The preparation of the non-governmental sector for the involvement in activities financed by the structural funds (Phare – the program of the civil society development)

Project Manager: Radomír Špok

Timeframe: completed (January - December 2003)

Executive Summary:

Main objective of the project was to strengthen abilities of the non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic to use the benefits of the EU structural funds and thus contribute to the development of civil society and the lasting sustainability of the NGOs. Not only NGOs but also other institutions, especially public authorities and selected commercial entities, had a benefit from this project. The project also enabled to establish partnership between these entities, thereby increasing their chances of drawing support from the structural funds.

The objective has been attained through three main activities – an information portal for structural funds for NGOs, a manual - instructions for the involvement of NGOs in the process of preparation and implementation of projects supported by EU structural funds, and finally through information seminars organized in all fourteen regions of the CR, whose aim was introduction of created products to help make contacts and open discussion about the structural funds.


Donors:
European Union


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