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In recent years, the growing concern over waste production and pollution has given rise to numerous citizen initiatives. Joining forces ...

We are coming to Arendalsuka for a deep dive in the stormy politics of Central Europe.

Amid the Russian-aggression war, Estonian minorities are facing challenges with media literacy and ideological manipulations. What is true, and what ...

In the heart of the Balkans, the Roma population in Bulgaria has endured as both a source of mystery and ...

LGBTQ+ activists from accross Europe joined the Norwegian Helsinki Committee on a study trip to Southern Norway. The goal: to ...

What if bicycles could be more than just a mode of transport? The Openbike initiative, by teaching bicycle repair skills ...

Overview of the Bilateral Initiatives   These opportunities present a chance to engage in meaningful work and valuable cultural exchange. ...

Eighteen-year-old Oliwia saw an opportunity to change perceptions when she was offered a school trip to Poland. She believed that ...

The Active Citizens Fund is now offering funding for a range of personnel exchange opportunities, including internships, job shadowing, and ...

The “Women with Women and for Women: Time for Equality” project in Koluszki, Poland, aims to educate local women about ...

We are excited to announce an open call for secondments, internships and other activities aimed at knowledge and experience sharing ...

Project partners ‘Arendal Voksenopplæring’ (Arendal adult education) , ‘Med hjerte for Arendal’ (With heart for Arendal), and Polish OWOP saw their original plans to ...

Keen to strengthen ties with Lithuanian civil society? Looking to for an intern for your NGO? Or just looking to ...

Advocacy for Social Inclusion was this year’s topic. Bringing together 80 participants from accross Europe, we looked at how organisations ...

We are seeking Norwegian participants for a capacity building training for small/grassroots organisations working with social inclusion and/or human rights

The Active Citizens Fund Estonia has just launched its final call for medium-sized grants

Join the Active Citizens Fund- Poland Regional in a series of events in February to help you establish bilateral partnerships.

The Active Citizens Fund Poland Regional has launched its second call for proposals.

Want to know which Active Citizens Fund programmes have upcoming calls? 

ACF Latvia invites donor state CSOs to an online matchmaking event on 8 December.

Active Citizen Fund Croatia invites Norwegian organizations to a matchmaking event with Croatian CSOs on 27 October.

ACF Cyprus has a new open call for civil society organizations.

ACF Latvia invites organizations to “Doing democracy”, a two-day matchmaking event on 20th and 27th of May

ACF Slovenia has just published its latest call for small projects in the field of democracy, human rights, gender equality, ...

ACF Estonia has newly launched a small grants call for capacity building of the NGO sector

A new opportunity to seek partnership under the Active Citizens Fund Croatia

On 26-27 May an online matchmaking event will take place within the framework of the ACF Lithuania.

ACF Romania invites Norwegian organizations to attend the 2nd edition of Let`s #getbilateral Matchmaking Week 22-26 March

ACF Poland-Regional launches a series of thematic network-meetings inviting Norwegian entities to participate.

ACF Poland-Regional is launching its first call for proposals for thematic project support.

ACF Greece extends a timely invitation to Norwegian organizations working on gender issues

Five new calls have been launched under ACF Romania today

We are seeking Norwegian participants for a capacity building training for small/grass root organizations working in human rights.  

Want to know which Active Citizens Fund programmes have upcoming calls? 

ACF Greece has two new calls for proposals for organizations

ACF Slovakia has a new calls for proposals covering all prioroty areas of the ACF.

ACF Poland National has launched its call for civil society organisations carrying out monitoring and advocacy activities.

Active Citizens Fund Latvia has launched a new call for proposals for organizations.

Do you want a partner but don’t know how and where to find it and start cooperation? Join ACF Polands ...

The Active Citizens Fund Poland National has launched its second call for proposals.

The Active Citizens Fund Estonia has just launched a new call for proposals for medium-sized and large grants

The second call for strategic projects within the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria was launched on 28 September.

Active Citizens Fund Croatia launches a call to strengthen the sustainability of the civil sector.

Active Citizens Fund Portugal has just launched four new calls for proposals!

During September the Romanian Fund Operator of the Active Citizens Fund will organize a series of online matchmaking cafés for ...

Active Citizens Fund Romania has just launched two new calls for proposals

Active Citizens Fund Latvia has published an overview of open and upcoming calls.

ACF Bulgaria has launched a call for proposals under the Small initiatives scheme for COVID-19 Crisis Response Measures

Active Citizens Fund Slovenia is launching a call for micro-projects (quick-response grants).

The Active Citizens Fund Latvia is organizing an online matchmaking event for Norwegian and Latvian organizations on the 15th of ...

The Active Citizens Fund Croatia is organizing an online matchmaking event for Norwegian and Croatian organizations on the 24th of ...

The Active Citizens Fund Poland is organizing an online matchmaking event for Norwegian and Polish organizations on the 23rd of ...

Many projects funded by the EEA and Norway Grants have been affected by the measures taken to contain the Covid-19 ...

Active Citizens Fund Croatia has launched its first calls for ad-hoc actions and large projects.

Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria announces funding scheme for small bilateral initiatives promoting co-operation with donor countries.

Due to Covid-19 outbreak in Europe, the conference has been cancelled. Portuguese, Polish and Bulgarian regional cooperation on the role ...

The Active Citizens Fund – National has launched its first call for proposals.

See which event is the most interesting for you and sign up!

These inforgraphics will guide you through the Active Citizens calls that are now open.

NB! Extended deadline! The Active Citizens Fund Greece has launched new calls for proposals for citizen participation and support for ...

The Active Citizens Fund Romania has launched eight open calls for proposals in a number of fields such as human ...

The Active Citizens Fund National in Poland is launched with a matchmaking event in January 2020.

The Romanian Fund operator of the Active Citizens Fund is organizing a matchmaking event in Sandefjord in January 2020.

The Active Citizens Fund Slovakia has launched its second call for proposals for projects in human rights, active citizenship, empowerment ...

The Active Citizens Fund Czech Republic has launched open calls for proposals for medium sized projects, systemic projects and bilateral ...

The Active Citizens Fund Malta has launched an open call for proposals in human rights, social inclusion and active participation.

Opportunity for NGOs to implement ambitious activities in Lithuania

The Active Citizens Fund Slovenia has launched an open call for proposals for medium and large projects in democracy, human ...

The Active Citizens Fund Estonia has launched an open call for proposals for small capacity building grants.

The Active Citizens Fund Operator in Romania is hosting a matchmaking event that will take place on 9-11th October 2019 ...

Interested entities attended an information meeting in Oslo.

The Active Citizens Fund Operator in Lithuania is hosting a matchmaking event that will take place on 23rd October 2019 ...

Representatives of more than 150 civil society organisations and platforms from 28 European countries gathered in Bucharest for the International ...

Norwegian organisations are invited to apply for the Active Citizens Fund matchmaking event which is to take place in May

Roma women in Slovakia find ways to take charge of their lives

Kom på vårt informasjonsmøte 12. mars.

Calls for proposals for the new Active Citizens Fund 2014 – 2021 in Greece have been announced!

The Active Citizens Fund’s website has been upgraded with a new layout and design to inspire and promote cooperation.

The Active Citizens Fund Slovakia, amounting 9 mill euro was lanched in Košice.

The first call for proposals under the Active Citizens Fund in Bulgaria is launched!

Norwegian organisations are invited!

Calls for proposals for the new Active Citizens Fund 2014 – 2021 in Portugal have been announced!

Har du gått glipp av informasjonsmøte om EØS-midlene?

Official launching of the Active Citizens Fund in Bulgaria; Sofia, 7 June, 2018. On the photo: Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime ...

Vil du lære mer om hvordan din organisasjon kan bruke EØS-midlene? Nå har du sjansen!

Vi gir deg en oversikt her

€8.5 million allocated to the Civil Society programme in Latvia. Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have signed a new cooperation agreement ...

Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have signed a new cooperation agreement with Greece under the EEA Grants 2014-2021. In the agreement ...

Under EØS finansieringsmekanismen, sivilsamfunnsprogrammet Active Citizens Fund har som overordnede mål å styrke utviklingen av det sivile samfunn i Europa, ...

Norge og Estland er sammen om et grønt, konkurransedyktig og inkluderende Europa. 68 millioner euro skal styrke norsk-estisk samarbeid og ...

9. mars 2017 arrangeres avslutningskonferansen for NGO-programmet under EØS-midlene i Riga, Latvia. Programoperatøren inviterer interesserte norske organisasjoner til å delta ...

Through an open competition the Norwegian Helsinki Committee has been selected to fulfill the responsibilities of a contact point for ...

More than 3500 participated in the closing event of the “We are all Citizens” program in Greece.

The workshop Countering Shrinking Civil Space – The Story and Results of the NGO programme in Hungary took place on ...

Central and Eastern Europe Civil Society Forum 2016 will take place in Bucuresti on the 25th of November, organized by ...

Næringsutvikling, forskning, energi og justissamarbeid er viktige satsingsområder for samarbeidet mellom Norge og Romania i årene fremover. Gjennom EØS-midlene er ...

Den endelige versjonen av Blåboken som inneholder de prioriterte sektorene og programområdene for EØS-midlene 2014-2021 er nå tilgjengelig. Les her ...

On 23 September 2016 the Human Rights Monitoring Institute will be hosting its final event as the operator of NGO ...

Ökotárs – Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation, Autonomia Foundation, Foundation for the Development of Democratic Rights, Carpathian Foundation-Hungary in cooperation with ...

En ny evaluering av bilateralt samarbeid under EØS-midlene konkluderer med at EØS-midlene er et effektivt virkemiddel for å styrke forbindelsene ...