GRANTING OPPORTUNITY WITHIN IRIS SMALL GRANTS SCHEME

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IRIS Network has a great pleasure to announce the continuation of its Small Grants Scheme (SGS), which will provide financial support to the member organizations in: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.

Small Grant Scheme  is open only to IRIS national networks member organizations from 5 countries, especially grass roots, those who show initiative in implementing quality standards in their work, have active approach to policy making and advocacy during project implementation. Priority will be given to joint initiatives between two or more IRIS member organizations.

 The overall objective of the SGS is to build capacities of the grass-root organizations for service provision and  advocacy at the local and/or national level, as well as to have outreach in the communities for the purpose of building a more resilient and inclusive society, bringing positive change in the community.

For the first time applicants have opportunity to apply in their own local language within the simplified procedure.

If you have a project which may fulfill the requirements of  Small grants program, please send your proposals to:  iris@iris-see.eu no later than 17/05/2019 at 17.00, with email subject stating “Call for proposal for the Small Grants Scheme – IRIS Networking”.

For more information please follow documents attached below.

English
Serbia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Bosnia I Herzegovina
Albania

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Regional Social Academy of Iris Network – Call for Applicants

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After first successful Regional Social Academy of Iris Network, held in Belgrade in November 2018, IRIS (Network of CSOs providers of social services) and Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland e.V. are announcing the Call for participants of the Regional Social Academy, which will be held in Tirana, Albania from 27th to 30th May 2019.

The Academy offers participants a unique opportunity to benefit from a diversified training package, Introduction of legal framework and practical models of social enterprises in the region, exploring innovative entrepreneurship activities for the development of the region through higher inclusion of migrants, Roma, women, youth and PwD and other marginalised groups into labour market, and social services delivery. Participants will attend 4 day tailor-made training consisted of different learning methodologies including lectures, workshops, discussions and field visits.  The Academy program will enable further improvements and optimization to the needs, interests and constraints of the target groups and their institutional and organizational environments.

In addition to this, participants will have a chance to propose topic of their interest that will be elaborated and enlisted in agenda of the Academy programme.

All information and application procedure you can find HERE

Deadline for application is 26th April 2019 at 17 p.m.

Final participant list will be announced on the IRIS Network web site no later than 20 days upon the closing of the Call for Applicants.

 

Successful participants will obtain certificates, and enter Academy Alumni. Upon the training each of the participants will be obliged to deliver informative session/workshop to their communities/organisations/institutions and report it to the ASB representatives. This activity must be completed in framework of 3 months upon the completion of the education.

Outstanding results at the Academy will be seen as an advantage when applying for EU based traineeships organized by IRIS Network. After the Academy, participants will have the opportunity to receive the scholarship for traineeship in the relevant organization social service provider located in EU.

Regional Social Academy is part of the regular IRIS programme activities, organized annually in each of the WB state.

Pictures and impressions from First Regional Social Academy you can see here.

For application and additional questions contact iris@iris-see.eu.