The first information session for the INSPIRE Fund will take place on June 7, 2024 in Sofia, at Resonator (13, 20 April Str.). Registration for the meeting is available at this link. The language of the information sessions will be Bulgarian.
Representatives of civic organizations – foundations, associations, school boards and community centers – are invited to join the meeting. During the meeting participants will learn in detail about the opportunities and requirements for applying to the INSPIRE Fund.
The Fund will provide €1 620 000 in targeted grant funding for local and national projects of civil society organisations working to reduce violence against children and empower victims of violence. The call for proposals will open in July this year.
Information session will be held in five other locations in Bulgaria – Stara Zagora, Plovdiv, Ruse, Varna and Burgas.
The INSPIRE Fund is part of the INSPIRE: Improving National Support for Prevention, Intervention, Response, and Empowerment of Victims of Violence against Children. The project also provides a training programme to enhance the capacity of the supported organisations. 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. The project has a duration of three years. For that time WCIF will be responsible for the provision of funding to the projects, and NNC for the capacity building of the organisations.