Local Transition Projects and Media Projects 2025

• Eligibility Criteria
  To be eligible for the Local Transition and Media Projects 2025, applicants must:
  – The applicant must be a registered local subject with legal personality in Armenia, whose basic activity is not profit making;
  – Implementer must be eligible to sign a contract with the CZ MFA that establishes jurisdiction of Czech laws and Czech courts;
  – They also strongly encourage you to limit personnel and travel expenses, because exaggerated expenditures for salaries and travel reduce chances for funding;
  – Funds are allocated to non-political and non-governmental groups only. The implementing organization should be a local Armenian NGO. For-profit (business) companies, universities or state institutions can not apply.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Armenia
• Application Language: English

The Embassy of the Czech Republic to the Republic of Armenia is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Local Transition Projects and Media Projects 2025.

This program aims to support democracy and human rights, using the Czech Republic’s experience with the social transition and democratisation.

Local Transition Projects (LTP) are one of the instruments of the transition promotion program of the Czech Republic. Projects are identified by the respective Embassies of the Czech Republic (through applications submitted by potential implementers) and approved by the headquarters – Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs (CZ MFA).

Topics

In line with the Human rights and Transition Promotion Policy Concept of the Czech Republic, project proposals should focus on the following topics:

• Civil society – support to civil society including human rights defenders.
• Information – support freedom of speech, access to information, media freedom and independence.
• Participation – promotion of citizens’ involvement in public decision-making processes at all levels (local, regional, national).
• Rule of law / legal state – support the development of democratic institutions.
• Equality – support equality and non-discrimination.
• Support to human rights in connection with employment and/or environment issues.
• Only in case of projects aimed at supporting independent media: projects can be aimed at direct support to proven media outlets that adhere to the basic principles of editorial independence and are facing a difficult financial situation.

Funding Information

The foreseen budget per project is 100,000 – 500,000 CZK (roughly 4000 – 20000 EUR).

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