible, as long as their leading principles are equality, indiscrimination and empowering of women and girls, especially of representatives of vulnerable and/or marginalized groups. It is recommended that the project goals and activities aim to achieve real social change. We encourage candidates to utilize an intersectional and inclusive approachand to focus on real empowering of the target groups they are planning to work with so that they are not treated as passive beneficiaries, but as active engines of change.

*Examples of activities that might be funded (non-exhaustive list): trainings, events, research, artistic projects, creating video content, communication campaigns, advocacy, etc. All planned activities of each project must demonstrate a feminist approach and a clear understanding of the problem that they address and should target a sustainable social change.

When?

  • December 12, 2018 – January 20, 2019 – application
  • February 1, 2019 – announcing the results
  • February 4-8, 2019 – signing contracts for funding
  • February 11, 2019 – August 23, 2020 – project implementationand reporting
  • February 2020 – turning in the final narrative and financial reports

Who?

Only organizations registered under the Non-Profit Legal Entities Act (NPLNP) and in public benefit can participate in the call. The participation of unregistered groups/collectives is only admissible if it is in partnership with NGOs registered for public benefit with which BFW will sign a funding contract.

In assessing the applications, an advantage will be given to:

  • Feminist organizations 
  • Organizations active in the field of women’s rights, the empowerment of girls and the fight against gender-based violence 
  • Organizations working to empower and overcome multiple discrimination and/or marginalization of vulnerable groups of women (LBT, Roma organizations, organizations of people with disabilities, single mothers, etc.); 
  • Organizations run by women, or such with more than 50% of women in decision-making positions, working for human rights;
  • Organizations whose activities take place outside of Sofia; 
  • Newly created feminist organizations and those whose activity has started in less than a year before the deadline; 
  • Organizations whose annual budget is less than 50 000 BGN. 

Assessment criteria

• Administrative compliance with the requirements of the call: completed and formatted application form (in Word) and budget form (in Excel) according to the requirements of BFW; A signed and stamped Statement of assurance is applied.

• Capacity and/or potential to implement the project (the application of newly registered organizations is encouraged).

• Link of the project objectives and activities to the thematic priorities of this competition.

• The objectives and expected results should be realistic. 

• Realistic budget and balance between administrative and implementation costs.

The projects will be assessed by the Board of Trustees of BFW, its team and external experts, whose names will be announced once the results are published.

Application documents (only available in Bulgarian)

Additionalinformation

All selected organizations sign Contracts for target funding with Bulgarian Fund for Women and after completing the projects, by August 23, 2019, the organizations send mandatory narrative and financial reports using the forms and according to the requirements that theyreceive prior from BFW. The support of the Bulgarian Fund for Women should be reflected in all communications activities and materials of the project, according to the funding contract’s conditions.

The application package should be sent by 23:59 on January 20, 2018, tooffice@bgfundforwomen.org.