The first online meetings on the INSPIRE fund were held

Representatives of over 60 civil society organizations learned more about the INSPIRE Fund competition during the first online information meetings.

The meetings took place on July 23 and 24 at 4 p.m. The first meeting provided detailed information about the competition procedure—deadlines and application process, types of projects and eligible activities, as well as the documents required to participate in the competition procedure.

During the second meeting, participants learned details about filling out the application form for grant funding, in accordance with the Outcome Mapping methodology.

The information meetings will be held again on September 9 and 10, 2024, and will also be in online format. So if you missed the current training sessions, you can join those in September.

During the meetings, you will have the opportunity to ask your questions in person and receive answers from the project team in real time.

At the same time, questions about the competition can be sent to the following email address: konkurs@frgi.bg You will receive a response from the FRGI team within 10 working days.

Questions and answers will also be published in a specially created section on the INSPIRE project website here.

More about the INSPIRE Fund

The INSPIRE Fund will provide €1,620,000 in grant funding for local and national projects by civil society organizations working to reduce violence against children and empower victims of violence. The competition within the fund will start on July 15, 2024. You can find out more about the open call here.

The INSPIRE Fund is part of the INSPIRE project: Improving national support for the prevention, intervention, and response to violence against children and empowering victims. The project also includes a training program to increase the capacity of the supported organizations.

The project is implemented by the Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation (WCIF) and the National Network for Children (NNC) and is co-financed by the European Union.