SECTOR Project Support (SECTOR Grants) Regional Grants - Round One

Timeline Regional Selection process Grants implementation Round I Sept. 2006 - March 2007 May 2007 - Dec. 2008 Sept. 2006 Announcement (360 KByte MSDOC) Sept. 2006 - March 2007 Selection process (with training) April 2007 Grant approval from Sida May 2007 Winners meeting May/June 2007 - Dec. 2008 Implementation of grants Jan. 2009 Evaluation and reporting Selection Results (5 projects, 185.327 EUR) Greening Urban Food Consumption Eco-Schools Network Balkan Ecovillage Network (BEN)- Sustainability in Practice Regional Environmental Cohesion: Towards SEE Urban Sustainable Development Strategy Spreading the Green Phone Service Regional grants process 1. Application process: Concept paper form Download (250KByte MS DOC) Guidelines for Full Proposal Preparation Download (353 Kbyte - PDF) Full proposal. 2. Grants evaluation process: Selection criteria - download concept paper selection criteria (77 KB - DOC) - download full propsal selection criteria (87 KB - DOC) Selected projects. 3. Monitoring process The REC’s grants monitoring process consists of: Direct contact — initiated at the Winners Meeting and maintained throughout project implementation. Reporting process: assessing the activities according to the plan (project proposal); checking to what extent the project has achieved the results set, by phase and overall; checking the products and their quality; checking if any changes occurred during the project implementation, and how this change is reflected in the project. Site visits — preferably to see the NGOs in action. Other information — such as feedback from beneficiaries of the project. 4. Assessment of the grants results The success of each grant is evaluated through an assessment of the project results and methodologies followed. The assessment is based on the indicators set at the beginning of project implementation and agreed upon at the Winners Meeting. The impact of the project is measured as part of the assessment. The long-term positive and negative effects of the project on the environment, beneficiary countries and target groups are considered. Additionally, the project’s sustainability (i.e. its long-term viability) is evaluated according to the extent to which the beneficiaries can maintain the project results. Finally, the effectiveness of the project outcomes and methods is assessed by comparing the expected results set with the actual achievements and outputs.

Grants types: SECTOR National Grants SECTOR Regional Grants Sustainability in Action: NGO Initiatives for Sustainable Development in the Western Balkans (PDF - 848 KB)