QUALIFYING PROJECTS:
In accordance with the Programme of the Czech Republic’s Human Rights and Transition Promotion Policy, the projects should focus on the following areas:
supporting civil society, including human rights defenders;
promoting the freedom of expression and information, including the freedom of media;
promoting an equal and full political and public participation;
supporting institution-building in the area of rule of law;
promoting equality and non-discrimination;
promoting human rights in the areas of employment and environment protection.

AVAILABLE FUNDING:
A project can be funded with a budget up to 500,000 CZK (approx. 21,000 USD) maximum. The minimal funding is 100,000 CZK (approx. 4,350 USD). Co-funding from the applicant or other sources is welcome.
Maximum LTP duration is from signing of the Contract (March 2024) to end of October 2024, i.e. up to 8 months in total.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL:
Only local Turkish non-governmental, community and not-for-profit organizations with legal capacity in their respective countries can submit an LTP proposal.
PROCESS OF SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL:
All proposals should be delivered to the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Istanbul BOTH in electronic form (editable Excel format file AND scanned .pdf or .jpg file with a signature and stamp, to emails: istanbul@embassy.mzv.cz, AND paper form to the address:

Local Transformation Projects (LTPs) 2024
Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Istanbul
Abdi Ipekci Cad. 71, Maçka, P.O.Box 35
Istanbul 34367
The proposals must contain:

completed Identification Form with stamp and signature (see the attachment),
copy of a document proving the Applicant’s legal capacity (a document proving the organization submitting the proposal legally exists – e.g. document of incorporation, registration or establishment of the organization),
copy of an authorization of the signed person to act on the Applicant’s behalf (a document proving that the person submitting the proposal can act on behalf of the organization – e.g. an authorization letter signed and stamped by the CEO or a Director of the Organization).
All documentation must be either in English or an English translation must be attached.

TIMETABLE OF PROJECTS:
Interested entities should submit their proposals to the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Istanbul no later than November 3, 2023 for electronic submissions and no later than November 10, 2023 for paper submissions. Please note that both electronic and paper versions of the submission are required. These deadlines are final and cannot be extended due to the necessary following procedural steps.
The assessment of the proposals will take several months and should be completed by February 2024.
Successful applicants should sign a contract for implementation of the project with the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Istanbul no later than March 1, 2024.
All LTP activities should be finished no later than October 31, 2024. However, due to the fact that it is necessary to finish all the paperwork and inspection/monitoring of project results, it is recommended that all project activities are finished by October 15 at the latest.
Successful applicants must submit a Final Report and all relevant financial documents to the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Istanbul as soon as possible after the LTP conclusion, not later than November 20, 2024.

OTHER TERMS
Please download and use the below attached Identification Form in order to submit your proposal. Only proposals duly prepared and submitted in this form and in line with these instructions will be admitted for evaluation. Project calculations in terms of financial requirements should be filled in using either USD, EUR, or TRY as project currencies in order to facilitate conversion to CZK. Please, do not fill in the financial requirements in CZK, as this will be added later.
Please bear in mind that currency fluctuations need to be taken into account. Contracts for awarded LTPs will be quoted in CZK. The approved CZK amount is final and cannot be changed. It is thus necessary to take this into account during the project and budget preparation and allocation in the Identification Form.
Please make sure all the documents are in English or the translation to English is attached.