USAID is requesting applications for Community Collaboration Activity 2021 to promote the accountability of local governance and build greater community-level social cohesion in Kosovo municipalities.

Objectives

CCA has two strategic objectives:

• Contribute to an increased citizen involvement in identifying and addressing local community challenges of under-represented groups particularly: women, youth, and non-majority communities; and
• Contribute to improved multiethnic collaboration on issues related to community issues and collaboration of citizens of various ethnic backgrounds with their respective local governments.

Outcomes

Expected outcomes of CCA:

• Outcome 1: Greater citizen involvement in identifying and solving local community challenges (with a special focus on women, youth and other underrepresented citizens);
• Outcome 2: Enhanced multiethnic collaboration around community issues in the Kosovo context;
• Outcome 3: Better collaboration between citizens and municipal governments
• Outcome 4: Improved citizen satisfaction with performance of their municipalities.

Funding Information

• This is the second round of applications for small grants issued under CCA. In this round, CCA will award up to ten (10) grants under contract with a value up to $11,000 per grant, negotiated based on the scope of the activity proposed by the grantee
• The project implementation can last for a maximum of 8 months.
• Grants under contract can be implemented across the entirety of Kosovo; cross-municipal initiatives are encouraged.

Eligible Organizations

Local Youth Advisory Councils, regionally based NGOs, community-based and issue-based groups, private sector entities, civil society organizations, and media organizations. The recipients must be legally registered entities. Municipal government entities and other public institutions (e.g. public schools, hospitals, universities) cannot receive the GUCs directly, but the entities applying for the GUCs are strongly encouraged to involve them as partners. For the purposes of project grant solicitations “local entity” or local for profit and nonprofit organizations must:

• Be organized under the laws of Kosovo;
• Have its principal place of business in Kosovo;
• Be majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Kosovo or be managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Kosovo; and
• Not be controlled by a foreign entity or by an individual or individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents of Kosovo (“controlled by” means a majority ownership or beneficiary interest as defined above, or the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization’s managers or a majority of the organization’s governing body by any means, e.g., ownership, contract, or operation of law).
• Grantees’ annual budget in the past financial year does not exceed €50,000.

For more information, visit USAID.