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In order to help strengthen partnerships with donor country partners in the existing ACF Strategic and Capacity Projects, the ACF announced – within the framework of the "Bilateral and Regional Cooperation" programme – a closed call for bilateral initiatives that provide added value to the achievement of the project's goal and strengthen mutual trust and exchange of knowledge between the organizations involved in the existing partnership. Two initiatived have been submitted and both have received support in this round of assessment. Read more

On August 10, 2022, the Board of the Active Citizens Fund (ACF) approved the results of the third Strategic project call for proposals: of 15 competing projects, 4 were awarded a grant, the total grant sum amounting to 417 635,87 euro. Read more

European Association “World-Our Home” has received a grant support from the Active Citizens’ Fund in the Capacity Project competition. Capacity projects focus on the activities for strengthening, cooperation and networking of civil society organizations, informal civic society groups, and active individuals; as well as on the development of financial sustainability of organizations.

“Active Citizens Fund” is program of European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway Finance Mechanism, financed in 15 countries in Europe. The objective of the Active Citizens Fund in all countries is – civil society and active citizenship strengthened and vulnerable groups empowered. Read more

On 29 June 2022, the third Active Citizens Fund (ACF) Strategic projects call “Strengthening Human Rights in Latvia” was closed, with a total of 15 project applications received. The total funding required from the ACF is EUR 1 298 844.48, which is 3.5 times the amount available in the project call. Read more

Within the framework of the closed tender for bilateral cooperation initiatives, the Active Citizens Fund (ACF) has supported four initiatives aimed at strengthening cooperation with donor country organizations. The purpose of these initiatives is to stimulate cross-border cooperation with bodies in Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. Read more

In order to discuss how to include such activities concerning the support of social cohesion, indulgence, and the cross-cultural dialogue into ACF Strategic projects for strengthening human rights in Latvia, which become ever so relevant with Ukrainian refugees arriving in Latvia, we invite interested organisations to an on-line discourse or exchange of ideas on June 10 at 14:00. Read more

In reaction to current events in Latvia and Europe, the Active Citizens Fund extends the deadline of application for Strategic project call for strengthening human rights in Latvia until June 29, 2022, 14:00. Read more

Within the Action projects call for proposal, the Active Citizens Fund (ACF) has so far supported 11 initiatives aimed at involving Latvian civil society in various activities related to the hostilities taking place in the Ukraine, such as providing support to the citizens of the Ukraine and mitigating the consequences of hostilities. Read more

In view of the great interest in the Active Citizens Fund Action projects call for proposal during the last weeks and the remaining balance for this project call, the ACF Council have decided to set the final deadline for submission of Action projects: April 19, 2022, 23:59. Read more

On March 25, 2022, the board of the Active Citizens Fund (ACF) approved the results of the second Capacity call for proposals: of 160 competing projects, 35 were awarded a grant, the total grant sum amounting to 666,204.17 Euro. 8 projects envisage a partnership with bodies of the EEA and Norway Financial Mechanism donor countries. Read more