Opportunity Information: Apply for HRV2024NOFO001
The U.S. Embassy in Zagreb is offering a discretionary grant opportunity called "Upholding Democracy, Empowering Civil Society, the Judiciary, and Increasing Transparency in Croatia" (Funding Opportunity Number HRV2024NOFO001). The overall purpose is to strengthen democratic governance in Croatia by boosting the capacity and resilience of civil society, reinforcing the rule of law, and improving transparency and accountability in public institutions. The Embassy is looking for projects that can produce clear, measurable improvements in how citizens, civil society organizations, and justice-sector actors prevent, detect, and respond to anti-democratic trends, corruption risks, and gaps in access to justice.
The NOFO highlights several priority areas that proposals should directly address. One major track is monitoring and advocacy, focused on assessing Croatia's progress on democracy and transparency reforms, producing credible analyses, and using those findings to advocate for policy improvements. Another track is capacity building for civil society organizations, with an emphasis on helping organizations become more resilient, better at research and evidence-based advocacy, and more effective as watchdogs that can spot and challenge anti-democratic practices. A third area targets judicial training and reform, including specialized training for judges, prosecutors, and investigators to improve the handling of human rights-related cases, strengthen judicial independence, and build stronger professional standards across the justice system. Related to that, the Embassy also emphasizes improving the capacity, accountability, and independence of key rule-of-law actors and institutions, including oversight bodies and lawyers.
A further priority is government transparency, especially around public procurement. Projects under this theme would typically focus on making government operations easier to scrutinize, ensuring information is accessible to the public, and reducing opportunities for waste, favoritism, or corruption in contracting and spending. The opportunity also calls for efforts that empower citizens and improve access to justice. That includes increasing meaningful citizen participation in democratic and governance processes, strengthening whistleblower protections so people feel safer reporting corruption or wrongdoing, and expanding practical access to justice for all citizens, with particular attention to marginalized communities. Public education and awareness-raising about corruption is explicitly encouraged as part of this broader citizen-empowerment goal.
On the application side, the Embassy is looking for well-structured proposals that are specific about what they will accomplish and how they will prove it. Applicants are expected to clearly define goals and intended outcomes, translate those into measurable objectives, explain and justify the proposed methodology, and identify concrete performance metrics for tracking progress. Proposals are also encouraged to be sustainable and built for lasting impact, meaning the project should fit the applicant organization's long-term mission rather than being a one-off activity. A strong public communication strategy is expected, and applicants should show they have thought through realistic implementation challenges and developed credible risk-mitigation plans.
Eligibility is limited to Croatia-based organizations and institutions. This includes not-for-profit organizations such as think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations located in Croatia, as well as public and private educational institutions based in Croatia. A key compliance requirement is political neutrality: projects and eligible applicants must avoid affiliations with, endorsements of, or partisan support for political entities. In practical terms, proposals should be framed around strengthening systems, safeguards, professional capacity, transparency, and citizen rights rather than advancing any party or candidate.
The grant has an award ceiling of USD 150,000, and the Embassy anticipates making around 15 awards. The program is administered by the U.S. Mission to Croatia under CFDA number 19.900, using a grant funding instrument. The original application deadline listed for this opportunity is July 22, 2024, and the posting date is June 21, 2024.Apply for HRV2024NOFO001
- The U.S. Mission to Croatia in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Upholding Democracy, Empowering Civil Society, the Judiciary, and Increasing Transparency in Croatia" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.900.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-21.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-22. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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