Advocate Europe надає до 50 тисяч євро на фінансування інноваційних ідей, спрямованих на об’єднання та посилення партнерських відносин між представникамигромадянського суспільства у Європі. Сфери проектів можуть бути різноманітними: соціальні інновації, мистецтво, культура чи громадянська освіта. Останній день подання - 8 березня 2016 року (далі - англ.).

 We are looking for non-profit ideas and initiatives that:

• are surprising and unconventional. We want to support original approaches and courageous ideas that are oriented towards the current and future needs of Europe’s civil society and citizens. We are looking for ideas that help to design the future, not just manage the status quo.
• strengthen connection and cohesion in Europe. We welcome proposals that support the exchange of people and ideas, and promote international and intercultural understanding. Our goal is to identify critical topics for the further development of a unified Europe and to bring together key groups such as multipliers, stakeholders, activists, administrators, young Europeans and change-makers.
• are based on everyday life. We are looking for project ideas that have practical relevance and a clear relationship to the everyday life of people in Europe.

Special attention will be given to ideas that:

• are based on unusual partnerships. Team up with a friend, neighbour or colleague who works on the same topic, but in a completely different field. What happens when an architect and a social entrepreneur want to create a better Europe for the next generation? Or when environmental educators talk to social scientists? What about when an established foreign policy think tank works with social innovators? Or when computer programmers organise things with dancers? Activists for the common good with neurobiologists? Connect things that don’t seem to belong together at first glance. Think beyond the borders of languages, countries, generations and, above all, professions and fields of action. We’re particularly interested in ideas and partnerships from organisations and initiatives that are made up of two or more actors outside of typical constellations.
• have a connection to the Ruhr region of Germany. Projects that have a connection to this region – be it through a project partner, a target group or some other aspect – receive particular attention. One of Advocate Europe’s aims is to strengthen the European dimension in the Ruhr region of Germany, where Stiftung Mercator is headquartered. Not all our funded projects need to include a link to this region, but we will select some that do – for example, through a project partner, a target group or some other aspect of the project

• Legal status
• Registered associations
• Non-profit private limited companies and non-profit entrepreneurial companies
• Cooperatives
• Public-sector institutions

• NGOs
• Clubs
• Associations
• Social institutions
• Art and cultural institutions
• Schools, universities and research institutes

Here you can find out more about our eligibility criteria - http://bit.ly/1SJQXQE

Organisations outside Germany must also prove their non-profit status character. If you are awarded funding, we will require documentary proof, including:

• The statutes of the organisation,
• A register excerpt or document proving the legal registration (if available),
• A certificate about the non-profit character of the organisation (if available) and
• After the completion of the project a donation confirmation for the funding that you received from us (= certificate that the funds were used for tax-privileged purposes).