Black Sea NGO Forum Bucharest Romania Financial instruments

Black Sea NGO Forum Bucharest, Romania Financial instruments for supporting Civil Society: Opportunities Bianca Baumler Outreach and Knowledge Management Officer European Endowment for Democracy (EED) 5 September, 2013

v v Who we are – what we do Added Value / Complementarity Variety of support – fields of inspiration Who can apply

Who we are – what we do • International NGO • Young • Foster & encourage democratisation and deep & sustainable democracy • Bottom-up & all the time • “support the unsupported”

Executive Director of EED, Jerzy Pomianowski

Added value / complementarity • Rapid & flexible • Risk-taking • Early action • Alternative to state support • Complement European democracy support system → “fill the gaps”

Variety of support 1. Fund civil society initiatives 2. Core & institutional funding • Seed funding • Bridge funding 3. Supporting political leadership 4. Technical Expertise

Fields of Support/Inspiration • Advancing Pluralism • Political Dialogue and Consensus Building • Social & Political Online Movements → going offline • Innovative Democracy Tools: Technology, art & culture

Click here: Democracyendowment. eu

Application Route →→→

Who can apply? • Civil Society, movements and people who • foster & encourage democratization and deep & sustainable democracy • promote democratic values and work in favour of a pluralistic multiparty system in the “neighbourhood” üRegistered or non-registered organisations and persons

Thank you for your attention! democracyendowment. eu Bianca@democracyendowment. eu Tel. +32 -2 -73 95 801