Main aim and activites:

The project is based on mapping the needs and priorities of 17 coworkings, which was implemented in March 2021. Based on the survey, Slovak coworkings have a high potential to contribute to society and are important actors in strengthening civil society in Slovakia as centers of education, community development, networking non-profit, private and the public sector, promoting entrepreneurship and employment. The aim of the project is to strengthen their capacities and societal contribution as important actors of civil society. This objective will be achieved through two strategies aimed at strengthening 1) strategic cooperation and 2) key coworking capacities. 17 coworkings with an indirect impact on other coworkings will be directly involved in the project.  Coworkings as a group does not have stable human resources that would systematically focus on developing cooperation. Joint activities are created on an ad-hoc basis, without strategic planning and identification of such activities that would support the further development of coworking in Slovakia. There is also a lack of targeted advocacy promoting their interests in legislative change and institutional support, as well as building strategic partnerships. There are also no mechanisms for sharing experiences and advice for beginning coworkers or sharing other resources (eg staff, equipment, proven processes). Awareness of the public and public institutions about the positive societal benefits of coworkings is also limited. This project can significantly contribute to strengthening the capacity and thus the societal contribution not only of the 17 coworkings involved, but will also have an indirect positive impact on other coworkings in Slovakia. Strengthening coworking capacities can make a significant contribution to regional development, strong employment promotion and strengthening entrepreneurship.

Project timeline: 01-11-2021 – 31-10-2022

Project partner1: CoWorking Banská Bystrica
Project partner2: Oslo International Hub

Project eligible expenditure: 83,200 €
Project grant: 74,880 €

Main aim and activites:

StartLab helps civil society organizations and active citizens raise and build financial and social capital. The aim of the project is to raise awareness of the possibilities of crowdfunding, its benefits and to attract civil society organizations to make more use of the service to fund their public benefit projects. The Nadácia Centra pre filantropiu will create a stable system of education and support for civil society organizations for a successful campaign. At the same time, the project will strengthen the Nadácia’s internal capacities in the field of communication and marketing, so that they can develop this service in the long term. Supporting small donations from large numbers of CSOs makes it possible to become stronger, more publicly recognizable, sustainable and independent of state funding. StartLab, as the only functional Slovak crowdfunding platform based on the remuneration principle, is an important infrastructure tool in the environment of development of civic activities. StartLab helps build the financial and social capital of public benefit project implementers and complements a key component of the ecosystem of support and mobilization of resources for civil society in Slovakia. The main activities of the project are: Information recruitment campaign, systematic work with organizations, educational program for authors of developed plans, building know-how, marketing tools for the StartLab platform, matching partners for organizations.

Project timeline: 01-11-2021 – 30-04-2023

Project partner1: NORSENSUS MEDIAFORUM
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 77,060 €
Project grant: 69,354 €

Main aim and activites:

Educational-transformation project focused on the creation of scenarios of civil society development in Slovakia and on their basis the creation of a hybrid educational program for civil society organizations in the field of adaptation to the new norm in the post-covid period. The PDCS will use a scenario thinking approach and scenario planning. Using the PESTLE approach, it develops an ecosystem analysis that explains what makes up the driving forces. Based on them, they will determine with what degree of probability and with what degree of impact new factors will emerge, which foreshadow where civic organizations and initiatives in Slovakia will go in the context of European and global movement. The trends revealed in this process will then be verified with 40 organizations, platforms and initiatives. In a series of participatory activities, these entities, for themselves as well as for other players, will name more precisely what awaits them and in which directions they can be most useful for people in Slovakia. The project will be developed not only by the organizations involved and their environment, but also by the applicant himself. The main activities of the project are: Establishment and work of the coordination group, establishment and work of a panel of experts, series of meetings of the coordination and expert group, verification meetings with NGO representatives, publication: Civil society development scenarios in Slovakia, educational program for civic organizations: In the context of the post-covid era, a round table with policy makers: What awaits civil society and how to prepare for it, open lunch-seminars: development scenarios and preparation for a “new normal”.

Project timeline: 01-12-2021 – 31-05-2023

Project partner1: Menneskerettighetsakademiet – Human Rights Academy
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 88,851.11  €
Project grant: 79,966 €

Main aim and activites:

The civic association Otvor dvor created a co-working space in KC Kláštor in 2019 as part of a supported project in the first call of the ACF program and began networking third sector entities in Rožňava and the Gemer region. Within the project Participatory Budget for Rožňava, they identified as a problem a low level of knowledge and skills of participants in the creation and processing of visual material and a minimum opportunity to provide this service externally. The project aims to create space for further long-term and continuous activities in the existing co-working centre, which thanks to accommodation capacities will enable the implementation of projects with the participation of partners from more distant parts of the region and effectively use the networking opportunities. The multimedia studio will provide a necessary service for co-working users at the level of creating and processing video and graphic materials to improve communication with the public and thus the promotion of their activities.

Project timeline: 01-06-2020 – 30-11-2021

Project partner1: Norsensus Mediaforum
Project partner2: Bjerkaker Learning Lab

Project eligible expenditure: 88,585.56 €
Project grant: 79,727 €

Main aim and activites:

One of the basic features of WWF’s work at both the global and regional level is working with a variety of stakeholders, including the private sector. WWF in Slovakia defined its priorities and in a relatively short time managed to launch activities aimed at protecting forests, waters and large carnivores. One of the current challenges for the organization is to secure the capacity and resources to achieve its priorities, including through cooperation with the private sector. The project focuses on developing cooperation with the private sector to obtain long-term support for nature protection. At the same time, it will develop a strategy for involving companies to maximize opportunities for cooperation with the private sector and minimize risks. WWF Slovakia plans to start implementing and testing the activities proposed in the strategy, create partnerships and gain new supporters.

Project timeline: 01-10-2020 – 31-03-2022

Project partner1: WWF Nórsko
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 79,990 €
Project grant: 71,991 €

Main aim and activites:

The project aims to reduce the organization’s dependence on project grants towards the development of fundraising from individual and corporate donors, as well as to strengthen the organization’s presence in the regions. The director completes a course focused on the effective management of the organization and with the help of an external consultant, the entire organization goes through the process of strategic planning for the period 2021 – 2025. Last but not least, the project also aims to implement a project management application.

Project timeline: 01-06-2020 – 30-11-2021

Project partner1: N/A
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 68,620 €
Project grant: 61,758 €

Main aim and activites:

The project is aimed at strengthening the advocacy function of the Independent Platform SocioFórum as a relevant partner of the state/public administration in the creation of public policies in the social field. It will strengthen the expertise of the platform members in favour of public policy proposals and participation in the establishment of several strategic materials in Slovakia and the preparation of the new programming period for Euro funds. Through the project, it seeks to help ensure that social protection measures are not an aid objective but an instrument of social inclusion.

Project timeline: 01-06-2020 – 30-11-2021

Project partner1: N/A
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 63,056 €
Project grant: 56,750 €

Main aim and activites:

The project aims to build an expert institution aimed at supporting the introduction of inclusive education, which on the one hand will create and validate a model of comprehensive support services for schools and local governments and on the other hand will coordinate the process of joint advocacy activities. The Centre for Inclusive Education, which was founded for this purpose in 2019, began to implement educational activities, provide assistance to schools and local governments. Its members also received a mandate from the Research Institute of Child Psychology and Pathopsychology to coordinate the preparation of a national strategy for inclusive education. The project represents an effort to ensure sufficient personnel, professional and institutional capacities to perform these tasks.

Project timeline: 01-07-2020 – 31-01-2022

Project partner1: Pedverket Resource Centre
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 116,556 €
Project grant: 104,900 €

Main aim and activites:

The long-term goal of the Karpathian Development Institute (KDI) is to monitor, influence and shape national, regional and local climate policies in the Slovak Republic and emphasize the most vulnerable groups who are the lead victims of climate change as well as those who pay the highest price for combating climate change. The KDI aims to significantly increase the voice of civil society in the fight against the climate crisis. The project aims to strengthen the KDI as a Slovak specialized non-governmental professional centre for climate change. At the same time, the intention of the project is for the KDI to be able to network other third sector organizations, to create a common position on the topic and to be able to play a fundamental role in the process of finding correct solutions as equal partners of public administration at all levels.

Project timeline: 01-05-2020 – 31-12-2021

Project partner1: Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research – Oslo Metropolitan University
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 102,471 €
Project grant: 90,174 €

Main aim and activites:

The aim of the project is to strengthen the human and program capacity of the SOSNA and to ensure long-term financial and personnel sustainability of the organization. The new strategy, based on expanding the range of services and involving external trainers, will make it possible to build partnerships with key sectors aimed at implementing joint environmental programs, projects and initiatives. The role of the Icelandic project partner is to shift its know-how in environmental and social activities in rural areas. communities, in the field of volunteer development, garden therapy work, as well as the financial sustainability of the organization. The partner will prepare a study tour program for SOSNY representatives, focused on the presentation of best practices in Iceland and will ensure the organization of this event.

Project timeline: 01-11-2020 – 30-04-2023

Project partner1: Sólheimar Eco-village
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 105 802 €
Project grant: 95 221 €

Main aim and activites:

Despite the important systemic changes that have been made in recent years at the level of public policy in the field of cultural support, cultural civil society organizations face a long-standing problem of limited institutional development opportunities. Thereby the permanent challenge of sustainability of its activities. This is mainly because the vast majority of financial support are defined mostly for the support of artistic creation or its presentation. The main project activities are the process of strategic planning for A4 – asociácia združení pre súčasnú kultúru development, strengthening the core capacity of the organization, creating a case study of the process and sharing it through workshops with actors networked in the local and national network of cultural organizations.

Project timeline: 01-09-2019 – 31-01-2021

Project partner1: Anténa – sieť pre nezávislú kultúru / Antena – Network for Independent Culture
Project partner2: KU.BA – Kultúrna Bratislava

Project eligible expenditure: 69,521.80 €
Project grant: 62,569 €

Main aim and activites:

The aim of the project is to develop a new foundation strategy for the next 10 years, to raise the standard of quality management and manage changes in the organization itself, strengthen the foundation’s brand and communicate it properly, strengthen financial stability and develop the foundation by strengthening fundraising activities conceptual activities and improve the monitoring and evaluation of the Foundation’s activities, expand networking and advocacy activities to increase the company’s interest in the situation and needs of vulnerable groups.

Project timeline: 01-06-2019 – 31-07-2020

Project partner1: N/A
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 63,975.28 €
Project grant: 57,577 €

Main aim and activites:

Over the past 3 years, the budget and staff of the organization have almost doubled. This increase of the organization gives rise to current challenges to strengthen the capacity and effective management of the organization. The aim of this project is to develop the internal capacity of the organization and the external influence and impact of the organization in order to strategically strengthen the support base and individual philanthropy at the individual level. Internal processes will be supported by the implementation of a software tool for project management (intranet) and management education, the external impact will be strengthened by new communication-fundraising strategy, implementation of five campaigns, creation of database processing all contacts of organization.

Project timeline: 01-07-2019 – 30-06-2020

Project partner1: N/A
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 71,438.46 €
Project grant: 64,294 €

Main aim and activites:

The aim of the project is institutional development, strategy setting and better sustainability and fundraising of the Divé maky, which has been operating successfully for 10 years but needs to reach a higher quality level to remain sustainable. The project is designed to help professionalize the organization and improve sustainability by improving the skills of the whole team, strengthening competencies, introducing changes to improve the quality of organization management, improving planning, implementing modern strategies, improving financial sustainability crowdfunding campaign in cooperation with the partners.

Project timeline: 01-08-2019 – 31-12-2020

Project partner1: SKPR STRATEGIES, Ltd
Project partner2: Respect APP Ltd

Project eligible expenditure: 52 632,20 €
Project grant: 47 368 €

Main aim and activites:

Združenie Informačných a poradenských centier mladých (ZIPCeM) operates at the national level and currently covers 14 youth information centres (ICM) with local to regional activities, the network has the ambition to expand to young active youth organizations. IPS provides to cover all important areas of young people’s lives. With the development of technologies and the changing information needs of young people, an analysis of the state and management of organizations, a map of the current needs of stakeholders, and innovative methods and technologies used in ICM are needed. The outcome of the project will be a modern ICM and the establishment of cooperation between public, private and non-governmental actors in the field of youth work. We will achieve this through expert consulting services in the management of organizations, establishing a common strategy and professionalizing ICM representatives in relevant areas.

Project timeline: 01-04-2019 – 31-07-2020

Project partner1: N/A
Project partner2: N/A

Project eligible expenditure: 64 589 €
Project grant: 58 130 €

Main aim and activites:

The project aims to build a long-term functioning rooftop parental organization for families of children with any health disadvantage and to employ directly the parents of these children. Based on the existing activities, the Platform has a chance to be a long-term competent intermediary in promoting a change in the system of current services and support for families of children with disabilities, the initiator of cooperation between NGOs and public administrations, a guide for families of children with disabilities.

Project timeline: 01-09-2019 – 28-02-2021

Project partner1: CDKL5 Slovakia
Project partner2: Rökstólar Samvinnumiðstöð

Project eligible expenditure: 111,930.80 €
Project grant: 100,737 €

Main aim and activites:

CINEFIL organizes film festivals, screenings, discussions, debates and other activities as part of the already existing project “Cinema Úsmev – City Cinema and Audiovisual Culture Center”. The organization considers it necessary to move their operation, to provide further development opportunities for film enthusiasts. It is important to educate viewers through regular film circles and workshops while opening up to new audiences. The goal is to act more actively as a platform for integrating vulnerable groups into society. Many children from vulnerable groups have different barriers to getting to culture and this is about to change.

Project timeline: 01-06-2019 – 31-12-2021

Project partner1: Tou Scene AS
Project partner2: Usmej sa na mňa

Project eligible expenditure: 106,674.44 €
Project grant: 96,007 €