With the support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announces a public call for civil society organizations (CSO) in Montenegro to submit proposals for projects contributing to reconciliation, dialogues about the recent past and raising public awareness about the crimes from the 1990ies.  

The call is open for CSOs registered in Montenegro that deal with transitional justice, reconciliation, inter-ethnic and other social dialogue, protection of human rights, and memorialization. These may include victims' associations, non-governmental academic, research, or educational institutions, CSOs engaged in cultural development, non-governmental museums, and other non-governmental memorialization institutions, as well as non-governmental sports associations and clubs. 

The proposed projects should contribute to fact-based dialogue about the conflicts from the 1990s in the region and the recent past, reconciliation within society and between ethnic groups, especially through the engagement of youth, raising public awareness of war crimes and trials, educational programmes on transitional justice, research and memorialization, and other related activities.  The selected projects will receive support through grants of at least EUR 5,000 to a maximum of EUR 60,000. 

The deadline for the application process is 24 February 2025, until 17:00 (local time). 

More information on terms for application and criteria for the selection is available at the following links:

• Public call for applicants, containing the guidance on the proces
• Project proposal
• Budget
• Declaration on not existing double financing
• Memorandum on cooperation

All required documents should be submitted to the following e-mail: [email protected]

After submitting the project proposal, each applicant will receive an e-mail confirmation of the reception. If you do not receive a confirmation within 24h, please contact us again.

The results will be published at: www.undp.org/montenegro.  

This public call is issued as part of the 2nd cycle of grant distribution within the regional project "EU Support to Confidence Building in the Western Balkans" funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 

In this cycle of grants’ awarding, there is also an open public call for project proposals in victim and witness support.