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Social Development Civil Society Fund Program (CSF) (former Small Grants Program - SmGP) was created in 1983 to provide a way for the World Bank to promote dialogue and dissemination of information about international development outside its own operations. Financing for the projects is granted for civil society organizations through participating World Bank country offices.

The CSF supports activities whose primary objective is civic engagement in support of activities that empower and enable citizens to take initiatives to enhance and influence development outcomes. Activities strengthen mechanisms for inclusion, accountability, and participation. Activities also strengthen partnerships with public sector, other civil society organizations, and the private sector.

Herewith, we invite Croatian NGOs to submit their applications with proposals including innovative ideas focusing on civic engagement activities. Given the available grant funds, the size of individual grants will be in the range of US$3,000 to US$7,000. Smaller grants are possible, but larger grants are rare.

Applications can be written in Croatian but applications in English are preferred. The deadline for proposals submission is May 7, 2011.

Interested NGOs and civil society organizations should send filled out application forms by e-mail to: Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spam robota, nije vidljiva ako ste isključili JavaScript

or by post to:
The World Bank Croatia Country Office
Radnička cest 80/IX
10000 Zagreb,