Grants for promoting the benefits of Moldova’s European integration. Call for projects targeting influencers, active citizens, and civic initiatives

The Transatlantic Foundation (TF),in cooperation with the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (BST), is launching a dedicated call for proposals for influencers, active citizens and small initiatives aimed at piloting new communication and outreach messaging for raising public awareness and understanding of the benefits of Moldova’s EU integration.

This initiative complements our program “Increasing Public resilience to disinformation and EU positive awareness (INCRES)” by providing opportunities for local civic actors, young leaders, informal groups representatives to actively engage in a public campaign promoting European values.

1. Call objectives: 

• Test innovative and multilingual formats, narratives and messaging promoting the benefits of EU integration and European values.
• Increase the visibility and positive impact of projects supported by the European Union.
• Promote opportunities provided by the European Union and EU members states.
• Encourage open discussions and debates about the benefits of Moldova’s EU integration processes and address citizens’ fears related to EU accession.
• Build social cohesion around EU integration and citizen engagement in the processes related to Moldova’s EU integration.
• Support wider campaigns and actions conducted at local and national levels in support of European Union values and development model.

2. Scope

• The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST) will award 10 grants over the course of the next five months, of maximum EUR 2,510 each, to enable Moldovan citizens and civic groups to directly promote and support Moldova’s European integration and European values. 
• The grants are intended to support expenses incurred by citizens, groups and organizations for active participation in activities and events directly tied to the objectives of this call.

3. Eligibility criteria

• Citizens, youth, informal groups, civic actors, CSO representatives (including leaders, staff, volunteers, civic activists), influencers, opinion leaders, bloggers, vloggers, etc. 
• The activities can be implemented both online and offline.

4. Application process

Interested citizens, CSOs representatives, civic activists and leaders, informal groups’ representatives are invited to submit applications in response to this call for proposals by filling out in detail the following form and by attaching an updated CV.

*Please be aware that you need to apply at least three weeks before the start of the initiative for the application to be evaluated and if selected for the funds to be transferred.

5. Submission deadline

You can submit proposals continuously by 31 March 2025, and they should be sent to Stella Uțica and Dinu Toderașcu, at the email addresses: Stutica@gmfus.org and DToderascu@gmfus.org.

6. Selection criteria

Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Relevance to the objectives of the call.
• The innovative element of the initiative. 
• The timeliness and purpose of the initiative.
• Budget justification and cost-effectiveness.

7. Grant terms

• Each selected initiative will receive a grant to cover approved expenses related to the implementation of an initiative/campaign/event in response to the objective of the call.
• Grant recipients will be required to submit a report detailing their participation and outcomes achieved following the completion of the grant/activity, and the expenses incurred during grant implementation.