ROMACT: Seeking Proposals for Capacity Building and Transnational Cooperation, Deadline: 19 September 2016

The ROMACT programme, a joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Commission is currently seeking proposals for its Capacity Building and Transnational Cooperation programme, to promote the integration of Roma at local level.

This call concerns the new component of the ROMACT programme which aims at assisting local authorities in better integrating marginalised people, in particular non nationals of Roma ethnicity. This component supports capacity building and transnational cooperation activities.

Programme Activities

The capacity building and transnational cooperation component of ROMACT comprised three modules as follows:

• Intercultural training
• Training of Intercultural Mediators
• Support for working visits

Eligibility Criteria

• This call is open to local public authorities.
• Not-for-profit entities can apply if acting under the mandate of the local public authority, in which case a signed letter of intent from the local authority delegating this authority must be included in the application.
• Selection of applications will be made by the ROMACT Steering Board which includes representatives of the Council of Europe and of the European Commission.
• Applications will be evaluated and selected on the basis of:
  • Overall quality of the application
  • Concrete, realistic proposals with achievable, measurable results
  • Added value of action to address identified challenge
  • Link between activity and aims of ROMACT programme
  • Link to previous achievements and to lessons learned from other similar, national and European experiences
  • Motivation and commitment to contribute to ROMACT’s objective of building the capacity of local authorities to integrate marginalised people, in particular those of Roma ethnicity, notably through a better use of EU funds.
• Applicants must also commit, if their application is retained to participate in at least one meeting of ROMACT partner municipalities to take place at the end of 2016.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted electronically via given website.

Eligible Countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Slovak Republic.

For more information, please visit ROMACT.