List of Projects - Active Citizens Fund

Teachers’ of Thrace workshop for the promotion of gender equality and the fight against gender-based violence and pedagogical interventions in the classroom

Project Promoter: Icon Greece

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 6 months

The rationale of the project is connected with the urgent need for teachers in Thrace to be trained in gender equality and the fight against gender-based violence. There is a lack of promotion of gender equality and the fight against gender-based violence in education together with inefficiency in policies...

WeOpenGov: Civil Society-Public Agencies Network for Open Government

Project Promoter: Transparency International Greece

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 18 months

The ‘WeOpenGov’ project addresses the need to create a permanent multistakeholder civil society-government forum for open government. Fragmentary civil society participation in the design, implementation and monitoring of public policy for open government is the main challenge. Another challenge is the mutual trust deficit among civil society and policy...

Bedrock of Participation for Homelessness

Project Promoter: Praksis

Relative Call: Increased citizen participation in civic activities

Project Duration: 12 months

The 12 month duration project, coordinated by Praksis, aims to enhance civic participation in homelessness by responding to the challenges related to the needs of: a) Increased awareness and civic participation of the general population in general and also about homelessness in all its forms (ETHOS typology) b) Improvement...

Exit through the grocery

Project Promoter: Kipos – Civil non Profit Company

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 6 months

The project will address the need for awareness and education about gender-based violence, and the need for a diverse support network in the city helping with escaping the cycle of violence. While the #metoo movement recently made its way until Greece, GBV victims may now see some hope in...

Active Preventers and Active Bystanders: Preventing Gender Based Violence in youth’s life

Project Promoter: Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Group (EKO)

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 24 months

The Project will strengthen the role of the community in the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) among adolescents and young adults (15-26 years old) that takes place at school and at the University, by combating the passive and silent complacency on the part of witnesses of GBV incidents. To...

Empower Women 65+

Project Promoter: People Behind

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 6 months

Gender-based violence against elderly women is a field where either the civil society or the government have sufficiently interfered. The 1st Annual Report on Violence against Women (2020) does not even present data on older women. According to the UN (2017) only 1 in 24 cases of older women...

EngAGE: A holistic project for the elderly on active ageing, volunteering and participation as vital part of the community

Project Promoter: ELIX – Conservation Volunteers Greece

Relative Call: Increased citizen participation in civic activities

Project Duration: 24 months

Retirees in Greece usually limit their social participation to the immediate family environment, while they have little room to extend their working life. Nevertheless, while they are a valuable social resource, they are marginalized, experiencing negative stereotypes and adopting a passive lifestyle that is detrimental to their health. The...

Red Umbrella Athens – Empowering Sex Workers

Project Promoter: Greek Association of People Living with HIV “Positive Voice”

Relative Call: Vulnerable groups empowered

Project Duration: 24 months

The social stigma and exclusion experienced by sex workers remains uncharted in Greece. The experience of the association in the field coincides with the international literature on the subject, showing the multidimensional nature of this exclusion, since the connection with the various minority identities of the persons involved in...

Establishment of a Cooperation Network of Organizations Acting in the Field of Wildlife Care in Greece

Project Promoter: Hellenic Wildlife Care Association, ANIMA

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 18 months

The project aims to create a network of cooperation of at least 12 organizations, groups, and bodies, dealing with wildlife care in Greece. It will focus on the following problems: – Reduced communication and lack of coordinated action – Lack of a common operating framework and good practices –...

Observatory for Art in Prison “ALL2GATHER”

Project Promoter: TRI.ENA politismou

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 6 months

The ‘Observatory for Art in Prison “ALL2GATHER”‘ meets the need of creating and operating a network/archive of artistic and humanitarian activities and initiatives that take place within and outside prisons, within the SCS or other support structure, in the form of non-formal education or voluntary programs, but also in...