The European Union (EU) has announced a call for proposals for the 2020 EU Peacebuilding Initiative (EUPI). Objectives The global objective of this call for proposals is to support and promote the conditions for a sustainable resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through civil society and citizens' positive engagement, helping to maintain and foster the conditions for the viability of a negotiated two-state solution. The specific objectives of this call for proposals are divided by Lot. Proposals must state the lot under which they are applying and demonstrate that the action aligns with the objective of that lot. LOT 1: Civil and political engagement in peacebuilding: Promoting conditions for a negotiated settlement of the conflict via participatory civil and political engagement of men and women. LOT 2: Trust-Building: Fostering mutual understanding, tolerance and trust among Israelis and Palestinians including at grass roots level. LOT 3: Strategic Cooperation: Fostering cross-border cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians based on mutual interests. Funding Information The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 4,450,000. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award all available funds. LOT 1: EUR 1,500,000 LOT 2: EUR 1,450,000 LOT 3: EUR 1,500,000 Location Actions must take place in one or more of the following country(ies): Israel, Palestine, EU Member States. Actions implemented in EU Member States must directly involve Israelis and/or Palestinians. Eligibility Criteria Lead applicant(s) In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must: be a legal person and be non-profit-making and be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, public sector operator, local authority, international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 156 of the EU Financial Regulation and be established in a Member State of the European Union or one of the ENI South countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia), or a country that is the beneficiary of Pre-Accession Assistance (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey) or a Member State of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Nonvay). This obligation does not apply to international organisations. and be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary. Co-applicant(s) For LOT 1 and LOT 2: where the lead applicant is not established either in Israel or in Palestine, then then the lead applicant must act with an Israel or a Palestinian co-applicant. For LOT 3: the partnership must include as a minimum one Israeli organisation and one Palestinian organisation. Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant. Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself. Co-applicants must sign the mandate form. Affiliated entity(ies) The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies). Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s): Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link. This structural link encompasses mainly two notions: Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings: Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be: Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control; Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant; Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies). Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,...) as the proposed affiliated entities. For more information, visit EuropeAid and download the guidelines.