The Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma initiative is seeking an implementing organization for its Project Generation Facility project in Romania.
The Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma (MtM) initiative is calling for proposals for an implementer of the Project Generation Facility project in Romania, with the aim to advance Roma inclusion in rural communities in Romania by increasing local administrations' ability and capacity to absorb EU structural funds in rural areas with sizeable Roma communities. The implementer would build capacity of local administrations to generate and implement Structural Funds projects, which target specifically Roma, among other beneficiaries.
The deadline for applications is October 24, 2011.
The call for proposals is part of the Open Society Foundations initiative "Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma." The initiative was launched in 2007 as an instrument to advance the fulfillment of the objectives of the Decade for Roma Inclusion by using EU financial resources. Through project development assistance, capacity-building and advocacy, Making the Most seeks solutions to problems such as the weak visibility of Roma issues in the implementation of EU cohesion policies at the national and local levels; disadvantages in resources and expertise; and overly bureaucratic funding procedures, which block access of the most deprived to development opportunities.
The Project Generation Facility (PGF), a component of Making the Most initiative is focused on giving Roma and others working for the benefit of the Roma communities access to the same level and quality of project design and advocacy capabilities as other Structural Funds applicants. At the same time, it will utilize the experience and capacity of the Open Society Foundations to stimulate interest of potential beneficiaries and steer them towards projects bringing sustainable improvement for the Roma.
The PGF implementer will help local administrations identify funding opportunities from the EU structural funds until the end of the programming period 2007-2014 and design projects to be submitted for funding under one or more funding calls. The projects should respond to the needs identified by the local administrations in terms of housing and infrastructure development, employment, education, social services or another relevant field. The projects should include a specific focus on social inclusion of Roma and should provide disaggregated indicators for non-Roma and Roma beneficiaries of the projects.
For more information about the call for proposals, please see the documents attached at right.
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