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Introduction.

The Small Grant Facility has been established as a result of a continuous
debate between the Danish NGO community and the Danish Environmental
Protection Agency. The Facility will meet a demand for support to mainly
smaller environmental projects, and will try to avoid developing complex
application procedures.

The main partners of the project are the DEPA department for Danish
Cooperation for Environment in Eastern Europe (DANCEE), the Danish
Outdoor Council and The Regional Environment Center in Budapest.

The Small Grant Facility Co-ordination is situated in the Danish Outdoor
Council, who is responsible for giving advice on the Small Grant Facility
and for facilitating contacts between NGOs. The Small Grant Facility will
support projects with no more than 250.000 DKK.

The Small Grant Facility will receive applications from both Danish NGOs
and NGOs from the target countries (see below).

Objectives and principles.

The objective of the establishment of the Small Grant Facility is to
involve more organisations in the environmental work in the South and East of
Europe. The development potential of especially smaller NGOs should be
realised in regards to the DANCEE support programme, and the Small Grant
Facility will try to ad-dress this need. The Small Grant Facility will
thus encourage smaller projects to be developed in co-operation between Danish
and target country NGOs, in order to facilitate an exchange of knowledge
and experience.


Target Countries.

Target countries for the Small Grant Facility are:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croa-tia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Ukraine and Yugoslavia.



The requirements of the Small Grant Facility.

In order to qualify for support from the Small Grant Facility, an
applicant must fulfil the following criteria:

1) Be an NGO / Civil-society organisation working on a strictly non-profit
basis. In short, the following type of organisations can be supported:

· NGOs (organisations working for idealistic purposes)
· Civil society organisations (organisations where members of society are
organised to promote own interests)
· Political parties
· Church organisations or other religious organisations
· Grass root organisations (local self-help groups and likewise)
· Local organisations (village councils and likewise)
· Cultural organisations (culture, sport and likewise).


2) Demonstrate that the environmental project falls within one or more of
the fol-lowing priority areas of the Small Grant Facility:

A. Organisational development of relevance to environmental work.
B. Co-operation on citizens' participation in environment / nature
man-agement and decision-making.
C. Promotion of outdoor recreation with consideration for nature and the
environment.

3) Be engaged in opening new partnerships and new projects in the present
and future DANCEE countries. The applicant must co-operate with a partner
NGO / civil-society organisation based in the target country, or be
engaged in a project preparation phase with the aim of identifying a partner.
Concrete projects as well as project preparation activities like
networking and / or sharing of experiences are valid for support.

4) Demonstrate that the project is viable, and that the applicant will
carry costs of the project, either in-kind or by carrying a share of the total
budget.

5) Inform the public of the results of the project during implementation
(prefera-bly) or after completion.

6) Send final report to Danish Outdoor Council including an evaluation on
the impact and future replication of the project.


Technical requirements for applicants.

Budget
Proposals can apply for a maximum of DKK 250.000,- from the Small Grant
Fa-cility, but the total budget of the project can exceed this amount.
Proposals seeking a higher level of external contribution should apply
directly to DANCEE. Up to 75% of the budget can be prepaid upon project
start and the remainder will be paid upon project completion - i.e. when
the final report on the project has been approved by the Danish Outdoor
Council.

The Small Grant Facility can support the activities of NGOs from Denmark
and from the target countries.

The applying organisation must provide a detailed budget where the
expenses for each project-activity are stated. All involved partners of the
applying organisa-tion must agree to the parts of the budget, which are relevant to
them. This can be done in a separate statement of co-operation. The
statement must be signed by an authorised person and should preferably
carry the stamp of the organisa-tion.

No specific target have been set for the level of contribution (in-kind or
other) from the applicant, but it is recommended that the organisation
should try to esti-mate the value of the contribution financially if
possible.

The following budget lines can only be supported in a limited scale:
· Administration can be supported by up to 7 % of the total budget.
· Evaluation of the project can be supported by up to 7 % of the total
budget.
· Unforeseen expenses can be supported by up to 10 % of the total budget,
but the Danish Outdoor Council must approve of the expense(s).

Project completion
Projects must be completed at the end of August 2001 at latest, and must
deliver a final report on the project to the Danish Outdoor Council after
project comple-tion.

Modification of project
The project holder must inform the Danish Outdoor Council of any major
changes (i.e. changes in activities, co-operation, expected results of
project and likewise) in the project. The Danish Outdoor Council reserves
the right to veto major changes, and in extreme cases to permanently
withhold outstanding support to the project. Such a situation could for
example develop if it is found that the proj-ect has been changed in a
direction, which is contrary to the criteria and guide-lines for receiving
support from the Small Grant Facility.

Final report.
The applicant must compile a report on the results of the project, and
forward it to the Danish Outdoor Council. The report should shortly
(maximum 4 pages) state the following information:

· Alterations to the timeline, activities, results and perspectives of
replica-tion of the project, and explanations for possible changes where
neces-sary.
· Description of performed communication initiatives towards the public.
Documentation should be included in an annex if possible.
· Results of the project and evaluation on the development process.
· Future of the project, is it sustainable in the short, medium or long
term and is it replicable in other contexts / countries?

The project will be completed when the Danish Outdoor Council receives the
final report, and the outstanding support will be remitted when the Danish
Outdoor Council has approved the final report.


The partners of the project.

The Danish Outdoor Council.
The Danish Outdoor Council was founded as an independent
umbrella-organisation in 1942 by eight outdoor organisations, who for some
time had been part of a working group formed by the then prime minister.
The purpose of the Council was to promote outdoor recreation for organisations
and the general public under consideration of both environmental and
nature protection needs.

Today more than 90 organisations are members of the Council. After almost
60 years of existence the goals of the Outdoor Council has only changed
slightly. However, the activities and the daily work have changed over the
years, enabling the Council to develop into a modern organisation with an
extensive network both nationally and internationally.

On the international scene, the Council has a great commitment to the
network of the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe (FEEE),
where more than 20 countries co-operate on educational activities. The
Council held the Presi-dency of FEEE from 1990 to 1996, and presently
holds the co-ordinations of both the Blue Flag and the Learning About Forests
campaigns. The Danish Outdoor Council will continue to contribute to and
participate in the work of FEEE, which is now expanding to become a
worldwide organisation.

For further information, please contact:

The Danish Outdoor Council
Scandiagade 13
DK-2450 Copenhagen SV
Denmark

Phone: +45 33 79 00 79, Fax: +45 33 79 01 79, e-mail:
[log in to unmask],
Internet: www.friluftsraadet.dk


DANCEE.
The Danish Co-operation for Environment in Eastern Europe dates back to
1991, where the Danish Parliament decided to enact subsidies for
environmental activi-ties in Eastern European countries. Changes were made
to the original design of the Danish support for Eastern Europe in 1993.
Here the Parliament incorporated some of the intentions of the Rio
conference in 1992 into the programme, which later developed into DANCEE.
At this time, the Parliament also decided that the funds for the programme
should gradually increase until the total Danish support constitutes 0,5 %
of the Gross National Product in 2005.

The DANCEE programme currently supports environmental projects and
activi-ties in the following countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and
Belarus.

For further information, please contact DANCEE at:

Ministry of Environment and Energy
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Strandgade 29
DK-1401 Copenhagen K
Denmark

Phone: +45 32 66 01 00
Internet: www.mem.dk


The Regional Environmental Center.

The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is
a non-advocacy, not-for-profit organisation with the mission to assist in
solving en-vironmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

The Center fulfils its mission through encouraging cooperation among
non-governmental organisations, governments and businesses, supporting the
free exchange of information and promoting public participation in
environmental de-cision-making.

The REC was established in 1990 by the United States, the European
Commis-sion and Hungary. Today, the REC is legally based on a Charter
signed
by the governments of 25 countries and the European Commission, and on an
Interna-tional Agreement with the Government of Hungary. The REC has its
headquar-ters in Szentendre, Hungary and Local Offices in each of its 15
beneficiary CEE countries, which are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
FYR Macedonia, Poland, Roma-nia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia.

Recent donors are the European Commission and the governments of the
United States, Japan, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland
and the United Kingdom, as well as other intergovernmental and private
institutions.

The REC operates a grant facility for its beneficiaries so NGOs from
Central- and Eastern Europe can also apply to the REC for funding of
co-operation projects. The REC is also capable of establishing contacts
between NGOs via the partner-ship service administrated by Mr. Darek
Urbaniak.

For further information, please contact the REC at:

The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Ady Endre ut 9-11
2000 Szentendre
Hungary

Phone: (36 26) 311 199, Fax: (36 26) 311 294, e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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